“The virus is really transmitted by coughing and sneezing, in close proximity, and it really gets blown away if you’re running at any reasonable pace. “The problem is with mass running events such as the marathon, the congregation at the start, the getting there, all that is certainly an issue. Say at 20-second intervals, and say if the fastest-ranked runners went off last, it could actually be quite exciting. So I really think we have to be over the pandemic before I can see a mass participation marathon happening. It’s just different if you’re running with 25,000 others.”Should we wait for a vaccine before a return to sport?

Source: The Irish Times May 13, 2020 06:00 UTC