Boston- 70 degrees by noon at Heartbreak Hill. Anyone else concerned?

See Malmo's post on this thread confirming the high temp for duel in the sun was 70 degrees.

He also includes a tinypic photo link that has the weather history in Boston for that whole month in 1982

70 isn't "rough". Imperfect? Yes. Rough? No.

In 2012 it was 91, and in 2004 it was 84. I ran both of those years, and it was indeed "rough" and required major changes to my race strategy. 2003 and 2005 were low 70's, and other than feeling a bit warm the heat didn't have much if any impact on me. I live just outside of Boston, so it's not as if I had the ability to train in heat. These are outdoor races, and so you should expect conditions to be less than perfect. Sure, there have been a few "perfect" years (2011 with that tailwind comes to mind), but you shouldn't count on it.

;) wrote:

For God's sake, toughen up a bit. I meant dramatic change from the forecast.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=42.3584&lon=-71.0598#.Vw-5LjYrLjB

Yes, it will be warmer. No, 71 is not a crazy temperature.

Why would I pretend to live in NE? I have lived here all my life. Yes, the weather changes. It does that in a lot of places, especially in the spring. And I am familiar with the old expression ... so don't tell me to wait a few minutes.

I am just confused. you said its perfect marathoning weather in Boston right now so you would be surprised if there was a dramatic change.

Then you post a weather forecast which shows its 47 right now (perfect weather) and then 71 on Monday (def not perfect marathon weather). So I am confused....

Marco Brolo wrote:

I am just confused. you said its perfect marathoning weather in Boston right now so you would be surprised if there was a dramatic change.

Then you post a weather forecast which shows its 47 right now (perfect weather) and then 71 on Monday (def not perfect marathon weather). So I am confused....

Jesus, you're simple aren't you?

I didn't say perfect. I said awesome. As we say in NE, it's not the heat, it's the humidity, right? It is not humid now, nor is it forecast to be. Yes, it will be warmer. No 71 is not crazy high. That is also the HIGH for the day, not the 12am to 12am forecast. Newsflash, it will be cooler for part of the day.

Are you this much of a wussy about everything or do you require 48 degrees and still air for all your runs?

Brolo- you have issues with reading comprehension and forecast accuracy and memory. That said thanks for posting the duel video, that was cool

;) wrote:

I live in NE. It is awesome weather for a marathon right now. The humidity is about as low as it gets in NE.

The marathon isn't in Nebraska!

Doesn't sound too bad. For those starting at 9 AM it should be mid 50s at the start and mid 60s by the finish. For those starting at 10 AM it should be about 59-60 at the start and high 60s by the finish.

test test wrote:

;) wrote:

I live in NE. It is awesome weather for a marathon right now. The humidity is about as low as it gets in NE.

The marathon isn't in Nebraska!

True but non sequitur.

bigtool05 wrote:

Doesn't sound too bad. For those starting at 9 AM it should be mid 50s at the start and mid 60s by the finish. For those starting at 10 AM it should be about 59-60 at the start and high 60s by the finish.

No ones starting at 9am though

Ok, I just watched the latest forecast on a Boston tv station. The meteorologist is predicting 60° at 11 AM and moving up to 70° at 2 PM. And he says it will be in the 50s with a sea breeze near the coast. The sea breeze could go inland as far as Brookline.

acclimating wrote:

bigtool05 wrote:

Doesn't sound too bad. For those starting at 9 AM it should be mid 50s at the start and mid 60s by the finish. For those starting at 10 AM it should be about 59-60 at the start and high 60s by the finish.

No ones starting at 9am though

Wheelchair race starts @ 9:17.

It's going to be a celebration, bitches!

Seems to me like the tailwind will likely slightly offset slightly higher than average temperatures making it a fair but not fast year. I'm running it and obviously would've hoped for cooler temperatures but it's not the worst forecast in the world either. My plan is to do the first half 5 seconds per mile slower than my original plan and pick it up if i feel good.

Update? wrote:

Ok, I just watched the latest forecast on a Boston tv station. The meteorologist is predicting 60° at 11 AM and moving up to 70° at 2 PM. And he says it will be in the 50s with a sea breeze near the coast. The sea breeze could go inland as far as Brookline.

Thanks. Yeah my main concern is inland, say around Newton etc, where temps look to be higher than near the coast

70? In my day we started the Boston Marathon at high noon and finished when temps were at the highest for the day .... AND WE LIKED IT!

acclimating wrote:

bigtool05 wrote:

Doesn't sound too bad. For those starting at 9 AM it should be mid 50s at the start and mid 60s by the finish. For those starting at 10 AM it should be about 59-60 at the start and high 60s by the finish.

No ones starting at 9am though

Sorry, 9:30

I guess I'm knew here, but what is "heartbreak hill"?

GRV4 wrote:

I guess I'm knew here, but what is "heartbreak hill"?

Don't worry, I was once Gnu here as well.

elite women @ 9:30

elite men and wave 1 @ 10 am (this probably covers qualifiers with 3:10 and better)

wave 2 @ 10:25

wave 3 @ 10:50

wave 4 @ 11:15

It's looking a lot like the weather we had in 2014. Mid to high 60's and sunny for most of the race, but with a soft tailwind (10-12 mph.)

It was sneaky hot that year, and most runners (the few dozen i've spoken to, and this includes myself) ran 5-10 minutes slower than their expected/normal time. And some ran worse than that. I was expecting low-mid 3:20's and finished just over 3:30.

I finished the race fine, proceeded to the lenox for an after party, and downed 2-3 pints of ice water, and the barfed all over the lobby bathroom. I was actually wearing my medal still and when I leaned over the toilet to barf, my medal hung straight down so I barfed all over it.

Had no appetite and felt off Monday night. Didn't even celebrate with a good beer. Tried to eat normally Tuesdya, but Tuesday night threw-up what I had been eating.

Drove myself to the ER, where I ended up taking in over 7(!) bags of IV fluid. They kept me there for 10-12 hours...blood pressure and HR were erratic in patches. Not the most fun night I've had.

My tip, run on the left hand side of the road. Every water station (except one, the 24 or 25 mile mark) has water/gatorade on the right hand side first, followed by the left hand side. Let everyone scramble over to get water on the right while you cruise through water on the left. I ended up taking the first water I could reach to dump on myself, drink the second water, and then drink a gatorade. Every mile.