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I see that Phoenix had an event created after London Marathon cancelled (same day as London) on a certified course that sold out very quickly. I do wonder if even these smaller events may be in jeopardy at some point, but who knows. I’m not entering any more for now anyway.
It seems that with this virus things change very quickly and as other countries are ahead of us, China, Italy etc we can see how/when the lifting of restrictions is feasible.
I don't know if Phoenix events are with EA/TRA permits but I could see that UKA might have to issue a directive such as Athletics Ireland have and instruct all affiliated clubs to cancel events, that means they don't have insurance if they ignore that ruling. When I had the email from Infinity she did point out correctly that race organisers have a 'duty of care' to entrants and I expect events such as Phoenix, Saxon and Enigma aren't bothered about that.
We had an ARC meeting this week and for now we are just asking race directors/clubs to follow the advice given by Public Health England which is updated as soon as rules/advice changes, and put a link on our home page
Massive criticism about Bath Half going ahead today.
How's the toe today? Hope you've had a lovely big cooked breakfast.
To get around the paywall hit free then merely tick box. This explains what happens with nothing done, quarentine or social distancing
Toe isn't great - I don't think it's infected but it most definitely needs rest so it was definitely the right decision to DNS today's event.
In the end I was up early and I saw that Google was telling me it'd take 3:20 if I left, so I left just gone 7am. It's often over 4hrs so it was nice driving on decent empty roads. It can take some time getting out of MK, so I avoided that. I phoned OH on the way (hands free obviously) to get the eggs and bacon on, with fresh coffee, and she obliged
Keith, good luck with the TV shopping. Are you watching anything in particular on Netflix or Prime? I'm looking for a decent box set that I can get stuck into as I won't be running for a few days at least.
My half this morning went really well, with about 4 miles to go I thought I felt great I think I can do better than 1:45 although being fairly inexperienced wasn’t sure if to go a bit, I chose to have a go, unofficial watch time 1:43:01 which is 6:30 better than my only previous official half, over the moon.
Bit like that letter by 200+ scientists today criticising Coronavirus restrictions or lack of them, some of those so called scientists are students and some in astronomy and various other subjects that are totally unrelated.
Big G - wow, I wonder why they registered with EA, 3 times the affiliation fee and a multitude of unnecessary hoops to jump through and less comprehensive insurance cover. Still its their choice.
Good that the toe doesn't seem to be infected, I'm sure now it will heal quickly.
I discovered last night that I still haven't watched the full elite race of London Marathon last year, so I'll save that to watch in April when I was planning to watch Kipchoge. I haven't watched the men's World Champs marathon either, started watching it twice and fell asleep.
Going to be a definite lack of sport on telly for a while.
Shades, I was thinking similar when Tim was talking to me about it, but I didn’t say anything at the time.
TR20 went ahead but numbers were quite low - given it's a prep race for the marathon season, I guess a lot of people thought it wasn't worth getting out of bed/risking virus for.
I'm feeling a bit better today although SI joint is still not great. Onwards and upwards.
It is indeed on lockdown here,tried to run before,got stopped by the police and told only allowed out for food and emergencies,thought they may have been jobsworths as we read it is active tomorrow so went a different way,but stopped again so walked back,stopped again walking back and explained we were going back to hotel.Not great if this is what's on the way to us.
At 9 mile marker I basically had a chat with a Marshall as I ran past and thought, wait a minute, I’m comfortable here so kicked on! Legs died a wee bit last Km (although negative split so not too bad) but I managed to cling on.
Rcouture - no idea on training, day off tomorrow then ask my lovely forum pals for some ideas! They’ve served me well so far.
I just read about Austria, 5 people seems quite severe, many families are bigger than that.
Ian - blimey, you're definitely the first on here that's ever been stopped by the police out running, I too read it was from tomorrow but then on the news this morning it said today. Hope you get home OK.
The Spanish police are not to be messed with.
Keith stay safe out in the shops, can be a warzone out there!
Cozy great running today, always a good confidence boost when you finish strong and a PB.
Cal shame low numbers at the club run, I think it's sad people think that way.
Ian we were chatting about spain today! that is mental!!!
Centurion running made a well constructed posts, telling it how it is, how it affects everyone but have ensured all races will happen (subject to being allowed) on new dates https://www.centurionrunning.com/blog/2020/03/15/2020-events-postponement-announcement?fbclid=IwAR0fLhIC3E3T9ldYmJl9L0col2WY0vYyb9_ZrAoCRlF0Qq4Mq7WMysbuBU8 which means gives me more time for NDW50 on 4th July, may need to cancel athletics on that day in Stratford.
