malmo wrote:
70 degrees is just fine. Almost the entire race was run before sunrise. 63 degree dew point is just fine as well.
"Fine" we can agree on. "Wonderful" is what you wrote, though.
malmo wrote:
70 degrees is just fine. Almost the entire race was run before sunrise. 63 degree dew point is just fine as well.
"Fine" we can agree on. "Wonderful" is what you wrote, though.
malmo wrote:
70 degrees is just fine. Almost the entire race was run before sunrise. 63 degree dew point is just fine as well.
I agree that those are not 'bad' conditions. But I must point out that it was cooler in Chicago and people were talking about how terrible the heat was.
Beevie wrote:
malmo wrote:
70 degrees is just fine. Almost the entire race was run before sunrise. 63 degree dew point is just fine as well.
I agree that those are not 'bad' conditions. But I must point out that it was cooler in Chicago and people were talking about how terrible the heat was.
You're not getting the Sun effect thingy. Recorded temperature is "in the shade" temperature. When the Sun is out the actual ground level is much warmer than the official temprrature. Since Honolulu is run mostly in the dark 70 degrees is actually pleasant racing condition.
70 degrees is not a problem, even in a marathon. It's "what kind" of 70 degrees is the issue.
Case in point. The fastest 5000m of 2010 was in Doha that year. It was over 90 at race time. Start time was after sunset. The winner ran 12:51.
https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-diamond-league/iaaf-diamond-league-doha-4462/results/men/5000-metres/final/resultMarathon is 8 times longer than a 5k and has different energy demands... Not much of a case in point IMO.
Well, the depth of field was quite poor. Yes first place was competitive but you dont have to go too far back in the men's to get to 2:30 in Hawaii!
CIM was much more impressive.
BostonRunCoach wrote:
Marathon is 8 times longer than a 5k and has different energy demands... Not much of a case in point IMO.
I didn't say anything about running a marathon in 90 degrees. I pointed out that temperature is all relative to the actual "kind " of temperature . The Doha 5k was another illustration.