hart crane wrote:
Wow, a quick glance at the Boston Marathon Instagram page shows some real whiny people.
It sucks that the race was canceled. But everything has been axed. Good lord. Complaining how "it's not fair!!!" as 100k people have died from covid is really silly.
Yeah, like you said, it sucks. But there's really not much to complain about. At least they canceled it pretty early. It would be even better if there was some certainty that any race was going to run. But it is what it is.
I understand the pro olympics cancelling, but the hobbyjogger olympics? now that's too far.
I think we may see some smaller races with time trial starts. I was registered for Santa Rosa and it just got punted to November now.
streeker wrote:
How will this affect the streakers?
Related question, will 2021 be the 124th or 125th Boston Marathon? I'm running in 2021 (assuming a BQ-17 is good enough) and had hoped it would be the 125th Boston Marathon .
Paul2432 wrote:
streeker wrote:
How will this affect the streakers?
Related question, will 2021 be the 124th or 125th Boston Marathon? I'm running in 2021 (assuming a BQ-17 is good enough) and had hoped it would be the 125th Boston Marathon .
I'm just guessing, but I would think the 125th, since they are going to try to dump the medals and T-shirts from 2020.
looks like the 124th still. I wondered too
oops I meant 2020 will be 124th still
The 124th is being he "as a virtual event" so that next year can be the 125th.
I assume that's the BAA thinking at least
deisell wrote:
oops I meant 2020 will be 124th still
It depends on whether the virtual race is the 124th Boston or the 1st virtual Boston.
I’m curious if the virtual race will be open to everyone or just original participants. I mean they only have so many medals.
I also read the article as you could use your 2020 time as an entry into the 2021 race with no guarantee you get in. I wonder what the cut off will be now.
I'm disappointed with the decision but expected it.
I just don't see why it needs to be done now. 3 months ago Boston was still planning on having its St. Patrick's Day parade. America was pretty much operating normally.
Boston 2020 was going to be over 3.5 months from now. I'd rather see a Boston Marathon with 1000 runners than no runners at all. I wish someone had thought outside the box on how can we have a 2020 in person Boston Marathon.
Now considering there are multiple cities it runs through and the Boston area has had the most harsh rules againt running in the country I don't think we should be surprised.
Even if it can be shown that outdoor running events can be held safely I don't think the mayor of Boston would be very receptive to that message.
A socially distant Boston Marathon whatever that means is better than no Boston Marathon but you're not going to get a politician to go out on the limb for a mass public event.
wejo wrote:
A socially distant Boston Marathon whatever that means is better than no Boston Marathon but you're not going to get a politician to go out on the limb for a mass public event.
A socially distant race makes no sense, at all. Even in the high school mile the other night, you had the kids start in lanes but within moments were bunched up. And following the race they were posing for pictures together.
A field of 1000 or whatever will cause mass hysteria. People on Instagram are having meltdowns right now.
The BAA decision was the best choice. No one is going to be happy. Covid sucks we are all unhappy about it but it is what it is!
I am going to assume that streakers need to complete the virtual marathon in under 6 hours.
I am hoping those who have done at least ten in a row will still get an early registration period.
It makes sense to me that streakers need to complete the virtual marathon but am open to hear others opinions.
I see a slate of fall race cancellations over the next month. A few states like hawaii and alaska have almost no covid cases any more. It will be interesting to see if races there can justify cancelling.
Seriously some crybabies need to get a grip. Worldwide pandemic. Your little running race is not an essential activity.
american fruitloops wrote:
Seriously some crybabies need to get a grip. Worldwide pandemic. Your little running race is not an essential activity.
The survival of the fat and old is not an essential activity. COVID crybabies need to get a grip and realize that no one cares if you die.
We knew the cancellation was coming, but I agree -- why did Marty Walsh make the call this early?
Don't forget, on Feb. 29 and March 1, we had thousands of people from across the country in Atlanta for the Olympic Trials and the Atlanta Marathon, at a point in time when there was certainly community spread/transmission already occurring. I wish they would have engaged in some sort of analysis of that event and likely transmission and also thought a bit more about how to hold some sort of in-person race.
I don't see how April 2021 is likely to occur -- what's the difference between September 2020 and April 2021? Despite what some politicians have (over)promised, it seems unlikely there's going to be a widely available vaccine by Jan/Feb 2021, when they'd have to make a call on the race, and Marty said at the press conference this afternoon that anything even close to resembling normal life won't occur "until there's a vaccine." The only potential difference I see is that the nation's mood shifts this fall: massive quarantine/social distancing fatigue, a pushback against Democratic governors' restrictions in swing states, and a slow realization that, even when you underestimate deaths in LTC homes, nearly half of the 100,000 deaths that have occurred have been in those settings, not in the general population, and certainly not in the working-age population. I don't know that that realization will come quickly enough to the Boston area to save 2021...
Don't worry. I'll still get my Boston Marathon in to keep my streak alive!
-Dave
So if i set my treadmill at 15mph for 26.2 miles, could i feasibly win the virtual race?
2020 Boston Marathon runners stay home devastated.
I predicted the cancellation wouldn't come until August, so I stay home devastated twice over.