Rojo’s my gooodness wrote:
It’ll be fun watching the Batam Death March.
(Did I spell that correct?)
Rojo is your spelling teacher too
once again why does anyone care how the not-really-the-world-championship marathon goes? Let them suffer in the heat, it will be more interesting that way.
HalfRaceDoubleFun wrote:
Som many people skip the WC marathon that making it a half could actually bring a lot more long-distance talent as a half is less impactful on a runners training cycle. If we could see Kamworor, Kipchoge, Farah, and Rupp all duking it out for a half marathon championship race that would be amazing. Plus the 10k/Half double is way more do-able than 10k/Marathon.
Why would they show up for WC half , when they dont show up for WC marathon? They have more prestigous/profitable events planned.
If the stadium AC actually works, hold much or all of the race on the track.
OXYRUNR wrote:
For any number of reasons, the WCs should NEVER have been awarded to Doha. Makes me wonder just how big the incentives/bribes were to get the votes for it to be there....
Agree 100%. Probably wouldn't have to go very deep to find the bribes on that one.
The forecast is truly dire. I can almost picture the race going off like the USATF Men's 5K National Champs in '13. Might the field run 4 min. K splits for 30K and then 'race'?
kmaclam wrote:
The forecast is truly dire. I can almost picture the race going off like the USATF Men's 5K National Champs in '13. Might the field run 4 min. K splits for 30K and then 'race'?
That would be hilarious.
People get real here.
Doha payed a lot of money to get the World Championships to Doha. On top of that a couple of bribes to the officials.
So the Marathon will happen no matter what.
Since when anybody cares about the athletes?
It's always and only about the money.
Just got an update and race time temp forecast to be 91 with a dew point of 80! Heat bad enough, that humidity is going to be a killer. Should make for quite the spectacle.
Change the distance to a half marathon.
I just ran a marathon in Kuwait that started at 0500 as the sun was coming up. Granted I've been here for a while and am fully acclimated to the heat but midnight is definitely a safe time of day to run. No need to cancel it. These are world class athletes.
Gwalkerruns wrote:
Change the distance to a half marathon.
When did this sport become full of pansies?
no need to cancel wrote:
I just ran a marathon in Kuwait that started at 0500 as the sun was coming up. Granted I've been here for a while and am fully acclimated to the heat but midnight is definitely a safe time of day to run. No need to cancel it. These are world class athletes.
Kuwait?! You're comparing apples and oranges. The marathon is in Doha, Qatar. You ran in 50 degree dewpoint while this race will be run with dewpoint in the friggin 80s!!!