High of 68. Will monitor this over the next two weeks.
High of 68. Will monitor this over the next two weeks.
Coming from heat all summer where the low was higher than that, I’m still happy!
That was really expected. The probability of warm day (for a marathon) is high. A cool day would be rare. A hot day is possible. A cold day is incredibly rare.
Given that I've trained all summer in FL, 68 with a dew point of 50 is sounding pretty fantastic!
I'm seeing forecasts ranging from 64-68 for high, 55-58 for low. That's only a few degrees warmer than usual.
Just do it !
Still a little early to try and nail down the forecast. Last time they ran Boston, I didn't even know what the weather was gonna do an hour before the race.
The high humidity that had stuck around most of September here finally broke this weekend, so at least that's a good sign. The race will be starting an hour earlier than usual and sunrise will be an hour later than mid April, so that will keep things a bit cooler. If it does end up in the low 60s at race time I would advise people to adjust their pace down just a bit in the first half of the race. It might feel comfortable in those conditions, but if you don't account for it in a marathon it will come back to bite you in the end. Even the elites made this mistake in Berlin, going out in world record pace on a slightly sub-par day.
i just know im not making the biggest mistake of my life like i did in 2019, no sunglasses.....CONFIRMED I WILL BE WEARING SUNGLASSES NO MATTER WHAT
way too early to be looking at weather reports
sunglasseson wrote:
i just know im not making the biggest mistake of my life like i did in 2019, no sunglasses.....CONFIRMED I WILL BE WEARING SUNGLASSES NO MATTER WHAT
ah! is the run into the morning sun?
I am just as interested in the wind direction on race day. I'm conflicted; a tailwind will make it feel even warmer, but a headwind will make it feel harder.
flyoverstaterunner wrote:
I am just as interested in the wind direction on race day. I'm conflicted; a tailwind will make it feel even warmer, but a headwind will make it feel harder.
Oof, I know it's early, but just looked. Predicting showers with a significant ENE wind (aka, direct headwind right?).
sub_3_is_the_goal wrote:
High of 68. Will monitor this over the next two weeks.
High of 68 would be about 3 PM. With an earlier start and an overnight low of 51, you might see 55 to 62 temperatures for the top men. Obviously a little warmer for the back of the pack but still better than many races.
Weather is expected to dry out substantially beginning later this week.
Race start is 9 am - temps at that time have been in the 50s.
Even if the day's high is 68, it won't reach that until late afternoon. But that said, if the day's high is 68, expect temps to hit 60 by the time you're finishing assuming a 3 hour race.
Also I just checked and 60% chance of showers.
13 days out you're not going to get anything remotely reliable. https://scijinks.gov/forecast-reliability/
Still a little early but, yeah, Marathon Monday is showing 58/70 & cloudy. That wouldn't be ideal for 26.2 but would be better than most days people had for their long runs over the summer & early fall. There are tons of days around the race that show lows in the high-40s/low-50s & highs in the mid-60s. A clear day like that would be amazing. Also, because of the pandemic, the race is starting a whole hour earlier than usual! Could end up being a really good day for running. Fingers crossed.
The other factor, at least in some sections, is the leaves will still be on the trees. Typically, they are bare in April.
Weather.com as of September 30
12 days out in 2018, it was going to be 42° and clear with a 20mph tailwind. That worked out well.