Who says good things can’t happen in the time of Covid? Our weekly Zwift ride is still going strong. Our most recent Happy Hour and Coaches Panel with Team Dietitian, Allison Knott of ANew Well Sports Nutrition, was a great success. The slideshow from this year’s Ordinary Marathon is finally up! Year in and year out, this is my most favorite part of the race – watching how we all come together and celebrate out sport in the name of charity.

It was also nice to see a race happen! That’s right – an actual, live in-person race! In certain parts of the country, smaller races are still taking place. Where there is racing, personal goals and accomplishments are happening. It’s refreshing to see, and for a minute I thought maybe we were starting to get our sport back.

And then Philly canceled their marathon.

It wasn’t unexpected, but it still felt like a gut-punch seeing it happen. There will be no Philly meet-up for Team Ordinary this year. The question then becomes… what do we do now? Some folks will embrace virtual racing. Some will look for other races that haven’t yet canceled. And some people, me included, will take their time and make their decisions as the future unfolds. The good news is, it is the very same qualities of mental toughness that push us to endeavor to succeed in this sport, that can help us deal with the racing fallout of 2020.