PLATINUM RACING COVID-19 RESPONSE - June 19, 2020

Platinum Racing’s top priority is the health and safety of staff, volunteers and athletes.   Despite these troubling times, our team is still working hard to stage races for you in 2020.  We expect to announce or postponements and cancellations before July 1st.

Since November, 2019, we have solicited registration income totaling 35% of our typical budget.  We have spent the entirety of those funds on overhead, salaries, advertising and deposits, all in anticipation of a successful 2020 season.   At this time, our plan is as follows:

1. Events will be postponed to September and October if possible.  We are working on re-booking our venues and will communicate dates as soon as possible.
2. We encourage you to participate in our series of virtual SOLO CHALLENGES over your favorite race course to stay sharp until we race again.  Our digital leader board will offer a benchmarks for community engagement.  You will see links on each event page for this free race.
3. If we are forced to limit gatherings to 100 people, we’ll cap the field or stage the event weekend in waves.  We are working with the local authorities on social distancing protocols for endurance racing.

Event insurance isn’t available to organizers or our customers for pandemics or tornadoes or other Acts of God.  That’s why we note this in your registration waiver.   We don’t have a rainy day goodwill trust like the big marathons and this isn’t a hobby business, it’s our only business.  We will communicate what, if anything, we can offer you in terms of deferrals when we have a better understanding what part of our season or our company can continue to next year.  It would be a big victory for our team to offer races again in 2021.

Remember as endurance athletes we are well equipped to handle diversity.   Stay positive, stay safe, stay active and get ready to celebrate your later this year!