Monday, March 23, 2020
Does this little guy look sad? It's probably because we just got word that his race, the Dunn Tire Mountain Goat 10 miler in Syracuse, is cancelled (or rather, replaced with a virtual run or a couple of other options.) Originally the hope was they'd be able to reschedule, but with a race of this magnitude I would imagine the logistics of rescheduling are practically impossible.
Of course, this also calls the entire Syrathon 2020 into question, since I don't know that it's possible to complete the 26.2 miles without the Mountain Goat, plus there's at least one other race in the series at the end of April that is probably cancelled or postponed as well - anything between now and mid-May which isn't just hasn't gotten the message out yet. I guess I really picked the wrong year to sign up for the Syrathon.
And just to be clear - I do recognize that cancelled races are a minor inconvenience in the face of a viral pandemic that's killing thousands of people and catastrophically overloading medical systems around the work, and the world economy grinding to a halt because no one can go to work in hopes that this will help slow the spread of COVID-19. We have huge challenges ahead of us and only time will tell what things are going to be like on the other side.
JMH
