Volkonski wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 1:05 am
It is the hottest time of the year in Wichita Falls. What better time to have a 100 mile bicycle race? (Any other time would be better.)
They have been doing this for 40 years. But this year the local trauma center is full of Covid patients. They expect 10,000 participants by the time registration is finished.
Last year they cancelled it. Last year they were smart.
I'm a little surprised, frankly, that they are going to run this event. At least around here, cyclists skew older and more educated. The
average age in my bike club is probably 50+, with some people well into their 80s (and they're not always the slowest guys on rides). So even though it's Texas, I would expect somewhat similar age demographics, and thus some common sense.
Yes, the HHH has the status of a legendary "bucket list" bike ride that even I in the Northeast have heard about and could imagine doing someday when the Travel Gods align behind it. But I certainly can't imagine signing up for a superspreader in the middle of the Delta variant, even though I'm fully vaxxed.