Went for my club run, 15.6 miles with a couple of mates, nice chat with a couple of mates. Longest run again and had a bit of elevation 850ft in total. It was a shame and similar with Cal's club race people didnt bother and dropped out. Alot of organising went into these events, requires the same number of marshals whether the full attendance turned up or only half.
Apparently the Spanish police chasing people with drones! That better not happen here - I'll go nuts if I'm stuck indoors.
With all the postponements happening around the country it’s become quite difficult to find events still running...I have found a replacement race for the London date. I’m running the “not the London marathon” marathon by Phoenix so I still get to run on the Sunday. Before that I have the “once apon a run”challenge event at Phoenix along the “lovely” towpath. It’s part of the 20 in 20 and hopefully I’ll be running some distance behind the amazing Adam Holland That will be my first attempt at a sub 3 this year but if that doesn’t happen I’ve got the end of April..
today I ran the Dartford half. I needed to put some miles on my legs so I ran to the start of the race which was 5.5 miles. I got there 20 min before the start, collected my number and met some of my club mates. At 9:20 we made our way to the start and awaited the gun..I positioned myself in the sub 1:30 coral and decided I was going to race it. Was a very uneventful race and I settled into a good pace and just ran how I felt and ignored my watch.. it’s a hilly course but part of the summer training routes with my club so I know the route plus I’ve done it a few times. I had my camelbak on so didn’t need to worry about drinks at the aid stations.. I was hoping to run sub 1:30 and was happy to cross the line in 1:27:45. It’s not a PB but it’s is a club HM record so I’ll take that.. I was going to run home but I was slightly stiff and opted to call my OH to come pick me up.
ian hope you don’t have any issues getting back, have heard a lot of flights have been cancelled in and out of UK from Spain
running with one of Westmill parkrun’s RD it may appear parkrun will wait time hear what government will say about public meetings. Parkrun has said no one is to cancel on the grounds of corona (obs of not enough Volunteers due to corona is different) they will make a blanket announcement in the next few days which the core team have assumed will be all cancelled
I am waiting for a week before entering a couple of trail marathons, fairly low key events so may be okay
As it was there was a lot of flights cancelled including an easyjet to liverpool leaving 10 mins after ours so happy to get home at all.
I don't think you can expect folk to turn up to club events, if they're not concerned for their own health many have elderly relatives not in good health so trying to minimize unnecessary contact. That's a good long run for you, and very promising with the PF.
Best to maybe wait before entering any races until we know what the next stage may be on restrictions.
Cal - I suppose some of the DNS having had their spring marathons postponed or cancelled just didn't have the motivation to do a 20 mile race. Only half of the runners turned up for Bath half, 6k instead of the usual 12k. I'm not surprised, Bath is horrifically overcrowded and in a city centre so no chance of creating a little bit of distance. Massive queues too.
Iain - well done on your half yesterday.
Ian - glad you got home OK, not a bad delay in the circumstances. Lucky you booked to return yesterday, I think Ryanair are pulling their Spanish flights from today.
I guess you're probably not that keen on Spain right now
Big G - Tavy 13 is now cancelled/postponed, they haven't sorted a new date yet, but as usual they are superb organisers and we have the option of full refund, new date, or transfer entry to Tavy 7 in October.
My race schedule is like a car crash
RHR down to an acceptable level today, didn't feel that great but I haven't been outside for 2 days so suffering from cabin fever. Very cold, frost and a bit of ice underfoot too but it felt good to be out in the fresh air. Did a gentle 5 miles and felt a lot better by the time I'd finished. Chest strain discomfort down to about 1/10 which is OK, still not good enough for gym or classes this week so will take another week off them.
Ian, very glad you got home okay! What a nightmare.
I know there are bigger things going on, but I've been pondering about the club champs that I organise. The next two races (Taunton and Tavy 13) have both been cancelled/postponed.
Our competition has 20 races and 3 have already been completed. It's virtually impossible to figure out any replacement races without knowing for sure what will be cancelled but worst case scenario, if we assume all races are cancelled between now and end of June (which doesn't seem a totally outlandish thought), that will be 7 cancellations. Between July and end of November (we were trying to avoid December as things need to be organised for the awards night) there are 23 weeks. There are 10 events already planned between July and end of November, so it would mean trying to find 7 replacement races that a) are suitable for that race category b) avoid days where there are already CC races and c) avoiding our own 4 or 5 race days (depending on if June’s DD gets postponed). With that in mind there would either be a CC race or one of our own races virtually every weekend. Obviously worst case scenario is that we cancel the competition this year. Main thing is that there's no meaningful Plan B that anyone can come up with at the moment.
People are asking about it but there's nothing I can say really. People are also asking about training days and DD, and I know Chair is having a meeting with our club's HQ tomorrow to discuss if it's likely to close. As I say I know there are bigger things going on, but it's impacting everything really.