I'm going to guess that all the events going on right now, or in the next week, are sliding in under the mit at home plate. I was watching the LA marathon on TV, and didnt see hardly any spectators outside of the finish line, and I wonder what the actual numbers of actual runners was. I think they usually have around 26k or so runners? I'll tell you one thing, there are a ton of ladies that should be kicking themselves for not being at this race. A $100k to the winner, I assume it went pretty deep after that too. Looked like about 10 starters, and 5th was a 2;50!!! 1/2 dozen triathlete women could have been 3rd there, 2;36+ for that spot.

Lets revisit this topic in about two weeks I would say. I think Oceanside 70.3 is in trouble, probably the Boston Marathon, and certainly any sporting event in Washington state.. I bet they go with March Madness with no fans, and eventually even pro sports. We will hit an apex of fear, warranted or not, but it will be real.

Cancelled or postponed

Rome marathon
Barcelona marathon
Seoul marathon
Paris half marathon
Tokyo marathon
Milan San Remo
Strade Bianche
Tirreno Adriatico

Thought it might be useful for our community to keep a running tally of major endurance events held and cancelled. The adjective “major” I’ll leave to individual STers to define. I’ll start:

Held: LA Marathon

Cancelled: Sea Otter

Women's Hockey World Championships were cancelled.

On the LA Marathon, one of my friends finished in the top 20. Though the results page is hard to manipulate and the winner is listed as 44 minutes.

Correct on the small Women's elite field. Sad.

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Not that it's athletics but Pearl Jam has postponed their tour over concerns of the coronavirus. I think it's the responsible thing to do.

Is that because most Pearl Jam fans are trending towards the vulnerable, elderly age group now? (Disclaimer : Long time listener of their stuff, not a senior.)

Rep Steve lynch made it sound like Boston is likely to be cancelled

https://www.boston25news.com/video/?id=4855270

Boston has to be canceled. It's the worst possible event . . . international, expo, buses, crowded corrals, racers who will participate sick because 'it's boston!'. Relatedly, New Bedford half marathon in Mass was canceled for this wknd. I'm signed up for Oceanside and Haines City 70.3s, expecting to go 3 for 3 on cancelations for Spring events at this point.

"I think something worth noting here is that it is not necessarily the risk to you or I, it is the risk to people who we would transmit to"

This! We've heard and read about how the "greatest" generation came together to defeat a world threat in the '40s. They are the ones most threatened by this disease. Are we going to help save them from a horrible death by sacrificing some of our freedoms/activities? I think we owe it to them and others to be part of the solution! History will judge us!

COVID-19 is far more than "a bad case of the flu." And the impact it will have on those needing care from the healthcare system if there is a peak surge demand on hospitals will be devastating.

Estimate presented to the American Hospital Association of the COVID-19 potential:
-96 million cases overall in the US.
-4.8 million hospitalizations associated with the novel coronavirus
-1.9 million ICU admissions
-480,000 deaths.
-hospitals should prepare for an impact to the system that's 10 times greater than a severe flu season
https://www.businessinsider.com/...pitalizations-2020-3

Compared to 2019 flu season in the US
-35.5 infections
-490,600 hospitalizations
-49,000 ICU admissions
-34,200 deaths

This is why it is so important that we all do our part to protect the most vulnerable by staying home. It's not about us. It's about who and how many we may infect.

THIS WHOLE VIRUS THING IS STUPID F$CKING MEDIA OVERHYPE. If they cancel Boston there goes almost ALL triathlons in the next couple months and there goes triathlon and running industry in the toilet. Say goodbye to the running and triathlon industry. Slowtwich will just have a Lavender page, no events to talk about.

Coachella, Houston Rodeo.....did these events have an endurance race that I was not aware of or did you just unilaterally decide to turn OP's thread into one dedicated to reporting on any and all cancelled events??? If the latter, can you start another thread or go to the lavender room.

