Heat wave coming...Bail on marathon next weekend ??

Suck it up buttercup

Run it.

Misery loves company. The overnight low averages 39 where my marathon is taking place. (perfect!) I've been watching the forecast climb for this weekend and it looks 15 degrees above normal. I don't see a good alternative at this point. So I'll probably face a mediocre result - unless I just pull the plug and break out the fall schedule!

...and for me the dew point has to be around 50 or lower. They say 55 should be fine but even that affects me negatively in a marathon.

It's the nature of the marathon. You're ready to go now. Just go for it. Maybe the weather will be perfect in a few weeks for a different marathon. Maybe it won't be. It's very rare that you'll ever get the perfect marathon.

Now hobby joggers are acting like they run for Bowerman Track Club. If the weather isn’t perfect, then it’s a no go.

run it. you got through the training block without injury and the forecast is not ideal but honestly not that bad. this is the nature of the marathon - embrace it. Pace it like you were going to before

Not sure if helps greatly or not, but usually 2 weeks out from my marathons, I do my runs in layers to attempt to heat acclimmate a bit. I think it helps some. It takes 10 days to 2 weeks to acheive full results, from what I've read. But I think if I were you, I'd do my remaining runs during your last week of taper with layers.

I would also start slower than you initially planned to do and work your way into the pace. Dump water on your head as the race goes on - it helps. I think you'll be able to do it.

And for what it's worth, I too do not handle heat well. But my 2nd best marathon ever was on a humid spring morning when most runners faded badly. I started slow. By mile 3, I was feeling the heat/humidity but as I eased in a few more miles, I felt better. Every water stop, I'd drink one and dump a 2nd on my head to keep cool. It worked like a charm.

Just slow down and have fun.

Idk. Pick a race with more consistent weather next time? We’re peak season right now. Why did you pick a race that might have less than ideal conditions (for you)

58-65 degrees is not hot.

That's about 10 degrees over optimum. You'll have to be vigilant about taking water on early. Your HM pr predicts a sub 3 hrs finish so not that long in the heat but not a crazy energy expenditure either.

Maybe back your pace off by 5 secs a mile for the first half. Wear a visor if the course doesn't have shade.

The number of days in the US that are between 40-50F, overcast, winds below 10 mph, and humidity 40-60 percent are vanishingly small. You have no guarantee that the weather for the next race will be cooler, calmer, or drier. Run the race-

What would have happened if Pheidippides decided to bail on the first marathon because "it was too hot?"

That he collapsed and died a few minutes later is immaterial.

It is very often the case for spring races, you know: you train during the winter and the race in the spring is warmer.

I don't see how postponing a couple of weeks will help. It may just be warmer. And having a "double taper" will not help.

And seriously, a "heat wave" at 65?

Then train in summer and race in autumn.

And by the way if you are in this type of mood right now and already looking for excuses, you have already failed: you will not do sub 3:00.

Fantastic point and advice

Run the race. Say you run 305 and the weather was rough you know you're good for a few extra minutes with good weather. And that's kind of the point of your race anyways right? To get a gauge of what you could do in perfect conditions when all out.

With that being said. I'm really terrible in the heat and was never able to fix it. Just my physiology I've accepted. I might actually skip a hot marathon cause it just isn't worth that kind of suffering for me.

Phidippides is a myth that was written by a Greek comedian 400 years after the battle.

The father of history is Herodotus. Jeff Galloway is not.