I call bs wrote:
http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/OTBD/2014/9/1/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NAThe OP is full of it.
Epic fail!
I call bs wrote:
http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/OTBD/2014/9/1/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NAThe OP is full of it.
Epic fail!
well,. wrote:
I call bs wrote:
http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/OTBD/2014/9/1/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NAThe OP is full of it.
Epic fail!
I think he had it on Celsius and thought 38-40 was Fahrenheit. Lol-orama.
Make sense that it's at night as it will be prime time on Universal TV.
Will Ramadan fall on the days of the World Championship? A large number of the distance runners will be fasting....won't help much with the heat.
I was against this idea originally too. I wanted worlds to be in Eugene. Since its not I started to think about the possibilities that come from this though. If the head has an effect on the runners we could have a really exciting race. These championship races are never really about time. The head will possibly take out some of the favorites and give chances to other guys that we wouldn't normally think as big players. I think about the Barcelona Olympics in 92 when it was really hot and a lot of people faded and it turned into an amazing battle between Korea and Japan. Not to mention all the historical implications of such a battle. Maybe I am biased because I am Korean but I think this gives other athletes a chance and it opens the possibility to an exciting race.
HEAT LOL my bad
agip wrote:
that table says the AVERAGE dewpoint is 73 degrees in Doha in Sept - that is about the WORST day in the Northeast USA, where humidity is a problem.
You need to drill down to the data tables.
The dew points drop down to the low 60s, even 50s and 40s during many of thsoe September days.
The meet will be held in early October.
The dew points dropped to 73, 72, 52, 63, 66, 73, 70, 46, 61, and 70 in the first 10 days of Oct 2014
For the first 10 days of Oct 2013 70, 66, 64, 39, 37, 34, 45, 63, 54, 55
2010 DOHA
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The race was run at night. Sunset at near the Equator is 6:00pm. That means the race went off two and a half hours past sunset. There is NO radiant energy coming from the Sun. There is little stored energy in the air. It's a good time to run.
The 5000m went of at 8:35pm. The temperature was about 94, the DEW POINT was 54.
1. 12:51 Kipchoge (fastest 5000m of 2010)
2. 12:51 Chepkok
Dew Point vs. R.H.
Unlike relative humidity if dew point increases, it is only because the amount of moisture increases. If relative changes it can be because of temperature change or moisture change, two variables leads to too many possibilities, with dew point it is strictly moisture you are tracking.
Dew point can never be higher than the temperature, at saturation, i.e. 100% relative humidity the temperature and dew point are the same. …
So How Does Dew Point Feel?
On a typical summer day the following apply:
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• Dew Point(F)..........Perception
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• 75+....................Extremely uncomfortable
• 70-74...................Very humid, quite uncomfortable
• 65-69...................A bit uncomfortable for most people
• 60-64...................Ok for most, but everyone begins to feel the humidity
• 55-59...................Comfortable
• 50-54...................Very comfortable
• less than 49...................Feels like the west, very pleasant, a bit dry to some
Do you think "tracktown USA" is a destination that most people in the world want to visit?Eugene is a hole. I think the IAAF can be forgiven for wanting to hold it in a more interesting location. Good lord, American runners and their provincialism....
broken arrow wrote:
The buffoons that run the IAAF are more concerned with their stay in VIP Hotels than the actual track meet and the performances of the athletes.
And while we're at it, stop USATF for putting up Eugene (Nike), when we have so many big cities in the US with great hotels and airports. The USATF has become a subsidiary of NIKE Inc.
IAAF has it's issues but this Nike bullying is a way bigger problem. With Eugene, the average fan would be lucky staying at a motel 6. I don't blame the IAAF. I'm actually surprised Eugene got more votes than Barcelona. But then again Nike is powerful enough to get Eugene to do better than Barcelona. That Nike loses out to Doha, well I guess they got out-moneyed, and I'm not crying about it.
Hotels sure
Airports sure
Track stadiums not so much
malmo wrote:
So How Does Dew Point Feel?
On a typical summer day the following apply:
________________________________________
• Dew Point(F)..........Perception
________________________________________
• 75+....................Extremely uncomfortable
• 70-74...................Very humid, quite uncomfortable
• 65-69...................A bit uncomfortable for most people
• 60-64...................Ok for most, but everyone begins to feel the humidity
• 55-59...................Comfortable
• 50-54...................Very comfortable
• less than 49...................Feels like the west, very pleasant, a bit dry to some
That chart is bunk. "65-69...................A bit uncomfortable for most people" A BIT? For MOST people? Over 65F dew point is very humid and very uncomfortable for non-activity, let alone running.
Build a dome with air conditioning.
vivalarepublica wrote:
Build a dome with air conditioning.
Forgot to say that the atmosphere would be awful in a dome, but the IAAF could care less as long as they getting their celebrity treatment.
asharry wrote:
I have lived in Doha for 5 years and I have run in my fair share of heat while here. During the last week of September/first week of October it is still around 92-95 at the LOWEST time in the day! At that time of the year to get in a long run, I have to split 1 hour outside and 1 inside - I usually get up at 4:30 so I can be out the door at 5:00. When I check my phone at that time, the temperature is usually around 94 with 50-75% humidity which yields a "perceived temperature" of about 105...after doing an hour outside at a modest pace, I am exhausted and the second half of the run isn't easy. I feel sorry for the poor marathoners who will be asked to run here, I don't see how it will work. As somebody who is typically in 16:00 5k shape or so, I don't think I could crack 17:00 at that time of year, and I've had years to acclimate to the weather...it's going to be brutal.
Ok Vin sorry you lost but let it go...
Dr. Herringhef - I know you were greasing some dirty IAAF palms with your filthy oil money...congrats on beating Vin when it counted.
Justifying Selling out the Sport says:
"Do you think "tracktown USA" is a destination that most people in the world want to visit?
Eugene is a hole. I think the IAAF can be forgiven for wanting to hold it in a more interesting location. Good lord, American runners and their provincialism...."
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And heaven help you, just what is an "interesting location"? A bunch of gaudy towers built on a sand spit in the middle of the desert? A place where hatred spews for gays, jews, women, infidels? A place with wealth enough to share bucket loads with ISIL to spread their evil? Good Lord, is right. Where are your morals to "forgive" the IAAF talking heads for putting out sport through this outrage. "Provincialism", if that is what it is, can be forgiven. Greed and Evil cannot.
Why don't the Qataris show us what brazen fossil fuel guzzlers they really are by ACing the entire outdoor marathon route?
the world 100km championships are in doha this friday.
if you can handel the heat stay out the kitchen