donearun0 wrote:
s the glass half full or half empty...
donearun0 wrote:
s the glass half full or half empty...
There is no guessing or opinion about it, H&H definitely affects you quite a bit. 50 compared to 70 with 90+ H is almost like night and day in a 13.1 mile distance. Those conditions make you feel like you are racing at altitude. Although, it does not affect everyone one the same way, but I don't of anyone who not is affected by even a 10 point swing in H&H. At 50 degrees, will low H, Hasay probably would have run a minute faster.
Dc chillin wrote:
Would just like the challenge notion of tough conditions. Obviously no humidity is preferable to humidity and 50 degrees would be preferable to 70 degrees, but in reality 70 and humid is nothing. I live in dc and from April to October it's 80-90+ with 95-100 percent humidity every single day. Not the best running weather and u sweat alot but people still can throw down good race times without weather as an excuse. Not taking anything away from Hasay I was very impressed. On the men's side is was just a bad race forget a little bit of humidity.
Or not wrote:GoDucks!!!!!!!! wrote:Or these boards seem to weigh in heavily on anything connected to the NOP....
Apparently, many people give a $hit about the half-marathon, as evidenced by these boards.
Great race for Hasay - and hope she has a great run at Boston.
Someone mentioned earlier that Des Linden would kill for a faster half marathon time and I think she's more than satisfied with 2 Olympic teams and a runner-up Boston finish but in comparing their PBs the USA T&F website had the following
Linden
5m 15:08
10m 31:37
Half 1:10:34
Marathon 2:22:38
Hasay
5m 15:37
10m 31:38
Half 1:08:40
Also the US all-time lists for the half (although not sure how accurate as they didn't have Flanagan's 67:52...)
Goucher 66:57
Kastor 67:34
Huddle 67:41
Flanagan 67:52
Kastor 67:53
Goucher 68:05
Samuelson 68:23
Goucher 68:30
Flanagan 68:31
Huddle 68:31
Samuelson 68:34
Flanagan 68:36
Although again with the half not getting the recognition it makes one wonder how many times an athlete is actually training specifically for that distance and that race as I'd guess hardly ever. Linden isn't even close but her marathon best beats Goucher by over 2 minutes (Goucher's = 2:24:52)
So you're saying that the dew point is typically 75-90 degrees in DC for half the year? Humidity isn't measured in percentage, and relative humidity is only useful in context with the dry bulb temperature.
Dc chillin wrote:
Would just like the challenge notion of tough conditions. Obviously no humidity is preferable to humidity and 50 degrees would be preferable to 70 degrees, but in reality 70 and humid is nothing. I live in dc and from April to October it's 80-90+ with 95-100 percent humidity every single day. Not the best running weather and u sweat alot but people still can throw down good race times without weather as an excuse.
Htown wrote:Dc chillin wrote:So you're saying that the dew point is typically 75-90 degrees in DC for half the year? Humidity isn't measured in percentage, and relative humidity is only useful in context with the dry bulb temperature.
Would just like the challenge notion of tough conditions. Obviously no humidity is preferable to humidity and 50 degrees would be preferable to 70 degrees, but in reality 70 and humid is nothing. I live in dc and from April to October it's 80-90+ with 95-100 percent humidity every single day. Not the best running weather and u sweat alot but people still can throw down good race times without weather as an excuse.
I don't have the exact race conditions, but a mid 60s dew point, with nearly saturated air, is not ideal conditions for humans to dissipate heat. Those conditions will slow down every single runner in the race.
Throw down good race times?
Dc chillin wrote:
Would just like the challenge notion of tough conditions. Obviously no humidity is preferable to humidity and 50 degrees would be preferable to 70 degrees, but in reality 70 and humid is nothing. I live in dc and from April to October it's 80-90+ with 95-100 percent humidity every single day. Not the best running weather and u sweat alot but people still can throw down good race times without weather as an excuse. Not taking anything away from Hasay I was very impressed. On the men's side is was just a bad race forget a little bit of humidity.
I know I'm being a dead horse, but 90 degrees with 95% rh doesn't exist in nature outside of the most extreme cases. That equates to a 88.5 dew point, which is 1.5 less than the highest value ever recorded in the US. The highest dew point ever recorded on earth was 95 degrees in Iran a few years ago.
NOP Skeptic wrote:
. I highly doubt the bulk of runners doing races in 80-90 degrees with 95%-100% are actually putting down times to their true potential.
hasay nation wrote:
She is going to kill it at Boston!!
both can be true fam.
wohk wrote:khow wrote:Desi Linden has made two olympic teams.
Desi Linden wishes she could run 68:40 on a bad day.