Women's 10 Mile Cancelled Due to 73° Start Time Temp

Proper precaution. Way better conditions than I'm running in daily here in C America so I would love their weather, but you are talking Twin Cities. They've been training in far lower dew points leading up to the race.

Thank the lawyers. I doubt that waiver you sign really protects race directors when push comes to shove.

Snowflakes gonna melt.

A little over the top to cancel but I do undertand the waiver is not an iron clad protection for the race org.

Here in Florida that policy would cause most all of our races. They state that it is a safety concern but that doesn't really hold water, as plenty of other events are held in those same conditions. That is our early morning conditions that we train in so another reason that supports it probably is due to some other reason and this is just a convenient excuse. They are offering changes and waiving their cancellation policy so why not keep the event with adjustments to the "race". (Especially since most are probably not really racing anyway.) They could cancel prize money and formal timing, etc to discourage anyone from "overdoing" it.

That's about the usual conditions for the Crim.

Ridiculous. Just put out more water/ice stations.

turnoinferno wrote:

Due to expected "extreme" heat and humidity on race day, the 10 Mile race at Sunday morning’s Women Run The Cities event has been cancelled. Weather conditions are expected to be 73 degrees at 8 a.m. with a dew point of 67% and relative humidity of 87% on race morning.

The 5K and 10K races are still scheduled at their original times, but participants are urged to slow their pace and use extreme caution, if they choose to participate.

https://www.tcmevents.org/node/113

Proper precaution or snowflakes winning?

> "Women Run the Cities"

Who coulda seen this coming 😂

73°....lame.

merit system wrote:

Thank the lawyers. I doubt that waiver you sign really protects race directors when push comes to shove.

Blame the No Refund policy. Race organizers just pocketed all of the entry fees.

Northerner snowflakes can't handle the heat. I just ran a 5k in 88deg weather, 96deg heat index. It sucked, but no one was clanoring to cancel. I think that the cancellation was a bit excessive, especially considering road races have water stops usually.

Another Florida guy chiming in: I'd pay $100 for those race conditions. Last Saturday it was 77 degrees/98% humidity/75 dew point for our 5k, and that was pretty standard stuff around here.

As one poster pointed out, the Minnesotans may not be as well prepared for these conditions as southerners, but it still seems overly cautious.

What was the weather supposed to be like at 8-9 AM? This seems far from ideal but not cancel-worthy.

-Michigander

I don't think the posters here understand that it is going to be 73 degrees CELSIUS, which is 163 degrees Fahrenheit. Very dangerous running conditions.

merit system wrote:

Thank the lawyers. I doubt that waiver you sign really protects race directors when push comes to shove.

Mr. Obvious wrote:

Blame the No Refund policy. Race organizers just pocketed all of the entry fees.

turnoinferno wrote:

Due to expected "extreme" heat and humidity on race day, the 10 Mile race at Sunday morning’s Women Run The Cities event has been cancelled. Weather conditions are expected to be 73 degrees at 8 a.m. with a dew point of 67% and relative humidity of 87% on race morning.

The 5K and 10K races are still scheduled at their original times, but participants are urged to slow their pace and use extreme caution, if they choose to participate.

https://www.tcmevents.org/node/113

Proper precaution or snowflakes winning?

They should change the name of the race.

Hey human females.

We decided that you are too weak and stupid.

We decided to not let you even run the race.

We decided to take your MONEY instead.

Have a nice day morons.

It's all good if they get to keep the shirt.

Smoove wrote:

Another Florida guy chiming in: I'd pay $100 for those race conditions. Last Saturday it was 77 degrees/98% humidity/75 dew point for our 5k, and that was pretty standard stuff around here.

As one poster pointed out, the Minnesotans may not be as well prepared for these conditions as southerners, but it still seems overly cautious.

& tell 'em what TIME that start was; I don't know what race it was but in Tampa / St Pete it'd be 8 or earlier.

cancelling a 73 degree race is ludicrous and everyone involved with that decision should be excoriated.

No hot chicks in Minn. And they have that dreadful accent, like in Fargo (the movie).

I'm torn on this. My family lives in MN-just talked to them today and they said the humidity was brutal. Dew points extremely high. However, summers are usually humid in MN so feel like they should be used to it. Although this summer has been cooler than normal so people haven't reallly been training in those conditions. not sure I would have cancelled the race. Maybe move the start time earlier?