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ion_lung wrote:
Tens of thousands on the street protesting. Valencia is in no mood for a marathon in a few weeks.
But but but...Letsrun told me the local posters on here were faking it and lying about the political situation in Spain?
Never change Letsrun
Where were you staying at?
Based on the email today, looks like it's official - Valencia Marathon 2024 is going ahead as planned.
What email do you speak of? My friends have not received an email. Is this false?
Likewise. Not received anything
I'll be fairly frustrated if today comes and goes without an update, it's been a week since they told us to sit tight. At this point, they should have a reasonable understanding of the region's recovery timeline, and the political appetite to make the race happen.
If having the race is going to be even remotely controversial, I'd prefer a postponement or a cancellation.
Not sure why it's being downvoted. From the training program email:
"Si te has visto afectado por la dana directa o indirectamente y no has podido realizar tus entrenamientos, pero quieres seguir corriendo, Cárnicas Serrano, a través de su entrenador José Garay, responsable de los planes de entrenamiento del Maratón Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich, te ayudarán a adaptar tus entrenamientos las próximas semanas. Para ello, debes escribir un correo electrónico a..."
Which translates as:
If you have been affected by the dana directly or indirectly and have not been able to carry out your training, but you want to continue running, Cárnicas Serrano, through its coach José Garay, responsible for the training plans of the Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich Marathon, will help you adapt your training in the coming weeks. To do so, you must write an email to...
If they're offering the chance for those most affected to carry on their training with updated plans, to me that sounds like they're going ahead, 100%.
The email they are referring to is probably the training plan emails. This time it had this text and video:
"If you have been affected by the dana directly or indirectly and you have not been able to do your training sessions, but you want to continue running, Cárnicas Serrano, through its coach José Garay, responsible for the training plans of the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich , will help you to adapt your training sessions for the next few weeks. To do so, you should write an email to..."
There were over 100,000 people protesting in the streets on Saturday, I'm looking for something a little more definitive than "we will support you if you'd like to continue with your training"
It's being downvoted because you make a claim based in an e-mail you received today, that no one else has received. You base your arguments on news from a couple of days ago.
The opportunity for local runners to change their registration originates from an e-mail last Wednesday, 6th Nov. If it had already been crystal clear that they wouldn't cancel, then why not be explicit about it?
The hard truth is that there is no news on a conclusion. We have to wait and have to deal with it, however much we all like to post anonymously that it is cancelled or not.
The guy literally says in his video that there is no news about the marathon happening or not. Stop making conclusions based on incomplete information.
Photon_lung wrote:
It's being downvoted because you make a claim based in an e-mail you received today, that no one else has received. You base your arguments on news from a couple of days ago.
The opportunity for local runners to change their registration originates from an e-mail last Wednesday, 6th Nov. If it had already been crystal clear that they wouldn't cancel, then why not be explicit about it?
The hard truth is that there is no news on a conclusion. We have to wait and have to deal with it, however much we all like to post anonymously that it is cancelled or not.
If they were going to cancel, they would have done so by now.
If they are offering coaching to flood victims, it shows the organisation's mindset about the current situation and are preparing to go full steam ahead, no matter what.
I'm sorry, but this seems like cope. It's far more likely that employees have been told it's "business as usual until a formal decision is made", and that's why we're still receiving these sorts of emails.
You are indulging in guesswork and not facts. Please don't post this rubbish here. The training email was last week not today.
The training email was received yesterday evening.
Joachim1983 wrote:
You are indulging in guesswork and not facts. Please don't post this rubbish here. The training email was last week not today.
No it was sent over the weekend. Was I not clear enough? They're offering bespoke marathon training to FLOOD VICTIMS.
That alone should show you how the organisation feels about the situation. If they are willing to do something as insensitive as that, then they're obviously going ahead with the race.
Just for information, trains between Madrid and Valencia will resume on November 13th.
Whatever decision is made today, is this not enough for anyone else to view its potential continuation as being in abysmal taste?
100,000 people protesting against their government's failure to look after the citizenry. If it goes ahead that is downright disrespectful.
Yeah, I feel fairly uncertain about the whole thing. In an ideal world, you trust that the race organizers have done their due diligence, and are holding the race because it's what's best for the city, region, and participants. Obviously in practice, money talks.