COMMUNITY MESSAGING
A number of industry organizations, race directors, and journalists have shared their thoughts on how races can and should respond to the crisis, how runners should understand the situation, and how to work together to get the sport through this.
While you should refrain from stealing anyone's specific language, you can use these as guides to help you build your own response, and link to them where you want to share the exact message.
- Race Cancellations and COVID-19, from Ian Corless's blog
- Race Cancellations and Postponements, from Jen Miller's NYTimes Newsletter
- What To Do, What To Do, from RunGuru's blog (race director for Nebraska Trail Run and Valley 7 Lakes)
- Pandemics, Mass Gatherings, and the Challenges of RDs, from Human Potential Running
- Why Can't I Just Get a Refund? And Other Emails to RDs in the COVID-19 Era, from the race director of the Hartford Quarter Marathon
- Advice for RRCA Members, Running Coaches, and Club Leaders, from the Road Runners Club of America
- Be Kind To Your Races Video, from Running Nerds, LLC
- They've trained for months. Then their marathons got canceled., from CNN
Current CDC guidance for large events and mass gatherings can be found here.
