JakeLikesDonuts wrote:
Just out of curiosity (as someone who doesn't live there) what is the general feeling there about business opening up/people gathering? I only ask because while 1) pools opening there helps folks there, but not the rest of the country that may be closed, and 2) a pool with limited access is a lot different than putting 2500 people in transition/swim start.
Awesome your pools are opening up though!
I know some people, a very, very few who are ready to head out to a restaurant or bar. The 95+% of people I know here in AZ are taking a wait and see approach or just saying no completely.
The problem with the IMAZ transition area is it's limited in space. You need to space out all the port o johns, you can't (at least not right now) have a queue of people for the swim start. That's a line 15000 feet long or 5000 yards which is just under 3 miles. You're only going to be able to put 3 maybe 4 bikes per rack instead of 6. You're going to need a lot more transition area.
The first loop on the bike is packed with people heading out the beeline. WTC is going to have to police like they've never policed before to keep people 6 feet apart. I mean can you see them actually doing that? That's going to be 100's of penalties. Wait I see a silver lining in the pandemic!
Now there is a large non US contingent of people that do that race and they may not be able to make the trip. Take out say 600 people and your logistics suddenly became a bit easier.
Logistically though on first glance I don't see how they can do it with 2500 people. I also don't understand why the S&P 500 isn't around or below it's 52 week low of 2100. \_O_/
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