With 9mph wind, the ‘feels like’ Temperature is projected to be 23deg when the start-gun goes off. The chance of precipitation is low, but any frost on the grass will assure it’s somewhat slippery, so the steep downhill drops could be extra treacherous.
With 9mph wind, the ‘feels like’ Temperature is projected to be 23deg when the start-gun goes off. The chance of precipitation is low, but any frost on the grass will assure it’s somewhat slippery, so the steep downhill drops could be extra treacherous.
Cold usually won't play a factor on most runners (unless it is a drastic change), but cold temps along with wet and windy, that's another story!
Very interesting, thanks for posting...I think 19:30 or so will be the winning time.
Any idea of the course record?
I believe that Chelangat has the current course record of 20:01, since the course was redone.
I have a hard time believing the record will go down by a full 30 seconds, no one has run faster than 20:15 this year.
Is that seriously the course record? That would be surprising....not saying you are wrong, just that I would have expected lower. But if that is the case, then I would expect the record to be broken IF the conditions are decent. But wet and windy could change that.
I believe that Chelangat has the current course record of 20:01, since the course was redone.
I have a hard time believing the record will go down by a full 30 seconds, no one has run faster than 20:15 this year.
Is that seriously the course record? That would be surprising....not saying you are wrong, just that I would have expected lower. But if that is the case, then I would expect the record to be broken IF the conditions are decent. But wet and windy could change that.
Are you kidding? That course is hell. It was much worse in the 90s (it’s now almost paved and sure-footed golf course to the rough terrain of before, which must make it quite a lot faster in comparison). We also used to start on the bottom of the long hill as I recall (now the long hill in to the finish). However, though swifter and durer underfoot, those hills haven’t disappeared…it’s still a very tough, challenging ‘proper’ cross country course, unlike most courses these days. A time comparison is truly meaningless.
With 9mph wind, the ‘feels like’ Temperature is projected to be 23deg when the start-gun goes off. The chance of precipitation is low, but any frost on the grass will assure it’s somewhat slippery, so the steep downhill drops could be extra treacherous.
Cold usually won't play a factor on most runners (unless it is a drastic change), but cold temps along with wet and windy, that's another story!
The cold wind is a bummer when I’m running, even wearing a puffy jacket; it can bite. My fingers can get painful, depending on the gloves.
9mph is not too bad, but that course is exposed in some places. Are those gals going to wear bun-huggers in those temps?
I believe that Chelangat has the current course record of 20:01, since the course was redone.
I have a hard time believing the record will go down by a full 30 seconds, no one has run faster than 20:15 this year.
Is that seriously the course record? That would be surprising....not saying you are wrong, just that I would have expected lower. But if that is the case, then I would expect the record to be broken IF the conditions are decent. But wet and windy could change that.
Yes, it is. When Cook won jamboree with 20:17 the press release said the 6th fastest time on the new iteration of the course. Milesplit doesn't differentiate between new and old and Mercy has the fastest listed with 20:01. So, 19:30 seems a stretch to me. I guess anything is possible.
I'll also add - when Chelangat set the record there was no grass (March 2021).