I am a first year coach, and we have had a ton of rain in the last day, and rain is expected to continue. My AD said it is up to me if we have a dual meet. The meet doesn't count for anything, but I would like to race.
The question is when is it ok to cancel. If the course is under water I will cancel.
Cancel for lightning. Otherwise run in the rain. You'd be practicing anyway, right?
In HS we loved racing in the rain, but really, it depends on your course. Some courses are immune to rain. Others become dangerous with a heavy dew. I know of a dual meet that was run yesterday on a course that was made LOTS MORE dangerous by the rain they got. The thing is this course is not safe on any day and the coach is just rolling the dice until someone gets badly hurt and the XC program gets shut down to pay the law suit. Please don't be the coach that ends a XC program.
Regarding heavy rain, if there are severe weather warnings (e.g. flash floods, high wind, lightning, etc.) I'll cancel. If it is just wet/raining I'll hold the race and may just reroute the course if certain sections are in extremely bad condition.
Unless there are unsafe conditions you run. XC is a test of mental toughness as much as physical
I'd be more concerned about travel to and from the meet if it's heavy rain, like truly sever weather. If that isn't a concern, then go for it. Racing in the rain is one of the best times a XC runner will ever have.
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