Twin Cities Marathon / 10 Mile CANCELED?

Plenty of long runs in that weather. Every week. For 3 months. And I don’t have someone handing me water bottles every mile. You guys really are soft. Btw, dewpoint has been sitting pretty at 78 today. Minneapolis dewpoint has been in the 50’s and 60’s and 15-20 degrees cooler. Get a grip. Minneapolis weather isn’t any worse than ANY marathon in the south could be.

In most of the marathons in the south most of the participants are from the south. People in the south are acclimated to the heat. People In Minnesota aren’t. Sort of like how 85 degrees in July is fine - people are ready for that, but 85 degrees in December is another matter altogether.

Let's see you run in the Minessota winter...and then see if they're soft or not

I love in Dallas I can't handle heat and humidity near as well as most runners I know. we have slightly warmer weather today than there.. and it felt amazing! was able to crush 20 miles. This is crazy that they cancelled this. I'm sure Grandma's had had years with similar weather... what a complete joke. I bet this race no longer becomes a destination race for some and the metro loses out on lots of tax revenue after this

This isn’t December. It’s October 1st. The bulk of people’s training for this race happened in the summer. They should be able to handle running in the 70s for most of the race.

There's a slight difference between elite athletes and regular athletes.

People need to stop acting like the Twin Cities area is frozen year-round. There were several days of 90F+ temps with a heat index of over 100 this summer and I saw people running outside.

Running in 75-80F is not exactly that extreme here. Definitely not ideal conditions for a marathon PR and you might need to go 95% effort instead of 100% effort but these conditions should not have led to the cancellation of the marathon let alone the 10-miler.

I think it’s more frustrating the city has likely not lost any money- people still traveled in, they stayed in hotels,they ate out, they bought stuff at the expos, they spent all their money they usually would havs… but didn’t have a race to run. Id be beyond pissed.

Unbelievable. A current temp in the 70s with 60% humidity and its cancelled? Yet, they are willing to run the Olympic Trials at noon in Florida when the avg temp is in the 80s? Silly.

Yes, but they will never come back.
This was the worst PR.

My statement was about future years

In a situation like this where the race is cancelled so close to the start time, does this mean that they take the barricades down early as well? If not, might as well use the course to do a TT or get a nice long run in.

Funny also that my dad is one of the few who've run every one but he's taking the day off lol

It’s not a full, but as another option: the Indy Half at Fort Ben ist Oct 7. Last year’s winning times were 1:05 M/1:19 F

When I was competing, I would run 120 mpw in the Texas summer heat during my buildup. I would meet up with my team at 7am and knock out 18-22 mile runs that started out 80 degrees all the time.

Yet...I completely agree with this decision to cancel.

6 years I ago my now wife was racing in a marathon in conditions very similar to the ones forecast to today. She is very good about taking her water and nutrition breaks, and that day was no different. The race started in the high 60's and felt quite cool to us at the start. She felt great and was stopping regularly at water stops. However once the sun came out, everything went south and before she knew it, she was feeling dehydrated and lightheaded.

The last thing she remembers from the race is seeing the finish line in front of her and then everything went black and she woke up in the hospital. She was experiencing rhabdomyolysis, and her temperature had gone up to 107.5. She was touch and go on her way to the hospital (EMS called her father to tell him she might not make it), and we spent the next 3 days in the hospital before she was discharged.

A single person's life is much more important and valuable than a wasted plane ticket, or the inconvenience of spending money on a hotel while taking time off from work. If the medical team Twin Cities was working with decided conditions were dangerous, then the race organizers made the right call. They most likely saved lives today.

Just went over to check out Summit Avenue around the 24.5 mile mark, only stayed around 15 minutes but during that time a steady stream of runners were going by wearing numbers...some people were sitting out in chairs viewing as though it was the actual race, no road closures obviously so people would have had to stop for lights, deal with cyclists, etc but everyone I asked had run the whole thing. Apparently a lot of folks were determined to run no matter what and I applaud their spirit. It's not GREAT marathon PR weather by any means but there is no reason this race couldn't have happened today.

It's sold out at 199 participants. The Mankato Marathon also sold out, but they created a new category of "no shirt, no medal" for $85 and you can still register for that one.

But this can literally happen at any marathon. Same thing happened to a guy at CIM last year. It was 48 and rainy at the start. So if the standard is "we can't let people get rhabdomyolysis," then we should just ban marathons all together.