Hi all,
Got an email from Ironman Italy a couple of days ago:
"Dear athlete,
We have been notified by the authorities that an election has been scheduled in the region of Cervia on the weekend of IRONMAN Italy Emilia-Romagna, IRONMAN 70.3 Italy Emilia-Romagna and 5150 Triathlon Series Cervia (September 19 & 20, 2020). These elections were postponed from their original date due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. By request of the authorities in coordination with the elections, IRONMAN Italy Emilia-Romagna will be postponed by one week from its original date of September 19 to its new date of September 26, 2020.
All registered athletes of the 2020 IRONMAN Italy Emilia-Romagna triathlon will have their race registration automatically moved to the new date. If you are unable to race on the new date, you may defer your entry to the 2021 event scheduled to take place on September 18, 2021."
So instead of cancelling, they are postponing the IM to one week later. It will probably get cancelled I think, but is this a certainty? Also, I'm definitely not racing this year as I have done minimal training. The reason I'm not simply deferring to 2021 is because I'm not sure I can make that date work. So I am asking myself whether it would be better to wait and let them cancel the new date, possibly giving me the possibility to defer to another 2021 race. What do you guys think?
Thank you
Got an email from Ironman Italy a couple of days ago:
"Dear athlete,
We have been notified by the authorities that an election has been scheduled in the region of Cervia on the weekend of IRONMAN Italy Emilia-Romagna, IRONMAN 70.3 Italy Emilia-Romagna and 5150 Triathlon Series Cervia (September 19 & 20, 2020). These elections were postponed from their original date due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. By request of the authorities in coordination with the elections, IRONMAN Italy Emilia-Romagna will be postponed by one week from its original date of September 19 to its new date of September 26, 2020.
All registered athletes of the 2020 IRONMAN Italy Emilia-Romagna triathlon will have their race registration automatically moved to the new date. If you are unable to race on the new date, you may defer your entry to the 2021 event scheduled to take place on September 18, 2021."
So instead of cancelling, they are postponing the IM to one week later. It will probably get cancelled I think, but is this a certainty? Also, I'm definitely not racing this year as I have done minimal training. The reason I'm not simply deferring to 2021 is because I'm not sure I can make that date work. So I am asking myself whether it would be better to wait and let them cancel the new date, possibly giving me the possibility to defer to another 2021 race. What do you guys think?
Thank you