Races, Events & Gathering Corner

100% agree. Luckily stuck with two events only. Most likely will not join any further this year unless situation is stabilized.

Agree. And somemore the race routes are identical. I will probably still sign up when the races are back on, but only selectively.

I am less optimistic. I say all large scale organised events for the next 6 to 9 months will probably not be held. All these events (sporting or otherwise) being pushed to the '2nd half' are probably making the same assumption about COVID-19 that is probably going to be wide off the mark. The expectation that like SARS it will just died off, or with the onset of the summer, the virus will be less contiguous etc. Increasingly, if any meaningful comparison is to be made, it is the Spanish Flu which lasted from January 1918 to December 1920 (a full 3 years!) Perhaps, with our current level of medical technology, we can develop a vaccine faster but looking at the outbreak numbers, expecting things to be back to normal by the 2nd half of the year is unrealistic.   The economic impact of the virus will also probably last for several years. Race participation is a discretionary expense. In the immediate aftermath, even if races are organised, many may not join if the race fee is what it has been for the last 3 to 4 years. It's hard to justify paying $50 for a 10K race or $80 for a HM when you have other concerns.

Thank you @kohpapa. Doing that social media thing where read and share and understand opinions....will stop. Think I should go do some work @AutumnRunner runners have been doing that in the UK. Quite a few have substantial gardens to do so.

Anyway now SRY has a new  challenge, the 659 challenge...