Off the twitter feed it seems the forecast is for very warm conditions with temp around 73-75 degrees or 22-23 celsuis. Not hot like Comm Games where Callum Hawkins can't remember much at all but will slow down the race.
Prediction is 2:08:25 wins!
Thoughts?
Look at Bekele. He will run 2:02:44
Ross Tucker is already saying that 2:06 is more likely.
Wind will play a part and forecast is for high humidity at the 10am start.
Kipchoge is running a race with pacers, so it will at least be a 2:04.
As for the rest of the field, like "I can't finish a race because this happened" Bekele, who knows.
and the Weather channels say that the temp doesn't get above 67-68 for the day. What are they talking about??
So far its 62 at 9am race time. It's good!
So they think the women will run fast when everyone knows the weather is going to be the equalizer. Women at London will go 2:24 based on weather forecast! After Boston they need to know what they can't control. Mother nature!
Weather should be good. No WR would be a disappointment.
Current weather forecast is max 19degC by noon. Convert that into archaic units at your leisure, but whatever way you cut it that isn't "hot".
Will be 63-65 F- not too hot at all, especially for the east africans
timtam wrote:
Off the twitter feed it seems the forecast is for very warm conditions with temp around 73-75 degrees or 22-23 celsuis. Not hot like Comm Games where Callum Hawkins can't remember much at all but will slow down the race.
Prediction is 2:08:25 wins!
Thoughts?
Current forecast is about 17C (63F) at start time, breezy and low humidity. Should become cloudy as the race progresses.
If those are "bad" conditions we should move marathons to indoor.
Excuses wrote:
timtam wrote:
Off the twitter feed it seems the forecast is for very warm conditions with temp around 73-75 degrees or 22-23 celsuis. Not hot like Comm Games where Callum Hawkins can't remember much at all but will slow down the race.
Prediction is 2:08:25 wins!
Thoughts?
Current forecast is about 17C (63F) at start time, breezy and low humidity. Should become cloudy as the race progresses.
If those are "bad" conditions we should move marathons to indoor.
A marathon on the track you say?
Bloody British weather! Today has a predicted high of 28C but next Monday's high is showing 14C.
Crazy.
All those Euros running in the heat. It's going to smell as bad as Mama June after hot yoga.
mr wilson wrote:
All those Euros running in the heat. It's going to smell as bad as Mama June after hot yoga.
A lot better than the dead carcass/septic tank smells produced by sweaty afros.
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these