You could say... wrote:
i should know better wrote:
Or..... you run in the morning when it will be much, much cooler. Like the other guy said. Why is running at night better than the morning?
No direct sunlight beating down on you and heating up the track. The difference is like night and day!
That was easy.. Someone stayed awake in class.
This seems like a ridiculous request, moving the race because of the temps. It is not a marathon and the athletes will live. Everyone runs in the same weather on race day, and the fittest runners sit on the podium. Isn't this the goal of the trials? Why do we care how hot it is? A few water splashes every few laps and they'll be just fine.
Proud of you, Letsrun. Didn't even take a whole page to go from "Maybe it's too hot for distance events to be ideal on Sunday" to "poor white guys".
waterloo wrote:
A few water splashes every few laps and they'll be just fine.
lol idk, it's just when I plan my track workout, I look at the weather and if it's triple digits I'll just wait until sunset. The athletes should protest and just all agree to run at 9:00 PM. Your move USATF
Runners are weak lol it's a 15 or 30 minute race
200 mile gravel bike race just took place in scorching heat in Kansas. That's over 10 hours and let me tell you they weren't soft pedaling.
Have there been any 10K track races run with sprinklers available in outer lanes? With low humidity that could save serious heat injuries. In sun a tech marvel as Hayward seems to be, it should be a no-brainer.
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malmo wrote:
It would be better to push those races back to 8-9 pm.
Remember, in Eugene its the dry heat. I've run at 3pm in 100+ weather and it's not so bad. Racing, is a different matter.
I still think AM is the way to go. It's 57 in Eugene right now (8:20 AM pacific time). Temp will peak today at 84 at 5 pm. By 8pm it will still be 79.
We could still be at 90 by 8 pm on Sunday.
They should do what the West Coast Relays did and run the distance races at 7:30 am. Nur ran 27:47 in the am, so an earl start shouldn’t a effect times. Those runners that need qualifier can still go after it.
Im guessing the top 8 guys (or all fimalists) going into the race are saying to themselves "F the weather! Lets Go!" and not letting negative thoughts into their heads. Their minds are ready to accept whatever it takes and are probably going to try and punish the weaker minds anyway. Probably turn to a sit and kick race anyway but they arent afraid. This is their chance. Something many never get to experience. And, if Tokyo weather is to be similar or worse, they want that too!
You guys should watch the movie 300 and learn something from the Spartans instead of the Greeks.
RichardRider wrote:
Im guessing the top 8 guys (or all fimalists) going into the race are saying to themselves "F the weather! Lets Go!" and not letting negative thoughts into their heads. Their minds are ready to accept whatever it takes and are probably going to try and punish the weaker minds anyway. Probably turn to a sit and kick race anyway but they arent afraid. This is their chance. Something many never get to experience. And, if Tokyo weather is to be similar or worse, they want that too!
You guys should watch the movie 300 and learn something from the Spartans instead of the Greeks.
Evolution has occurred since then. Modern militaries pick good weather for battle (D-day). So why throw your self to slaughter when you can pick a smart time to race.
oldoldrunner wrote:
RichardRider wrote:
Im guessing the top 8 guys (or all fimalists) going into the race are saying to themselves "F the weather! Lets Go!" and not letting negative thoughts into their heads. Their minds are ready to accept whatever it takes and are probably going to try and punish the weaker minds anyway. Probably turn to a sit and kick race anyway but they arent afraid. This is their chance. Something many never get to experience. And, if Tokyo weather is to be similar or worse, they want that too!
You guys should watch the movie 300 and learn something from the Spartans instead of the Greeks.
Evolution has occurred since then. Modern militaries pick good weather for battle (D-day). So why throw your self to slaughter when you can pick a smart time to race.
I agree. But the athletes unfortunately dont have control over those decisions. All they can control is their mental and emotional preparation for any situation they are subjected to. Prepare for the worst and any changes for the better are a bonus.
Im just suggesting that people try to think about what has to go through the mind of the athlete going into battle. Evolution or not, the General commands Advance and the soldier advances. Sucks, but it sucks for all equally. We dont have an air conditioned stadium and im not confident those that hold the purse strings give two turds about the athletes.
I ran the 1976 Boston marathon when the temperature was 100 deg at the start. Jack Fultz won in like 2:20.
It wasn't that bad because we kept getting sprayed by people with their garden hoses. Maybe they should do the same :)
qs wrote:
I ran the 1976 Boston marathon when the temperature was 100 deg at the start.
"The high on Marathon Monday in 1976 was 82 in Boston, but in Worcester it was 91! (Interestingly enough, in 2004 and 2012, it was actually several degrees warmer at the finish line.)
Since the route runs from Hopkinton to Boston, we can assume it was in the upper 80s and lower 90s for much of the race before it cooled off a bit at the finish line. Add in the sunshine and the pavement, and you have the makings for an uncomfortable run, to say the least. It wasn’t, however, 100 degrees anywhere along the route, as some have been known to say—even if it felt that way to some of the runners."
https://www.boston.com/weather/boston-marathon/2016/04/14/40-years-ago-marathon-monday-temps-were-remarkable/This would work. NFL style .
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The temperature shouldn’t be a problem except for the 5000, which will probably turn out to be a 2.1-mile jog and a 1-mile race. Again, no problem.
USATF has moved the 20K Racewalk from 9:00am to 7:00am so I expect they will also adjust the 10K.
High of 111 now forecasted for Saturday evening at 6 pm. Sunday high by 3 pm of 107.
Hot hot hot wrote:
High of 111 now forecasted for Saturday evening at 6 pm. Sunday high by 3 pm of 107.
That some hot shiz! 🌯🌯🌯🔥🔥🔥
That does seem reasonable. But there may be reactions to the sprinklers quite different from what is intended.
Once in the final miles of a very hot marathon 97% a guy in the neighborhood helpfully began spraying runners with his garden hose. A group I was in was like a death march from heat and hallucinations. When the cold water hit me and a couple other guys we nearly passed out. One brave guy went over and grabbed the hose f rye on him. Thermo shock was worse than the heat.
Yeah I’m seeing 111 for reps. Running in that definitely could have the athletes get heat stroke. I raced in 95 once I got heat stroke. If you haven’t had that I can’t tell you how miserable and sick you can get.
sub sub elite local hobby jogger wrote:
if they move the race, NBC can do a race recap rather than showing the whole race, and insert some puff piece in the original race time slot. They probably would prefer that.
Maybe NBC will use that time to let us know Allyson Felix is a mom!
