It looks like the Virginia Beach AAU Indoor Open and Masters Championships will take place after all on Saturday evening, March 6. Already, a number of my colleagues have signed up. Unfortunately, the schedule does not permit a 400/200 double, they are listed as consecutive events, so I'll just run the 400m if I go.
This meet is appealing for a number of reasons. First, it will be my only chance to log an indoor time. Second, it is an incredible brand new $68 million facility and fast banked beautiful blue track (see below). And third, they've scheduled it so the masters and open will be a different time than the youth, so less people, less risk. With USATF Nationals cancelled, this meet may function sort of as a Masters Indoor Championship. Right now there are just about 30 people signed up but they will cap the meet at 200 so I should decide fairly soon. It will be definitely safer than racing at a huge indoor meet in Birmingham next weekend, and by March, hopefully infections will be decreased compared with today. They will probably have a small turnout so I'll likely run with younger and faster masters if I go, based on seed time rather than age. Mike B. is in the M55 age group and is entered... he ran sub 56 in the 400m 4 or 5 times in '19.
I can fly non-stop from Nashville round-trip, hotel for 2 nights, and car all for $452 right now, which is good. It cost $50 to enter + $16 to join AAU.
Right now, it's still a dangerous time. 7 day avg coronavirus death rate in America is 3238 as of today. I'll probably make a decision on this in the next few weeks. Tomorrow looks like the first day where it will in the upper 50ºs and fair weather for training. Just rested today, have a slight groin issue that I want to get past.
The brand new VA Beach Sports Center - site of the AAU Open/Masters Championships, March 6
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