pk1 wrote:
Fletch_boy wrote:
monty wrote:
also have to feel for the athletes who were already into their tapers having done the hard work for months. that is first world problems though //
If I'm going to feel sorry for someone, it is going to be the athletes that
actually flew, booked a couple weeks of hotel time, and now get a lockdown vacation. I get what they are doing there, in short order it will all be back to normal, because they can contact trace and surround the few cases back to 0. In the long run, this is the best overall attack on this thing, actually crushing it in its tracks before it gets a strangle hold on runs wild. Of course you have to be in this mentality from the start, so not an option for us here in the Freedom states of America. We will just pay the price of nearly a million dead before it is all said and done, probably 5 times that many with lifelong problems directly related to the actual virus, and the accompanying mental issues that derive from our less than stellar response to it.
But I suppose we are used to paying in blood for our "freedoms", and this is just another grim example. At least the race will likely happen in a few weeks now, but doesnt do much good for that athlete that planned their two week trip around this date. Locals will just have a nice long taper, probably do a lot better too...
Pretty sure you just saddle up your neighbours sheep and trot across the island, likely a 30min return trip. Maybe an hour if you decide to stop at the only milk bar in the "city" to buy some new jandals.
you've obviously spent plenty of time in NZ ;)
fair to say, there are probably less than usual travelling a long way for IMNZ this year
I would think the only one getting on a plane to do this race are from the South Island. I would think everyone from tthe saame island would just generally get there driving, so they probably have plenty of warning. At the end of the day, that's racing during a worldwide pandemic. You may or you may not get to race. Put your head down, do the training, enjoy the journey of the training. If the race happens its a celebration of the journey.
But seriously, you guys will be back to normal pretty quickly. As for our leader, in Canada he has had an endless string of missteps, but which leader has not during an uncertain time. I would not say he is in the moronic category though (even though some actions border on that). The reality is that the Canadian economy is highly tied to the USA. We would die here in the winter, without truckers bringing essential goods from all over the USA. Families are split between countries, companies are spread across borders, supply chains etc etc etc. It is much tougher to seal off Canada like you can NZ, Aus, Taiwan etc etc. But yes, we could have sealed our country off from USA. Our 4 provinces in the east of Canada isolated themselves and they are doing waaaaay better than the rest of the country. But the reality is that our biggest provinces are highly connected to USA on many many fronts. Its not that easy to cut things off (which is why I kind of called NZ fantasy island because this option is not really available for many countries due to interconnectedness of economies, not to mention physical connection or not). I have cousins in NZ so get to live vicariously through their relatively free lives. It is great that you're able to quickly get this under control and go back to normal life (thus my statement of the sympathy factor being low because the rest of us are nowhere close to that).
Hey we want you to race so there is real race results to talk about rather than lockdowns to whine about!!!! Looks like the first one that will happen is IM70.3 Dubai, but that may also be iffy now from what I heard. But the entire place from what I understand is largely vaccinated or will be imminently