IAAF Announces 2019 Worlds Live - And The Winner is.....Doha.

Fair points. For rough example of folks actually caring about the World Champs, by the close of the live feed, there were approximately 1,450 viewers on the YouTube channel. 1,450.

Nutella1 wrote:

Marathon can be run early am (like 4am or so) under artificial light, which would be a first, and frankly, quite awesome.

Late night, no, not a first.

Artificial light, yes, a first.

Awesome, yes.

Nutella1 wrote:

Marathon can be run early am (like 4am or so) under artificial light, which would be a first, and frankly, quite awesome.

Would be great, but if you're trying to avoid the heat of the direct sun and keep it in the dark then a 3am start just to be on the safe side. Sunrise end of Sept/beginning Oct 5.25am.

Also, depends which TV audience is being targeted, my guess is Europe is where the most interest and advertising money would be. For instance Paris is two hours behind Doha, so if it's going be run under lights, 9pm would be a good start time. If it's the US market then a 3.00am start would be a 7pm start in New York.

malmo wrote:

Great choice. It could be 90 degrees, perfect for sprints, yet not affect the distances because of the low humidity.

Low humidity?

Early October's much the same

"The relative humidity typically ranges from 34% (comfortable) to 92% (very humid) over the course of a typical September, rarely dropping below 16% (dry) and reaching as high as 100% (very humid).

The air is driest around September 14, at which time the relative humidity drops below 44% (comfortable) three days out of four; it is most humid around September 22, rising above 83% (humid) three days out of four."

"Dew point is often a better measure of how comfortable a person will find the weather than relative humidity because it more directly relates to whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid.

Over the course of a typical September, the dew point typically varies from 16°C (comfortable) to 27°C (very oppressive) and is rarely below 9°C (dry) or above 30°C (very oppressive)."

ISIL will have conquered Doha by 2019.

The IAU 100k World Championships are in Doha this Friday. Even though it's November, they're starting the race at 6 p.m. and running into the night to avoid the heat—and even with that, many of the American and British runners did specific heat training before the race. In any case, this should give a sense for what the marathon might be like in 2019:

http://www.irunfar.com/2014/11/2014-iau-100k-world-championships-live-coverage.html

I think the 50k World Champs were in Doha last month, too, which would be an even closer comparison to what the 2019 WC marathon will be like.

This is just a side note I guess, but Doha will probably still have the ban on homosexuality in 2019.

It was naive to think Doha would lose. Oil money will win every time. The world cup bidding scandals proves it.

I have been to Doha twice, the first time was in late May and the second time was in early Sept. In May the mid-day temps were in the upper-80s, it was in the mid-70s for my morning and evening runs...hot, but tolerable. In Sept, the temp was 104 the day arrived and only went down slightly over the next couple of days. During my Sept trip, no matter how early or late I ran, I was only able to jog a couple miles and was eventually reduced to the hotel treadmill. Granted, at this time I was long past my competitive days and had gotten soft, but I can't imagine running a race over a mile in Sept and a marathon would be unimaginable.

The IAAF certainly knows the Doha temp issues better than I do, but even if they delay the WC to Sept and run everything in the mornings and at night, it is still going to be very hot. I just don't see anyway around that.

Wow...and U.S. is all lily white and pure ??? Viet Nam, Iraq ,Afghanistan.....

how many millions died in these empty wars ?