My bad, so you were merely referring to non-endurance events so you could unilaterally turn this into a thread where we predict which endurance events will be cancelled. Got it.

Can we just keep this thread on track with OP’s questions and direct general Coronavirus-related topics to their threads? There are a million angles in this story we can discuss. Start a thread and pick you angle but don’t derail OP’s topic here.

Agree, but would be nice to know if I could put the TT bike back on the shelf and also go back to only swimming once a week!

No offense but you’re a fucking jackass.

THE NBA JUST SUSPENDED THE SEASON AFTER TONIGHT"S GAMES

THE NBA JUST SUSPENDED THE SEASON AFTER TONIGHT"S GAMES

I second that sentiment.

The greatest generation is probably horrendously disappointed at what a bunch of wussies this generation is. To destroy the economy and bring life to a halt over what amounts to a bad case of the flu is ridiculous and weak.

Bataan Memorial Death March was just cancelled (by the Army). So, that means Oceanside...

Travel from Europe suspended for 30 days starting Frida at midnight. Might make it difficult if someone has a race lined up in the next 30 days in the US.

Travel from Europe suspended for 30 days starting Frida at midnight. Might make it difficult if someone has a race lined up in the next 30 days in the US.

This is a case of worst case scenario building on itself. The more we look at it the worse it gets. It's an issue with this generation and our obsession with social media and the 24 hour new cycle. SARS, Swine Flu, and all other of these viruses would have been declared pandemics also if they had broken out today. So, no, I don't believe any of these numbers as they are probably a compounding of CYA on CYA because that is what our society is now. A few months from now we will be talking about COVID-19 the way we talk about the Y2K idiocy. Freak out if you want to but that attitude is the real problem...

Gina Thomas the O'Side RD doing a great job on their Facebook pages, as of close of play yesterday 11 March race is on, but daily meetings with authorities so could change any day.

Cut the shit and just cancel the fucking races already. There's zero chance they're going to be allowed to go as planned anyway so the sooner the better so people can change travel plans and stop worrying about it.

Cut the shit and just cancel the fucking races already. There's zero chance they're going to be allowed to go as planned anyway so the sooner the better so people can change travel plans and stop worrying about it.

Bro, let’s be real. The race is going to be canceled.

I haven't seen this possibility out there yet, but I wonder if there is any chance that the Olympics get delayed a year. I think this could be a real scenario, especially if things only continue to get worse over the next few months.

Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz has the virus which prompted the decision. Interestingly he mocked the virus in a press conference after his game against Toronto the other day by touching the desk and all the microphones.

https://www.12up.com/...s-panic-01e35advkjxr

I bet IOC waits till at least late June to make any decisions like that. Same thing with Euro, Tour De France etc. Giro is on deck in May. Hope it goes off, but looking kind of slim. NBA suspending season is just going to snowball the psychology of event organizers (keep in mind Messick used to work for David Stern). This is mainly going to hurt the smaller local event organizers. They can't ride out a season with zero revenue. I had signed up for 4 local Olympic tris and glad to give my money to the organizer whether she can put on her races or not.

THIS WHOLE VIRUS THING IS STUPID F$CKING MEDIA OVERHYPE.

Gina Thomas the O'Side RD doing a great job on their Facebook pages, as of close of play yesterday 11 March race is on, but daily meetings with authorities so could change any day.

...Giro is on deck in May. Hope it goes off, but looking kind of slim....

Out of curiosity, where do you see updates from her? On which pages?

Got it.

I think that after the last night's speech from Gavin Newsom, the likelihood of the event happening is now very low. Just my hunch.

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On the Oceanside 70.3 Facebook page, there's a post from 2 March entitled Yo'll have plenty of spectators to cheer you on at the Pier!

In the 45+ comments there's one that say's How likely is this to be cancelled? In the responses you'll see a few from Gina.

21 minutes ago updated by Gina to say still nothing different their end, talks ongoing with multiple agencies.

