Temps 62° to 65° Humidity 70-80% Wind gusts 40-50+ mph from the South. Possible thunderstorms The course is a loop, mostly North/South. First half is mostly a tailwind(8-9 miles going North). 2nd half mostly headwind(8-9 miles going South).
A few questions:
-How much time will this weather cost me? 20 seconds per mile? 30?
-How does one pace this? Massive positive split I'm assuming? Like a 10 minute positive split? Wear a parachute the first half?
I’m running it and already dreading (and pissed) about the idea of this. I know it’s the weather and we have zero control over it…but WTF! No…we can have just rain or a bit of wind it’s got to be a friggen monsoon!
Temps 62° to 65° Humidity 70-80% Wind gusts 40-50+ mph from the South. Possible thunderstorms The course is a loop, mostly North/South. First half is mostly a tailwind(8-9 miles going North). 2nd half mostly headwind(8-9 miles going South).
A few questions:
-How much time will this weather cost me? 20 seconds per mile? 30?
-How does one pace this? Massive positive split I'm assuming? Like a 10 minute positive split? Wear a parachute the first half?
Temps 62° to 65° Humidity 70-80% Wind gusts 40-50+ mph from the South. Possible thunderstorms The course is a loop, mostly North/South. First half is mostly a tailwind(8-9 miles going North). 2nd half mostly headwind(8-9 miles going South).
A few questions:
-How much time will this weather cost me? 20 seconds per mile? 30?
-How does one pace this? Massive positive split I'm assuming? Like a 10 minute positive split? Wear a parachute the first half?
-What are the odds it gets canceled?
Canceled?! That's preposterous!
Preposterous indeed. But lightning and trees falling over can make legal counsel nervous.
Relax. Right now NWS is calling for steady 61 degree temps, dew point of 55-57, and 15-18mph south winds with gusts of 31-34. The wind and maybe some light rain will make those temps feel cooler; just dump water on your head every chance you get and the wind will do the rest. Depending how frequent those gusts are the wind should be manageable. Drafting will make a HUGE difference; find some people to run with the second half and ask them to take turns pacing. Plan to be slightly faster than your original goal pace through halfway and then see how it goes from there.
Calm down. I'm a meteorologist and will be racing Monumental. Peak wind speed occurs during the afternoon hours, as the atmosphere is more stable in the morning. Wind will be sustained at 10 mph gusting to 20 during the race. Since the course is almost all north-south, you'll have a tailwind for the first half and a headwind coming back, which will help evaporative cooling. No storms until later in the day Saturday. Temperature will be fine. You'll do great.
Current hourly forecast does look pretty nasty for race time (8 a.m. start on Saturday). 20 MPH winds out of the south with gusts to 40. On the downwind legs, you might get passed by empty cups at the water stations.
On the windward legs run in a pack and draft, draft, draft.
Temps 62° to 65° Humidity 70-80% Wind gusts 40-50+ mph from the South. Possible thunderstorms The course is a loop, mostly North/South. First half is mostly a tailwind(8-9 miles going North). 2nd half mostly headwind(8-9 miles going South).
A few questions:
-How much time will this weather cost me? 20 seconds per mile? 30?
-How does one pace this? Massive positive split I'm assuming? Like a 10 minute positive split? Wear a parachute the first half?
-What are the odds it gets canceled?
Poor baby. Don't want to race in the wind?
You can't see wind, therefore it is not real you fool.
The temps will cool, the winds will calm, the moisture will leave the air. The wind will shift at the halfway point and you'll have a tailwind for 26.2. You will set a magical PR and long to relive this day, as long as you live.
Registered for Indy. I've done a marathon in those conditions before. It was indeed preposterous, and also pointless unless your goal is just to jog your way around. Positive thinking is never going to change the physics of running into a wind like that! Unless the forecast changes, I'm bailing in favor of Richmond next weekend.