2.55 too many
2.55 too many
If 2 infected people run it, by the end of the race there will be at least 30.
I can’t see any possible way they hold this marathon. Boston is at 90+ cases today. By the end of the month there will be 1000
I am right there with you. This morning's run at 4 was the hardest. Actually trying to find a local race in the same time frame to soften the blow of what is coming.
theresnoway wrote:
Boston is at 90+ cases today. By the end of the month there will be 1000
That's not how exponential growth works. Boston should be at 1000 cases around 3/20. 3/30 would be around 10,000 cases.
It will be canceled. Today the likelihood went up from 70 to 99 percent. The WHO just declared it a pandemic. This is not due to hysteria, it's based on emerging data on the rate of spread and the mortality rates. It's here, it's going to be everywhere. The hope is to slow the spread as much as possible to ease the burden on the health care system and to protect old folks until the vaccine is available in fall 2021.
Yes, I'm super disappointed. This is my first year in M60-64 and I was hoping for a top-3 in age group. I was 4th AG at CIM, missed 2nd by 18 seconds, in 3:03:23, but I had a really crummy race, was in kind of a low period fitness wise. I'm in 2:56 shape right now and know how to run the Boston course
But life goes on. I'm not going to post on Instagram that I'm "gutted," which seems to be this year's word for it. I'm thinking small, local trail races with under 100 runners and minimal aid are the most likely not to get canceled this summer because really no one knows about them. Good fitness is never wasted by missing a race. It's its own reward.
And I have lost about 12 percent of my retirement wealth in the last month, even though in December I moved my exposure to stocks (over recession fears) from about 60% to about 40%. But I expect to live long enough to see it grow again, so no panic on that front.
Run, and be happy. And wash your hands.
What's your secret on the Boston course?
It should be canceled. This was to be my first. I'm sure I would handle this poorly if I was in my 20's. Being middle aged, married, kids, real job, etc., I get it. Cancel it now. I'm sick of waiting for the announcement.
The Big West Basketball Tournament just announced they will be playing as a closed tournament. No fans will be there live.
Probably a matter of time before the entire NCAA Tournament will be closed tournament.
StevePrefonDead wrote:
It should be canceled. This was to be my first. I'm sure I would handle this poorly if I was in my 20's. Being middle aged, married, kids, real job, etc., I get it. Cancel it now. I'm sick of waiting for the announcement.
This. Get it over with and move forward.
I'm super disappointed as well, and I also wish they would just make the announcement. Life does go on. My dad BQed and ran in 79 and we were supposed to do my first marathon together after I finished competing in college, but he sadly died of cancer when I was 21. Fast forward to being married 15 + years, two kids, a career, 5 surgeries, army wife life/deployments, my first two marathons not going too well, and finally BQing last year in my third marathon , and now the race I finally get to complete a 20+ year goal isn't probably going to happen. Somehow I'm still grateful for all of it. Life does go on, and all the ups and downs are apart of the journey. Hopefully we'll get a deferment and it will make Boston that much sweeter. Grateful to be able to be a crazy runner, and just want everyone to be safe and healthy.
Morbid and misinformed. The greater Boston area is starting to cancel events before Patriots day and working on a quarantine now so in four weeks they can be cleared for the race and other events. Anyone who says otherwise has zero connections to those involved. If the emergency protocol does not work events will continue to be canceled. As of now the marathon is NOT in that window. So there’s a chance of it still going.
I just listened to an interview with Marty Walsh on CNN. He all but said they are canceling. He referenced the probability that infection rate will be much higher by mid-April. He’s been meeting with all of the towns involved. He said a decision will likely be made in the next few days.
There is way too much money to be made in the local economy from the Boston Marathon weekend. It will go forward, I am sure of it.
The race cannot be deferred until later in the year. The negotiations with the municipalities along the route are for road access for Patriots Day annually. That's it.
AlmostBQ wrote:
There is way too much money to be made in the local economy from the Boston Marathon weekend. It will go forward, I am sure of it.
The race cannot be deferred until later in the year. The negotiations with the municipalities along the route are for road access for Patriots Day annually. That's it.
Of course they race could be delayed . Not that hard to get cities along route to agree to that.
This would be my third Boston and likely my last. It really feels to me that this is going to happen on the 20th. Really hoping they find a way to postpone. I think that they haven't announced anything because they want to find to way to hold it down the road.
NYC half cancelled.
NCAA tournament - no fans.
Just feels like the likelihood is trending down for a race on the 20th
Shoot, that should read NOT going to happen on the 20th.
AlmostBQ wrote:
There is way too much money to be made in the local economy from the Boston Marathon weekend. It will go forward, I am sure of it.
The race cannot be deferred until later in the year. The negotiations with the municipalities along the route are for road access for Patriots Day annually. That's it.
Keep telling yourself that.
Hi Tyler,
No secret. I've messed up Boston enough times to have experienced what everyone says -- don't run the first 3 downhill miles too fast, and don't double down on that mistake by running in that fast rhythm through 17 miles. You'll die in the Newton Hills and never gain it back. The last 5 miles after Boston College will be a death march. Instead, do what you should do in every other marathon -- start within your comfort zone, stay calm in the middle, finish strong for an even pace. It's no secret, but it's hard to remember in the excitement of Boston.
wejo wrote:
AlmostBQ wrote:
There is way too much money to be made in the local economy from the Boston Marathon weekend. It will go forward, I am sure of it.
The race cannot be deferred until later in the year. The negotiations with the municipalities along the route are for road access for Patriots Day annually. That's it.
Of course they race could be delayed . Not that hard to get cities along route to agree to that.
But in 2007, with the onslaught of the Nor'Easter there was the proposition only of holding the Boston Marathon that April 16th or cancelling it outright. Postponement did not get mentioned or raised as an option.
Just to be clear, I have no personal stake in this year's race, my running days are past.
Hate to say it, but it should be cancelled. That many people, from that many places -- there will be infected people, who will then infect others, ho will return to their communities and spread it further.
I was surprised at NCAA's decision on March Madness (limited spectors) but that's just the tip of the iceberg...hard to see how other leagues and other mass gatherings don't follow suit.
At this stage, better to be overcautious than to take needless risks.