Orlando weather forecast for Feb 3

Well I was comparing to finishing in 80 degrees like the original possible forecast.

Or like LA 2016 when Shalane collapsed and had to be carried off, hence "gee who could have predicted" thanks for the repeat Max Siegel (does he even run? at all?)

So anyways, not every marathon can be 50 degrees in low humidity, 8am start would have been better but NBC has to make their millions on the broadcast advertisements.

But yeah considering this is a "flat and fast" course people are going to be at maximum effort for 2+ hours, that last 5K is going to hurt and the weather isn't going to help.

Could be worse, hot AND headwind. If Sunday forecast become Saturday, that's not good.

(Sunday is going to be pouring rain, at least right now)

Y'all have to shift this realtime view back and forth some days/hours.

It looks like it has, in fact, gotten a lot worse. I just looked at WeatherUnderground, and it now says high of 75 and mostly sunny. 70-71-72 at the finish.

Definitely not good, and definitely enough to produce some serious carnage --esp since there's bound to be a large pack that goes out pretty hard.

The last 3-5 miles is gonna get really ugly, and probably yield some major drama, too.

Stop!!!

Dewpoint forecast has dropped considerably. 47-49 F.

The question we should all be asking is: who's cutting holes in their singlets?

I remember some pro saying his or her coach didn't let the athlete look up or talk about the weather in the week before a marathon. Probably that's the best way to do it...all this worrying can just take the fight out of you and doesn't help you in any way.

Rather, day before the race look at the weather, make a race plan and go with it.

I'm assuming all of the Nike athletes.

As a guy who lives in the southeast and endures nasty summer humidity, I have developed my own personal temperature formula of how I adjust my workouts. It's all about temperature plus dew point. If those two numbers added together are below 120, it's a green flag day. Ideally, you'd like that number to be below 100, but 120 is the number I look forward to as summer turns into fall.

Here's the forecast for Saturday in Orlando:

10:00- 59*, DP 49 (108)

11:00- 64*/ DP 52 (116)

12:00- 67*/ DP 52 (119)

There's also a good chance of 10 mph winds, which will actually help. There's nothing worse than stagnant humid air when you are trying to put in a hard effort.

If this holds, it's not going to be 100% ideal for a marathon, but it also won't be the bloodbath that was once feared.

women's race won't finish until 12:45 or so...could be over 70 degrees by then

Sorry, yes, the forecast for 1:00 is 70*/ DP 52 (122) with 14 mph winds.

Come on man. How can you call yourself a marathoner. Please do not be this soft. This is an OLYMPIC TRIAL RACE for a friggin marathon in a mediterrenean location in freaking AUGUST dude

STOP BEING SO SOFT LETSRUN

I don’t think saying the weather, especially the sun will have an impact on the race is being soft. I run all summer in FL in miserable conditions. I said from the very beginning that it’s unlikely we will see dangerous temps when Orlando was announced and people were throwing a fit.

I ran a race that was similar to the forecasted conditions in Orlando. Slightly warm, dry and sunny. My sweat evaporated quickly, so my second half was really rough. It’s the sun that’s killer here, but being the middle of winter, the angle of the sun should be fine compared to the Spring race I ran up North (also a 10am start). That said because of my FL training I expected dry 60s and 70s to be a piece of cake.

I project 2:08 high for the men and 2:20 low for the women winning times.

Have to take into consideration that people have for the most part been training all winter in cold weather and not used to the heat. Although I'm sure many have gone to warm weather camps for the runup to the race.

I'd be surprised if anyone breaks 2:10.

Women...2:27 seems fair.

70ish degrees in February is no joke.

If I am training to make the olympic team and the race is going to be warmer than where I live, I darn well would be getting my body used to running in race like weather.

Like other Floridians, we relish this weather as summer and fall are miserable. Winter and spring track are the best (minus the wind present on the coast where I live)

100+

It's a good thing the Twin Cities clowns are not involved or the trials would already have been canceled.

According to google, the weather in Orlando on Saturday is a high of 71F and a low of 47F.
Precipitation: 0%
Humidity: 54%
Wind: 7 mph

Those humidity and wind predictions are the same for all 24 hours on Saturday!?