I was looking forward to a great race. Now I get to look forward to a war of attrition. Hard to see how anyone who stayed in Michigan and Colorado the whole time can do well. Alas. In any case, Runnersworld has a nice piece on the heat:http://www.runnersworld.com/olympic-trials/will-heat-in-los-angeles-affect-the-olympic-marathon-trials
NOMADIC wrote:
Bring Back the 880 wrote:10am is a perfectly reasonable start time for any race. The reason most marathons start so early has more to do with wanting to reopen roads before a certain time of day. With no 6 hour stragglers, a more compact course, and a slight interest of people watching on TV, the trials is the perfect race to have a later start time.
Why do you think many races take place on Sundays or holidays? It has more to do with being able to shut down streets than optimal running performances. The Boston Marathon used to start at noon.
Not in LA in February. It's unpredictable during that time of the year can easily be 80 degrees. I live in San Diego where it's 80 degrees today and plenty warm by 10am. It's a f%**g ret@rded idea all the way around to start at that time rather than 7am where runners are done by 9:30.