COVID-19'S TOLL ON RUNNING AND RACING

19 Apr 2020 by Mike Burgess

When the UIL cancelled the rest of track season on FrIday, Texas joined an ever-growing list of states where high school sports were halted by COVID-19.

The global pandemic already shut down college and professional track. Here is a look at COVID-19’s impact on running and racing.

Postponed or cancelled races
https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a31353444/coronavirus-marathons-running-events-postponed-canceled/

Impact on running stores
https://www.runningshoesguru.com/2020/03/coronavirus-and-running-how-the-covid-19-is-impacting-running-stores-around-the-world/

USA Track & Field layoffs
https://apnews.com/ca70f444b1fc67e42500e0fc0487ae14

Professional runner endorsements
https://www.letsrun.com/news/2020/04/rrw-shoe-companies-are-still-paying-athletes-endorsement-contracts-in-2020-but-they-are-saving-a-lot-as-they-wont-be-paying-out-any-bonuses-if-there-is-no-competition/

Comments --

Loading...