TheStroBro wrote:
I can't speak for any other locals. But that may as well have not existed. I looked at their media list and there was a lot of podcasts and stuff on letsrun, I don't go to letsrun for anything. They did some stuff with the Arizona Republic which I don't read. The truly major mainstream sports outlet is Arizona Sports 98.7 and its website. And I also understand they did it with no spectators, the first time I heard about it was this morning scrolling on twitter and of course it was a paywalled NYT article.
I think that was the point--not to draw any attention and thus, not draw a crowd. Which of course won't be allowed anywhere really. They specifically said no live audience when they announced this event a few months back.
And also, I believe it caught like fire and came together very quickly. The entry list grew very fast. I'm assuming it started as something small, mainly with the Hoka NAZ Elite team, but once word got out about the event, it became much bigger and more complicated to coordinate. They didn't even have a title sponsor until just before the event.