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Dear Prospective 2021 Credit Union Cherry Blossom Entrant: As we head into the latter half of Fall, I know many of you are thinking about next Spring and the 2021 Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run, 5K Run-Walk and Kids Run scheduled over the weekend of April 10-11, 2021. Rest assured the Event Organizing Committee has been thinking about it too - a lot. Certainly when we converted the 2020 event to a virtual run, we figured we would be free and clear of COVID-19 by the time 2021 rolled around. Unfortunately, that is not the case. At the moment, we are hoping to conduct the 2021 event in-person under whatever COVID-19 restrictions may be in place at the time. Ideally, there will be a vaccine in wide enough distribution for the event to take place exactly as in the past. More likely, there will be some sort of social-distancing requirements still in effect with which we will comply. These safeguards may cause us to limit the size of the field in order to allow more time for socially-distanced runners to start, or to start the race earlier than in than in the past. We are actively reviewing models using these variables to see what a safe race might look like. We plan to take a hard look at the COVID-19 environment and evaluate the feasibility of conducting an in-person race in late December, with a go or no-go decision by December 31, 2020. If the decision is to continue planning for an in-person race at that time, we will start accepting entries on the following schedule.Lottery Entry and Guaranteed Entry Links On Monday, January 4, 2021 we will open registration for lottery entrants (for full details on how the lottery works Click Here) and for our nearly 12,000 individuals who deferred their 2020 entries to the 2021 event instead of taking a refund. Individuals who deferred will receive a link to a form that they will complete with uniquely identifying information. This will generate an entry form for them to enter the 2021 race. We will accept lottery registrations and Guaranteed Entry Links until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, January 31. No deferred entries or lottery registrations will be accepted after this date. Important Note: Those who deferred entry and plan to enter this year will pay the 2021 entry fee for whichever race they choose. The 2021 entry fees are $50.00 for the 10 Mile and $40 for the 5K Run-Walk. Once this registration period is closed, those who deferred from the 2020 race and entered the 2021 race will be accepted into the race. The remainder of the accepted runners will be selected from those who registered for the lottery. The lottery drawing will be conducted over the weekend of February 6-7, with the lottery results and a list of those accepted through Guaranteed Entry Links posted by Wednesday, February 10. Of course, changes in the COVID-19 environment could force us to cancel or postpone the in-person race after we start accepting entries on January 4. What If The 2021 Race Is Cancelled and Turned Into a Virtual Event? This is what will happen if the 2021 in-person race is cancelled due to COVID-19 and replaced with a Virtual Run after 2021 entries have been accepted:
We are investigating the possibility of moving the race to the fall. Should that become possible, we will revisit the options for deferrals at that time. The entire Organizing Committee is thinking positively about the 2021 race. We hope to see everyone, safely, at the starting line on Sunday, April 11 (and the Kids at the Kids Run on Saturday, April 10).
Sincerely,
P.S. If you have general questions regarding this message please reply to [email protected]. Do not simply click "reply to" for this email. This email address is not monitored. For all information regarding the race, visit our race website at www.cherryblossom.org.
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