Rainbow Laces Day

Joggers from Dingwall to Dunfermline donned their Rainbow Laces on 9 December to show that our sport welcomes LGBT+ runners. The Rainbow Laces campaign, led by Stonewall, began in 2013 with football players wearing rainbow laces to matches. In recent years runners have also been taking part by making this simple gesture and posting photographs on social media to demonstrate their support for LGBT+ runners. At jogscotland Dunfermline, the group went a step further – they wore clothes all colours of the rainbow and used a series of crescent streets to run a rainbow on Strava! The group’s Laura Bannister explained: “Everyone attended wearing rainbow colours or laces or nice bright colours. It was a great night and everyone enjoyed the training session of intervals and to their delight we created a Strava Rainbow! We had lots of individuals running in different challenges for December so our creation was shared in a variety of different running forums, increasing the awareness of inclusivity in sport particularly running with jogscotland.”