Letter from the Editor: An Extraordinary Year

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Most of my work correspondence over the past months — whether sent or received — begins in kind with "I hope you're well" and ends with "stay safe." There's a welcome tenderness in those sentiments that I think find their root in our extraordinary shared experience of late. It goes without saying that few in the athletics, fitness and recreation industries were able to avoid unprecedented change and upheaval this year.

Nevertheless, we've arrived at the last issue of 2020, and I want to recognize the resiliency demonstrated by everyone here at AB, as well as by our partners, colleagues and friends across the industry. We shouldn't be ashamed to admit that the uncertainties that have emerged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have been unsettling if not scary, and in some cases tragic. That's the current reality of the situation, but as Socrates said, "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new."

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