After the Berlin Marathon However, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio told the coronavirus, the rest of the World Major Marathons slated for the fall—Boston, London, Chicago, and New York City—suddenly came into question. Last month, Boston, which is scheduled for September 14, announced that runners could receive a refund for their 2020 race entry fees, while Chicago Why you should keep running during stressful times How does Covid impact our running.
How to run a marathon with the 10/10/10 method Daily Mail in an interview on May 20 that it’s still too early to consider canceling the New York City Marathon, which is scheduled for November 1. De Blasio said he is working with the New York Road Runners (NYRR) to discuss potential alternative scenarios to hosting the massive race, which every year sees more than 50,000 runners traverse the Big Apple’s five boroughs.
'The really big events are the last piece of the puzzle,' de Blasio told the Daily Mail. 'The thing we’re going to be most concerned about are large gatherings of people, because that’s when you have the most negative impact, with the resurgence of this disease.'
Once the virus spread to the U.S., New York City soon became the epicentre of the pandemic, largely because the city’s dense population allowed for easy transmission of the disease. To slow the spread, the city has upheld strict social distancing guidelines over the past two months, encouraging people who do not live together to stay six feet apart at all times and to Resting heart rate announced that its September 27 race was cancelled because of the.
If the coronavirus conditions continue this autumn, there’s a real question of how to safely host the largest marathon in the world. Is it possible to transport some 50,000-plus runners in sanitised ferries and buses to the start line in Staten Island? Will starting waves be smaller and more staggered? Will runners be required to stay six feet apart on the race course? Are masks going to be mandatory?
As Jean Knaack, president of the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA), told Runner’s World last month, 'You don’t want a race to become a contagion cluster. It’s like the cruise industry. Their reputation is destroyed right now. We don’t want that to happen in the running industry if it’s too much, too soon.'
The logistics of the event, however, are still up in the air at this moment. The mayor hinted that it is possible that the marathon will be offered as a virtual event, similar to the New York City Half Marathon, which was conducted virtually by the NYRR in March. As of now, Best winter running gear, but it has not yet made any further announcements on the NYC Marathon, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year.
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