Now that the weather has turned bad it might shake up the field some. Who will have the mental toughness to overcome the change of dates and weather? Torres had many cold winters in Boulder.
Now that the weather has turned bad it might shake up the field some. Who will have the mental toughness to overcome the change of dates and weather? Torres had many cold winters in Boulder.
There will be a different course, too: From Dave Monti & RRW:
Event organizers, the New York Road Runners, had no choice but to move the race until tomorrow because of the snow and ice which covered the course in Central Park. Race director and NYRR president and CEO, Mary Wittenberg, decided with her event team to use a different course tomorrow, confining the race the the "lower loop" of the park which is approximately 2.7 km. IAAF technical delegate, Dave Katz, is measuring the course today to assure proper distance. The approximately 40 athletes participating in the championship will run just short of three loops.
"It puts a little bit of a wrench in your plans as most of us have a set pattern of events that we follow leading up to race day," said Chris Graff, the 2003 U.S. 10 mile champion. "But, having run the park this morning, it was completely 'unraceable.'"
Two athletes, brothers Andy and Matt Downin, were traveling to New York from Madison, Wisc., but they got stuck in the Cleveland airport yesterday where they were to change planes. They decided to rent a car and drive to New York instead, about 470 miles. They made it to Patterson, N.J., just west of Manhattan, at 1:00 a.m. this morning, then drove the remaining distance this afternoon.
"We must have seen a dozen tractor-trailers jackknifed on the side of the road," said Matt Downin.
Good info. Is USATF going to pick up the tab for the runners having to change flights and spend an extra day in the hotel? It might not be too much of a no brainer to know that in the past NY does still get bad weather late into March. I don't blame USATF as nobody can predict the future or weather. I guess I am just more curious as to who has to foot the bill?
Probably the NYRR. The whole thing was their call
It's generally the organizers who foot the bill for travel, room & board, etc. I'd bet many of the athletes weren't flying out until later Sunday, as many like to shop/sightsee in NYC while they're there, so it shouldn't cause too many problems.
FAMIGLIETTI!!!!!
He has run in this weather all his life, he's a new yorker he's gonna be the most used to the shitty weather i think. not to mention he's one of the strongest runners in the race.