Runners, path runners, do not you see something coming? Definitely no. It has been nearly a yr since the riders have crossed off the occasions one after the other on their agendas with out noticing for the second the slightest clarification on a potential return of the pelotons. On the aspect of the fee for out-of-stadium races chaired by Marie-Claire Peltier for its Meurthe-et-Mosellan aspect, it’s imprecise: “The financial danger of programming to cancel at the last moment weighs on the organizers. In terms of administrative procedures alone, it takes at least two months between the intention to organize and the day of the event. With the risk of a postponement that the prefecture can announce 48 hours before the race. So the return of the races is unfortunately not for now. For having gone around the table, everyone is hoping for a return to normal by September, without prejudging that this will happen as before the Covid ”. The extension final February of the state of emergency till June 1 cooled the enthusiasm.
The unattainable equation for giant occasions. Beyond the 1,000 runners, the races enter one other organizational and monetary dimension. This can be the motive why the half-marathon of the Great War, scheduled for June 13 in Verdun, has already been canceled, as its organizer, Boris Stemmer reminded us: “We dare to ask much less for the sponsors whom we all know that they’re in a fragile scenario and naturally different sponsors are much less daring to enterprise right into a hypothetical version. For us, the finances is round 90,000 euros, we can’t afford to advance the prices for a race that may by no means see the gentle of day ”.
Who dares to preserve? If the organizers of the 6-day stage race in Toulois introduced that the 2021 version could be held, if the well being context permits, it will happen from June 20 to 26. As shut as potential in the calendar, the Tomblainoise made its deposit in the prefecture, two weeks in the past, for a race to be contested on April 25: “We need to attempt to we cross our fingers, if we can’t, pre-registrations are canceled and reimbursed, ”explains organizer Jean-Luc Maquart. The Belledotrail, in Blénod on May 16, and the UTTN, on May 30, preserve their date for the second.
Exist regardless of all the pieces. Races already canceled in 2020 intend to occupy the subject with present means. Thus the path of the Trenches of Verdun is planning a 2021 model, little question removed from its crowds of 5,000 runners, with a linked mode to be performed from March 20 to 28. The Pedestrian Tour of Viller has opted for the identical credo, the identical dates and the identical components, to additionally exist however at present has about twenty registered whereas its “ bodily ” version has hitherto been round 400 members. Remember {that a} linked race provides the organizer infinitely much less organizational burden: “We don’t need to file a file with the prefecture. We just warned the hunting companies, ”mentioned Villarois Denis Michel.
The Grand Est league needs to preserve the hyperlink. It does not matter if the runner is licensed or not. Like the ” Miles ” problem arrange by the federation, the Grand Est league adopted swimsuit with the ” LARGE Running Challenge ”, a linked competitors and distances of three, 5, 10 km to be finished from March 12 to April 4 …
