Hey firstly thanks for the encouragement (moral side) that we will get back to doing things that make life worth living. This version of life, if it happens forever would be best terminated getting in a cab and jumping off the Golden Gate bridge and getting it over with.


I have had this exact same discussion with some of my customers who have said, "we're not ready to buy and have to get through this pandemic, and we'll come back to explore this project with you in summer of 2021". In one meeting I said, "if every customer does nothing with us, we won't be able to support you THEN for what you want then, since we have to pay all our staff in the mean time and can't do it off fumes". So in that vein, rather than hold on to my personal money, I gave it to employees to spend (I paid them small bonuses out of my own paycheque for hard work since our revenue does not support them gettting bonuses and my standard of living is super low and don't spend much $$$). Those $$$ did not go into the triathlon market, but they did not sit idle in my bank account either and went into the economy.

But I do get if none of us buy then when the world gets to doing things we love (and I hope you are waaaaay more right than how I am feeling now), the suppliers of "us" will be limping along. In that vein, I asked race directors whose races I registered in 2020 who offered full refunds to "keep my money" as I want them around and motivated to put on these races next year.