Three simple words took him from back of the pack to first at the finish line: "I'm a girl"

oh course, ““I’m a bicyclist” would also work

Average Male Cross Country Runner Switches to Female Race, Takes First Place

High school junior Logan Mihailoff ran a 5k race (just over 3 miles) on September 5, finishing 76th in the junior varsity race with a time of 23 minutes and 10 seconds. That is a decent pace for a male runner, but hardly elite level. (In contrast, the winner of the junior varsity race ran finished in 14 minutes and 28 seconds).*

But then Mihailoff discovered the “Lia Thomas Trick” – say you are actually a woman and start beating up on female competitors.

A few weeks later, Milhailoff switched to the women’s JV race at the Nike Portland XC Invitational and finished in second place, with a time of 19 minutes and 16 seconds. By contrast, he would have finished around 137th place if he ran in the men’s JV race.

He wasn’t done with his stunning improvement, most of it driven by simply identifying as a male.

Again running as a woman, Milhailoff finished first place in a dual meet on Tuesday, Sept. 29.

*FWIW — context:

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