With another marathon major canceled for 2020, what will racing look like for the rest of the year.
agrees that small races will resume first. That’s the case not only because of however social distancing guidelines might evolve, but from a practical standpoint. “I think the 300-person 5K is going to be first because it’s the easiest to execute,” Dalby says. Lastoe says he could pull off a small 5K or 10K with a one- or two-week notice, but would need more like a month for a larger, longer race.
For bigger races, “we’re all looking for someone bigger to go in front of us,” Dalby says. Everyone is watching what happens with the Boston Marathon, which was postponed from its original date of April 20 to September 14.on March 13, mid-September seemed far away. But as society has become more, not less, restricted since then, a 30,000-person race feels impossible to some.
Race organizers are mostly considering having several small start waves, or a rolling start, in which entrants would have, say, a one-hour window in which to start. These changes would allow a race of a few hundred people to be held even if gatherings of more than 50 people are still discouraged, because each wave could be considered its own gathering. “If you can’t start more than 50 people at once, at some point races of a certain size aren’t feasible,” Teschek says.
Roche says races should offer guidelines on how to pass. “There’s going to be lingering fear for a long time for a number of runners even when we transition to a safer time,” she says. “Something that can help is announcing yourself from a long distance away before you pass.” Olympic marathoner Jared Ward is planning to run one of the three U.S. major marathons scheduled for the fall. “Thinking about standing shoulder-to-shoulder with a stranger or someone outside of my wife and kids is a weird thought right now,” he says. “But I’m ready as soon as the governments and health organizations decide it’s time.”
“Who wants to put themselves in harm’s way for a road race?” asks Beach to Beacon’s Backer. “Nobody, I hope, nor would we want somebody to.”
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