Sadly, I agree. Race is three weeks away now, nothing is going to improve dramatically in that time period.

And i agree with those that believe it’s our responsibility to limit participation in mass events in order to slow the inevitable spread to allow our medical system some breathing room. I may just self cancel and be done with it

Re-read your post in, say, 30 days. I hope you are right. I think you will be very wrong.

The irony with that is the better these containment efforts work, the more likely he is to say, "See,it was nothing".

Historically run by Navy SEALs deployed all over the world into hostile diseased locations and you want then to cancel it?

Boston Marathon just cancelled. Smart.

desert dude wrote:

https://www.endurancesportswire.com/list-of-endurance-events-cancelled-due-to-coronavirus/



This is a list of events that have cx'd.

Supposed to be updated daily. IDK if that will happen or not though

Source? I'm not seeing that anywhere. Possibly rescheduled, but even that hasn't been announced.

Historically run by Navy SEALs deployed all over the world into hostile diseased locations and you want then to cancel it?

Yeah, let's not confuse SEAL-branded promotional recreation with actual SEAL missions.

synthetic wrote:

Carlsbad 5000 delayed to fall

With SD half and giro, a bit over top to cancel, as there are just 2 cases confirmed on the entire county (which includes Oceanside)

Boston Marathon just cancelled. Smart.

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It looks like CA Gov. Gavin Newsom will call for a moratorium of any public event drawing more than 250 people in one place.

Just heard from a friend who's in PR for the 70.3 that there's talks of postponing / cancelling the race there. Still, there's no official communication yet.

This information is also in the comments on 70.3 Puerto Rico Facebook page. It seems that the PR Governor issued a statement that all events and gatherings of 250 or more should be postponed or cancelled. It also seems that IM has sent an email to volunteers and athletes.

Messick's statement here is pretty mindboggling. "Athlete density will be decreased by increasing individual race space staging, corrals, etc". The guy is clueless.

Messick's statement here is pretty mindboggling. "Athlete density will be decreased by increasing individual race space staging, corrals, etc". The guy is clueless.

Messick's statement here is pretty mindboggling. "Athlete density will be decreased by increasing individual race space staging, corrals, etc". The guy is clueless.

The Messick statement is just cringeworthy. Embarrassing.

IM site now says 70.3 PR is 'postponed'

Oceanside is still a go as far as the organizer is concerned, but yeah local or state authorities will probably deny the permit.

This will not even peak until late April or May. I hope it blows over by Victoria but it probably won't.

Yeah that was an almost Trump like thing to say

Some interesting info out today in the UK and the reasoning behind it.

Form the government's chief scientific officer and the chief medical officer (so not just Bullsh1t Boris, but actual clever guys).
And i can assure you (a) I'm cynical to politician speak, and (b) I'm hardly a fan on BS Boris.

Why not close schools (at the moment at least) - vital stat was that to be effective it would need 13-16 WEEKS shutdown and kids kept apart. And keeping kids apart for 16 weeks has zero possibility.
+ likely 'unforseen consequence'? Kids go to grandparents for care etc as parents working. Result? Exactly tjose you're trying to protect have a much INCREASED risk of getting it due to the new increased disease pools from the kids.

Yeah that was an almost Trump like thing to say

Oceanside has officially been postponed!

Source?

Scroll up a few posts.

Thx. I think I will go have a beer now and skip tomorrows workout. :-O

So nice that we find out from the Oceanside city page vs. from Ironman and all their emails/posts today.

Ironman must have got to the city because that bullet point is now missing from their site...

A military personnel tested positive today at Camp Pendleton. I'm sure a military base will be keen to adhere to state authorities especially if it puts their soldiers unnecessarily at risk, even if the the race organizers don't want to cancel. I literally just got off the trainer halfway through a workout.

Haha nice try Gina

However this is from Tuesday?

Here is another exchange from Gina: