zds82 wrote:
You and I disagree, an IM race will happen this year, Finland, Weymouth, Estonia and probably STG all look like a go ahead! All in Sept.
For reference a half mararhon happened in Utah last weekend with 1300 peeps on SLC region, cases in SLC are worse than STG. Also cases in Uath have dropped from 7day rolling avg of about 590 to 440 last 2 weeks. STG has had softball, basketball tournaments with over 2000 participants each in last 4 weeks.
With that being said until I am in water that day in stg I think it could be unplugged. Will mentally prep for the scenario if it gets cancelled.
Even if cases in Utah are on the decline, do you really think they will deem it safe for folks from all over the US to travel there and possibly bring covid with them? And can they be a profitable race with no one from outside the US attending (or at least very few, cause of quarantines, etc)?
I really hope you are right and I am wrong, would love to see an event actually happen, but I just can't see it... Every other place that has had a softball tournament and/or running events or whatever, and have stated they are def a go ahead, etc. have ended up cancelling the WTC events.