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Greater Manchester Marathon 2020

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Roberto Mar 2020 5:02pm, 13 Mar 2020 1,033 posts	0 Roberto 20mile race*
markgallmac Mar 2020 5:03pm, 13 Mar 2020 41 posts	0 markgallmac With everything going on the right thing to do is pull the plug now and let people make their cancellations, whatever. Give us a new date and life goes on. If the world isn't safe then the world isn't safe. Postpone.
plodding hippo Mar 2020 5:14pm, 13 Mar 2020 51,122 posts	0 plodding hippo VLM postponed
jennywren Mar 2020 5:27pm, 13 Mar 2020 15,548 posts	0 jennywren Manchester Evening News says Manchester is still going ahead. That was before the VLM announcement though.
plodding hippo Mar 2020 5:28pm, 13 Mar 2020 51,123 posts	0 plodding hippo Waits patiently
BexleyKev Mar 2020 5:31pm, 13 Mar 2020 533 posts	0 BexleyKev It may be a case of money talking and insurance cover for the organisers - who would prefer to act on Government instruction rather than cancel and risk losing money themselves?
plodding hippo Mar 2020 5:33pm, 13 Mar 2020 51,126 posts	0 plodding hippo Good point Bexley I'm just off to check the latest I can cancel my hotel
Nelly Mar 2020 5:40pm, 13 Mar 2020 3,966 posts	0 Nelly If GMM are in fact waiting for the government to force them to postpone so they can claim on their event insurance then they are one of the lucky ones... I read an article online yesterday in an insurance trade paper in which one insurer said 90% of event insurance policies (for all events, not just running) do not include cover for pandemic.
Nelly Mar 2020 5:44pm, 13 Mar 2020 3,967 posts	0 Nelly This suggests it’s off... twitter.com
Windsor Wool Mar 2020 5:56pm, 13 Mar 2020 4,531 posts	0 Windsor Wool to September hey? I suppose October is now very crowded!