2017 Boston Marathon weather not looking good, could be identical to last year

Your post makes me wanna watch 80s movie training montages.

Bostonslacker wrote:

Just calling it now I'm gonna crush it regardless of weather.

I'll adjust and find a way... I don't need a perfect world to kick ass.

Is that the Boston weather or the Hopkinton weather report? I ran last year and I remember it being much warmer in Hopkinton for the start.

Good catch. On Monday, Hopkinton will be a few degrees warmer than Boston at the peak temperatures. Assuming the forecast holds--both on weather.com and weather underground--it will be 61-62 at the start of the men's and women's elite races and also at the end. The humidity will be in the 40s. Not great marathon weather, but not bad. However, Sunday's weather looks dreadfully hot.

deadly wrote:

Bro the projected start temps are 43-44 degrees, completely ideal.

Negative trollin' loser.

Please don't ever call someone your bro unless he is actually your brother.

No matter the temperature, the best runner that day will win, and the rest of us mortals will not.

They deleted my prediction calling the weather.

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=8147938

In this thread, I said weather would be identical to 2011. It is. The wind WAS WNW, but is now veering to WSW.

Rupp 2:04. Hassay 2:19. Linden 2:17

Fit Canada wrote:

They deleted my prediction calling the weather.

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=8147938

In this thread, I said weather would be identical to 2011. It is. The wind WAS WNW, but is now veering to WSW.

Rupp 2:04. Hassay 2:19. Linden 2:17

Actually, the wind is still WNW. On this site, you can put in the Elite Women's or Men's start wave and a time and it says what the weather is when they are in Hopkinton for the start, Wellesley for half, and then the finish.

2:10 for men looks like 62/67/64 for start/mid/finish with partly and mostly cloudy with winds 15 from WNW.

2:25 for women looks like 62/66/64 temps and mostly cloudy til Boston with west wind at start and then WNW mid and finish.

The forecast is calling for some cloud cover, but temps are starting to rise.Hopefully not too much.

Montesquieu wrote:

Good catch. On Monday, Hopkinton will be a few degrees warmer than Boston at the peak temperatures. Assuming the forecast holds--both on weather.com and weather underground--it will be 61-62 at the start of the men's and women's elite races and also at the end. The humidity will be in the 40s. Not great marathon weather, but not bad. However, Sunday's weather looks dreadfully hot.

BlurrySasquatch wrote:

Is that the Boston weather or the Hopkinton weather report? I ran last year and I remember it being much warmer in Hopkinton for the start.

Ok heres the deal in Boston. When you have a hot day like Sunday the pavement holds the heat unless it rains. As you run towards the city (water front) it will cool slightly. Whats deceiving sometimes is that the breeze or wind will keep you from showing your sweat and you think your not sweating much or loosing fluids. You are its just not showing. Drink on the course.

Never say never wrote:

Montesquieu wrote:

Good catch. On Monday, Hopkinton will be a few degrees warmer than Boston at the peak temperatures. Assuming the forecast holds--both on weather.com and weather underground--it will be 61-62 at the start of the men's and women's elite races and also at the end. The humidity will be in the 40s. Not great marathon weather, but not bad. However, Sunday's weather looks dreadfully hot.

Ok heres the deal in Boston. When you have a hot day like Sunday the pavement holds the heat unless it rains. As you run towards the city (water front) it will cool slightly. Whats deceiving sometimes is that the breeze or wind will keep you from showing your sweat and you think your not sweating much or loosing fluids. You are its just not showing. Drink on the course.

It's only 80 for one day. Pavement won't heat up that much. It will cook down to previous temps overnight.

You're greatly overthinking this.

It turns out I was wrong, the weather was much worse this year.

Last year: 67.

This year: 74.

Medical tents were full.

The tail wind in fact made it worse since you're not getting as efficient convective cooling. Love to hear reports from runners today but the medical tents being full is a good indicator of how tough it was.

How much difference would one see in their finishing time compared to say 45 and cloudy?

It was rough out there. I'm a Floridian and heat adapted so I had an advantage and I still gave back 4-5 minutes as compared to my (self-prescribed) expected finished. It was a wasteland the last 10 miles. I stopped 5 times or so after 18 mile mark from calf cramping and still picked up spots. Maybe that's normal for Boston because of the nature of the course, but it was ugly.

Bit guessing the impact is futile. I couldn't run any faster than I did, because these are the conditions we got. That's all part of the game.

I hear ya man. I went into the mindset that I was coming home with a medal either way. Not a day to be fast.

It sucked. When everyone is dumping water on their head at the first water station: not a good sign. I know a few people who ran a PW.

I was one of those people dumping water on myself at the first aid station and everyone thereafter. It was rough day. Bright sun. Little shade. And despite calf cramps the last 5 miles and a hamstring cramp from hell at mile 25 I still managed to pass a lot of people, many of whom were walking, after heartbreak. I qualified with a 2:42, ran 2:47 today, and still beat my bib number by 70 spots, if that tells you anything about the conditions.

Obese America wrote:

It turns out I was wrong, the weather was much worse this year.

Last year: 67.

This year: 74.

Medical tents were full.

Good prediction. Never bet against obese america.

I am an older guy (50-54), relatively new to marathons (Boston was my third). I qualified with 3:06 and thought with the tail/crosswinds and low humidity that I could do better, but I came in with a high 3:11 and am wasted today... I did find it very rough. My bib was 62XX and the finishing position was 31XX, which suggests lots of others had tough days. I was pouring water on my head from the first statio...

Tired Canadian wrote:

I am an older guy (50-54), relatively new to marathons (Boston was my third). I qualified with 3:06 and thought with the tail/crosswinds and low humidity that I could do better, but I came in with a high 3:11 and am wasted today... I did find it very rough. My bib was 62XX and the finishing position was 31XX, which suggests lots of others had tough days. I was pouring water on my head from the first statio...

Bet ya had lottsa Molsons last night, eh??