If the world was still acting according to Hoyle, then I would have spent a portion of yesterday listening to the Yankees play the Orioles from Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. Once upon a pandemic ago, yesterday was Opening Day in Major League Baseball. Now, not so much.
While working from home again, an endeavor that has underscored for me just how correct the late, great Mr. Zevon was regarding how splendid isolation truly is, I received an e-mail from Ed Hale.
For the uninformed, Ed Hale is the Race Director for the Spring Lake 5 Mile Run. The SL5's tag line is, "Summer at the Shore Starts Here". Not in 2020. Just one week ago, Mr. Hale sent all of us registered to run in this year's race, scheduled for Saturday, May 23, 2020, an e-mail confirming that COVID-19 dictated the race's postponement, which decision is one that I completely understand and with which I wholeheartedly agree.
Yesterday, Mr. Hale's e-mail carried tidings of good news. In 2020, summer at the Shore shall not begin with the Spring Lake 5. Summer shall end with it. Instead of racing on the Saturday morning of Memorial Day Weekend, we shall do so on Saturday, September 5, which is the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend.
A little bit of normal in a month in which "normal" has been in short supply.
-AK
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