Running in the time of coronavirus

[Coyote Mas Loco]

Some fodder for further discussion.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/why-youre-unlikely-to-get-the-coronavirus-from-runners-or-cyclists/ar-BB138KC2?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp

[Coyote Mas Loco]

Not sure if this made any of the coronavirus threads on the other page but this blog from a UMass epidemiologist, and linked in NYT the other day, had some good information further collaborating that running outside isn't going to be a primary way to transmit and catch the virus.

https://www.erinbromage.com/post/the-risks-know-them-avoid-them?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200511&instance_id=18384&nl=the-morning&regi_id=97729111&segment_id=27239&te=1&user_id=813a600bcd47da7e0f10251daf5bab3a
 

[diablita]

Doesn't have to be a virtual race if you're willing to go Spartan:

“We are expecting 4,000 Spartans per day for this event”. Having never been afraid of hyperbole, he went on to say “If you’re too afraid to live a Spartan life due to a virus then you’re already dead. We have procedures in place to make a Spartan event safer than going grocery shopping, going to Starbucks, or going in an elevator.”

https://obstacleracingmedia.com/ocr-news/spartan-race-is-back-june-13-14-jacksonville-florida/?fbclid=IwAR3m91wNlzMqCqlF1A0J-vX9TY_o3zUqHhW3P_Zw4aHDwH2VSV8wxZIxy3M

 

[Plugging Along]

Last year I had the track to myself 90% of my runs.
Only 10% of the time was the track "busy."
1/3 of the "busy" times adults were walking the outer lanes,
and 2/3 of the time kids were horsing around on it.

Now it is reverse. 90% of the time someone else is on the track.
Few unaccompanied kids. Mostly adults, or adults with kids.
Though there does seem to be two organized groups.

A group that seems like a coach and half a dozen track members
doing 200m to 1600m workouts.

And a coach/parent and older boys who throw the football around.

When there is somebody on the football field or using the inner lanes
I run in the outer lane and credit myself with 453 meters per lap.