Fargo Marathon is on!!!!!!

Regardless of how the course is this year, I am still going for sub 2:18. Its fast and flat!

This is a good race to gauge the effectiveness of "opening up" again.

And if things go poorly, an airstrike can wipe out the evidence with little fanfare.

Do you think this race is trying to get a bunch of people to sign up before turning virtual? Serious question.

Damn this is legitimately tempting to sign up for since it's the first time we've seen a green light given officially for something in the near future. Is anyone else considering signing up and flying out just to race? I was up in the 70 mile per week range in early March getting ready for Boston but have since just been doing 50 or so a week ever since, consistency has been good. I could get fit for a marathon by August. And since I am so bored, tempting......

runnerx2016 wrote:

Regardless of how the course is this year, I am still going for sub 2:18. Its fast and flat!

You need to issue a formal marathon challenge to Sage Canaday. You two would be about equal time

Yeah' it would be nice for someone of his caliber to show up as well. Doubt he will Though as he is scared of the (fast)(faster) road races...

runnerx2016 wrote:

Yeah' it would be nice for someone of his caliber to show up as well. Doubt he will Though as he is scared of the (fast)(faster) road races...

Them sound like fighting words. What else is Sage going to do the rest of the year with no other races going on? Might as well get him to accept the challenge. I'll create a thread that Sage can't miss

Aces!

I'm going with none of this happened.

Sounds good. Tell him to bring it on! My tickets' hotels are already booked. So' bring it.

FLupda wrote:

Do you think this race is trying to get a bunch of people to sign up before turning virtual? Serious question.

Naah I don't think so. the race has already been postponed twice and now it is up and running. I think it will for sure happen unless something really dramatic happens between now and August.

Can't wait.?

I believe it. I ran that year, and the weather was pretty bad, The rain stopped and 40 F is okay, until you add the steady 20+ mph north wind, which meant the last 6-7 miles of the HM/marathon were pretty much straight into a high wind. I missed my HM goal time despite redlining from mile 4 onward.

If the course doesn't go into Moorehead, it will likely be even faster than usual, as the places you get some rolling elevation (not really hills) are along or over the Red River. Take those out (like on the 10K course), and it's as pancake flat as possible, although there may be more corners to go around.

I don't think the race is looking to go virtual. There's no certainty, but the race organizers have done right by participants for over a decade, and there have already been races in the state. If everything keeps working out and people can stay healthy, this might just go off as planned.

100% true. It was a miserable windy, cold, and wet weekend so nothing to do even had I wanted to.

I think if they really wanted to go virtual they would have already made that call.

This won’t be a super spreader event as I believe the title sponsor of the Fargo Marathon, Sanford Health wouldn’t sign on if that were the case. Sanford Health is the nation’s largest rural non-profit health care system, they have our back.

Marathon Running 2020 wrote:

I think if they really wanted to go virtual they would have already made that call.

Not as many people would sign up if they turned it virtual now though.

Marathon Running 2020 wrote:

This won’t be a super spreader event as I believe the title sponsor of the Fargo Marathon, Sanford Health wouldn’t sign on if that were the case. Sanford Health is the nation’s largest rural non-profit health care system, they have our back.

Are you affiliated with the event?

Oh Please wrote:

100% true. It was a miserable windy, cold, and wet weekend so nothing to do even had I wanted to.

It really was a terrible day. I ran the half. It’s really hard to get excited when you wake up to icy rain pelting the window and constant 20mph winds. The last 6 miles of the half were the coldest I’ve ever been in the race. I still love Fargo though, this will be my 4th time racing either the 1/2 or full.