Super excited for you guys! I’m hopeful both the 70.3 and full happen AND everyone is safe!

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Randy Christofferson(http://www.rcmioga.blogspot.com

Insert Doubt. Erase Hope. Crush Dreams.

Today Tempe School District updated their data, they now are in the green on two of the three metrics for school reopening in person. Looking very good

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Also today Arizona hit the benchmarks to open all businesses including gym's , theaters, and restaurants.

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Correct me if I'm wrong Bryan, but isn't the cases per 100k figure also affected by the high numbers of positive ASU students? That figure seems much higher than other zip codes in the valley with similar numbers for the other two benchmarks.

So get ready for the second wave.

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Andrew Inkpen

ASU certainly contributed to the two week spike we saw earlier in September, really its the positivity rate coming down so much that's the most encouraging. Out R1 is also .9 which is also an indicator the spread is decreasing.

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For what it's worth at the Tempe Events meeting yesterday they approved both events to move forward.

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For anyone looking for a source of Tempe covid case data, it looks like these dashboards are updated every Tuesday. I'll be checking them out at least once a week over the next few weeks to try and get a better idea if the race will happen...

https://covid19.tempe.gov/pages/gating

I also found this map of cases but I didn't see a time-series data option to see trends, instead of the current case count...


https://adhsgis.maps.arcgis.com/...4ae99fa607cce55357b7

Anyone else have sources they are following?

Yeah I posted above, I follow the Maricopa County tracking for school reopening's. It uses the same metrics as the Tempe gov site and updates every Thursday. I'll check it again today. Overal1 AZ trends can be found at AZ Central and AZ Family web sites every day. The race is happening and we are seeing no adverse trends. Tempe has two of the three metrics solidly in the green,

https://www.maricopa.gov/5594/School-Metrics

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Super disappointed with Ironman. I've been getting zero race communications. Had an email change many months back and it took several months and several support tickets to get that changed, but still getting nothing about the race. Can anyone in the 70.3 PM me a link to sign up for bike drop-off?

It was sent as an e-mail link from Active.com

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Anybody got a water temp for the lake?

79

http://wx.tempe.gov/...RkAaSgWLIHIwAX54C4rY

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Nothing from Active either. I’ve emailed arizona70.3@ironman.com. This simple email change has been a HUGE mess. At least I still see my name on the participants list!

To all the people that swore up and down this race would be cancelled while I said hang on...told you. :) Tempe Beach Park today.

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And speaking with the RD today, so is the full.

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Don't they store that at the marina lot next door year round...? ;)

That made me VERY happy to see!!

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No, not there year around. Wasn't there two weeks ago. Usually shows up about a month in advance

Actually an Ironman trailer is stored at the marina, but it's not "next door." It's across the lake.

All three trailers are there now.

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Anyone know if its possible to defer entries? I'm in the UK, and there is no way I can get over to race.

Tubs

Yes but...
“Athletes who register on or before March 1, 2020 are eligible to defer their entry into the 2021 IRONMAN Arizona free of charge. All deferral requests will be honored until October 8, 2020 regardless of the reason for deferral. The deferral may only be used once. Athletes who elect to defer their entries forfeit any partial refund, ability to transfer or insurance refund. To submit a deferral request. please contact arizona@ironman.com.”

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Oh. ;-(
Thanks.

Deferrals have been extended to Nov 8th

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