Should we be worried that the fall major marathons are going to go virtual again?

Chi-town 2021 wrote:

Chicago is requiring either proof of vaccination or a negative test to get into the expo.

And in related news, more Alaskans are registered for the Chicago Marathon in 2021 than ever before.

There was an update. The Vienna Marathon takes place. Being vaccinated and recovering is not enough. All runners have to take a Covid test.

https://sport.orf.at/stories/3083641/

Leo45 wrote:

There was an update. The Vienna Marathon takes place. Being vaccinated and recovering is not enough. All runners have to take a Covid test.

https://sport.orf.at/stories/3083641/

At least it is still on!

Leo45 wrote:

There was an update. The Vienna Marathon takes place. Being vaccinated and recovering is not enough. All runners have to take a Covid test.

https://sport.orf.at/stories/3083641/

Has the city given the final OK yet? VCM website says they're still waiting for approval, and it seems doubtful that would happen on a weekend. Looking good, though! All signs pointing toward go.

93% vaccinated. Wow. That shows how far from reality all the discussions here are. Real runners are getting the vaccine.

Bodes well for other races. Keep an eye on pre-marathon events in Berlin, too.

Official green light given yesterday. Vienna is on.

Other cities will be watching this one carefully.

Hope for the best wrote:

Leo45 wrote:

There was an update. The Vienna Marathon takes place. Being vaccinated and recovering is not enough. All runners have to take a Covid test.

https://sport.orf.at/stories/3083641/

Has the city given the final OK yet? VCM website says they're still waiting for approval, and it seems doubtful that would happen on a weekend. Looking good, though! All signs pointing toward go.

93% vaccinated. Wow. That shows how far from reality all the discussions here are. Real runners are getting the vaccine.

Bodes well for other races. Keep an eye on pre-marathon events in Berlin, too.

Yep. Runners have a much more vested interest in keeping events going than most groups. I've said time and again that they are conservative trolls who don't even run that are on letsrun because of its free speech policies and are only interested in arguing against science and compassion for one's fellow man. Its like bodybuilding.com light for these people - in the sense that there are a lot of nonlifters in their offtopic discussions, but maybe the speech here is even more permissive. Removing non running topics from the front page and requiring clicking a link to see them would fix the problem on letsrun overnight.

Update: No covid infections linked to the Vienna marathon. Confirmed by local health authorities.

This is a really good sign for upcoming events.

Testing + overwhelming majority vaccinated = safe race

Here's hoping all the other fall events go off without a hitch, too!

A case is a test. If Cbus can fill OSU stadium, they can damn well run a marathon of 10-15k. This has been political from day one and one lie became another then became another then became another. Same immune compromised have the same risk with the flu exposure.

shoelessinseattle wrote:

A case is a test. If Cbus can fill OSU stadium, they can damn well run a marathon of 10-15k. This has been political from day one and one lie became another then became another then became another. Same immune compromised have the same risk with the flu exposure.

Just a small sample of attendance numbers from this year:

Sept 4 - Western Michigan @ Michigan - 109,295

Sept 4 - Kent State @ Texas A&M - 97,339

Sept 11 - McNees State @ LSU - 94,220

Sept 11 - Ball State @ Penn State - 105,323

Sept 11 - Mercer @ Alabama - 95,396

Sept 11 - Oregon @ Ohio State - 100,482

Sept 11 - Washington @ Michigan - 108,345

Sept 18 - Northern Illinois @ Michigan - 106,263

Sept 18 - Auburn @ Penn State - 109,958

Sept 18 - South Carolina @ Auburn - 92,746

Over a million people. No social distancing. No masks. No Covid explosion.