good luck 10000 meter runners....
BTY: Pollen count pretty Low
Des Moines, IA
Overcast
8127°F°F | °C°CPrecipitation: 10%
Humidity: 57%
Wind: 0 mph0 km/hWed
8529°6619°Thu
8630°6820°Fri
9133°7222°Sat
9334°7021°Sun
9032°7021°Mon
9133°6820°Tue
8831°7021°Wed
9032°7021
http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/des-moines-ia/50316/allergies-weather/328810
It looks like global warming has finally arrived.
Low humidity, so the heat won't really be a factor.
RuKiddingMe!! wrote:
good luck 10000 meter runners....
BTY: Pollen count pretty Low
Des Moines, IA
Overcast
8127°F°F | °C°CPrecipitation: 10%
Humidity: 57%
Wind: 0 mph0 km/hWed
8529°6619°Thu
8630°6820°Fri
9133°7222°Sat
9334°7021°Sun
9032°7021°Mon
9133°6820°Tue
8831°7021°Wed
9032°7021
http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/des-moines-ia/50316/allergies-weather/328810
Newsflash: It's summer, track and field is a summer sport and there are more events than the 10k that don't mind the warmer conditions vs. cooler conditions.
The 10k's are scheduled for 8:20 & 9:00pm tomorrow evening. The sun will have already dropped below the west side of the stadium and the trees outside of that so it shouldn't be a problem. Racetime forecast: 80 degrees, 30% chance for scattered thunderstorms, winds SSE @ 13mph. Not ideal, but doesn't sound all that bad to me. Athletes that prepare for all possible race conditions for such an important race are usually prepared. They'll be tactical anyway.
I do think it's funny that the schedule indicates at 9:25pm "End of Day 2" so even the officials think it's going to go well.
A couple years ago at the NCAA meet in Des Moines, it rained a lot and the meet was interupted several times with lightning delays but the times were very fast across the board.
It will be interesting to see how Ritz handles it. Not that he can't handle as good as any others in the race. But more than anyone he leaves it all on the track, and to win he may have to leave it all on the track.
I think of Ritz in the 2007 USATF 10000M. I think you can find that in the flotrack archives if you want to refresh your memory. I believe that was also in Des Moines and in almost the exact conditions forecast for tomorrow.
Actually, pollen count is expected high for the weekend.http://www.weather.com/health/pollen/forecast/50321Trees - ModerateGrass - Very HighWeeds - High
RuKiddingMe!! wrote: BTY: Pollen count pretty Low
The weather is no different than when Des Moines hosted in 2010... What's the big deal?
What do you think the weather's going to be like in Rio in 2016?
Will Rupp wear the face mask? If so, when does he drop it to the ground?
Jesus Christ! It's 8127°? Is this the surface of the sun we're talking about?
High temps are expected to be in the low 90s.
http://www.weather.com/weather/weekend/Des+Moines+IA+USIA0231:1:US
There are a lot more events than the 10k and 5k, and those events prefer hot weather.
All the talk about the heat is getting on my nerves. I live in Ames, IA (just North of Des Moines) and the heat here is not that bad. People talk as if it is going to be miserable this weekend, but from my perspective living here and running here there should really be no issues with the heat in the distance races as long as they begin after 7:00pm (they start much later than that at 8:20 and 9:00). The radiant heat from the sun is what really drains you, and as another poster already mentioned, by the time the 10,000m races begin the sun will no longer hit the runners directly.
People acclimate to where they live. Visitors are not used to the conditions. They need time to get used to the weather conditions.
ryan foreman wrote:
It will be interesting to see how Ritz handles it. Not that he can't handle as good as any others in the race. But more than anyone he leaves it all on the track, and to win he may have to leave it all on the track.
I think of Ritz in the 2007 USATF 10000M. I think you can find that in the flotrack archives if you want to refresh your memory. I believe that was also in Des Moines and in almost the exact conditions forecast for tomorrow.
He's worked in the heat since then for the Olympics in 2008, and gotten much better in heat but you do have a point.
Video here:
http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/59-2007-USATF-Outdoor-Championships/video/4081-Mens-10kFor that race, Ritz lost weight intentionally because he came to believe that if he were lighter, he would run faster. As a result, his energy stores were depleted and he was dehydrated--that's why he crashed at the end of the 2007 race. However, he did very well in Beijing, terrifically in Berlin, and last year a week after Oxy, he flew to Hengelo, where it was 77 in May, where the officials stupidly hosed down the track, creating a steam bath like effect, where he had missed three weeks of training on land because of a slight metatarsal problem, where he had jet-lag, and running almost entirely the whole race by himself, he still ran 27:50 . . . and last year he wasn't very good, having missed a great deal of the previous two years.http://trackfocus.com/distance/video-dathan-ritzenhein-after-hengelo-10000m
jackinthebox wrote:
ryan foreman wrote:It will be interesting to see how Ritz handles it. Not that he can't handle as good as any others in the race. But more than anyone he leaves it all on the track, and to win he may have to leave it all on the track.
I think of Ritz in the 2007 USATF 10000M. I think you can find that in the flotrack archives if you want to refresh your memory. I believe that was also in Des Moines and in almost the exact conditions forecast for tomorrow.
He's worked in the heat since then for the Olympics in 2008, and gotten much better in heat but you do have a point.
Video here:
http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/59-2007-USATF-Outdoor-Championships/video/4081-Mens-10k
For that race, Ritz lost weight intentionally because he came to believe that if he were lighter, he would run faster. As a result, his energy stores were depleted and he was dehydrated--that's why he crashed at the end of the 2007 race. However, he did very well in Beijing, terrifically in Berlin, and last year a week after Oxy, he flew to Hengelo, where it was 77 in May, where the officials stupidly hosed down the track, creating a steam bath like effect, where he had missed three weeks of training on land because of a slight metatarsal problem, where he had jet-lag, and running almost entirely the whole race by himself, he still ran 27:50 . . . and last year he wasn't very good, having missed a great deal of the previous two years.http://trackfocus.com/distance/video-dathan-ritzenhein-after-hengelo-10000m
jackinthebox wrote:
ryan foreman wrote:It will be interesting to see how Ritz handles it. Not that he can't handle as good as any others in the race. But more than anyone he leaves it all on the track, and to win he may have to leave it all on the track.
I think of Ritz in the 2007 USATF 10000M. I think you can find that in the flotrack archives if you want to refresh your memory. I believe that was also in Des Moines and in almost the exact conditions forecast for tomorrow.
He's worked in the heat since then for the Olympics in 2008, and gotten much better in heat but you do have a point.
Video here:
http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/59-2007-USATF-Outdoor-Championships/video/4081-Mens-10k