Boston has to be thinking about canceling on some level, right?

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  • thinkaboutithtough
    2 years ago 04/15/2018 7:40am CDT
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    By themselves, 20-30 mph winds, torrential downpours and ~30 degree windchills are not that bad in isolation.

    But realistically, you are looking at a lot of volunteers no-showing in an environment where 30,000 are going to be at risk for some pretty rough conditions. I feel like the underwriter of the event has be pushing hard at this point.

    At a certain point one has to ask, what is the race trying to prove?
  • tuesday marathon
    2 years ago 04/15/2018 7:43am CDT
    re: thinkaboutithtough
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    I said they should institute a 1 day delay option every year. Take another holiday. Tourists would have to stay extra day so win win.

    But no, they won't cancel unless freeze rain, which is out for tomorrow.
  • No Cancel
    2 years ago 04/15/2018 7:45am CDT
    re: thinkaboutithtough
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    If they cancel, runners will run anyways. So bigger safety issue. That's what they said in 2012. Same today. This is Boston, volunteers are tough.
  • Typical Boomer attitude
    2 years ago 04/15/2018 7:46am CDT
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    tuesday marathon wrote:

    I said they should institute a 1 day delay option every year. Take another holiday. Tourists would have to stay extra day so win win.

    But no, they won't cancel unless freeze rain, which is out for tomorrow.


    Only Boomers would whine loud enough to get BAA to cancel. Thankfully enough millennials (who are much more like the Greatest Generation than they are their pathetic Boomer parents) are running that the race will go on.
  • ClonedDuck
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    2 years ago 04/15/2018 11:09am CDT
    re: thinkaboutithtough
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    How much of a pansy are you? Everyone is probably flying out that Tuesday anyway. Plus all the road blocks and police personnel etc.

    Sack up and run. Just accept you're not going to hit goal pace but you get all the stories to tell after.
  • jenapharm
    2 years ago 04/15/2018 11:38am CDT
    re: thinkaboutithtough
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    Sometimes people have to make decisions for themselves. If you think that it is too bad to run then don't but the race will go on - every volunteer will show up and the show will go on
  • Think/think/think
    2 years ago 04/15/2018 11:45am CDT
    re: jenapharm
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    The freezing rain coats the road and thousands are falling and get hurt . 40 mph winds 35 and heavy rain , everyone will be battling hypothermia , race needs to be pushed back a day
  • run it or cancel it
    2 years ago 04/15/2018 11:51am CDT
    re: Think/think/think
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    Think/think/think wrote:

    The freezing rain coats the road and thousands are falling and get hurt . 40 mph winds 35 and heavy rain , everyone will be battling hypothermia , race needs to be pushed back a day


    Running it on Tuesday is totally impractical. Most of the field works for a living and will need to get back to work, not to mention the logistical problems and expense of rescheduling flights and extending hotel reservations.
  • Readin' writin' n maf
    2 years ago 04/15/2018 12:05pm CDT
    re: Typical Boomer attitude
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    Typical Boomer attitude wrote:

    millennials (Boomer parents) .


    Lol
  • jeff gallowalk
    2 years ago 04/15/2018 12:11pm CDT
    re: thinkaboutithtough
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    It happened at Disney a few years ago, and those runners are more serious and faster than Boston runners - so if it happened there, it could happen here
  • Five is the magic number
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    2 years ago 04/15/2018 12:28pm CDT
    re: thinkaboutithtough
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    thinkaboutithtough wrote:

    By themselves, 20-30 mph winds, torrential downpours and ~30 degree windchills are not that bad in isolation.

    But realistically, you are looking at a lot of volunteers no-showing in an environment where 30,000 are going to be at risk for some pretty rough conditions. I feel like the underwriter of the event has be pushing hard at this point.

    At a certain point one has to ask, what is the race trying to prove?


    Dude, please don't ever google The Barkley Marathons - you'll have an aneurysm for sure.
  • CTrunnerguy
    2 years ago 04/15/2018 12:37pm CDT
    re: jeff gallowalk
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    I'm 1 hr south of Boston, and the forecast for our area is "SLEET AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN" for Mon morning...things could get worse and, if they do, I hope they postpone.
  • Pretzel Man
    2 years ago 04/15/2018 12:40pm CDT
    re: jeff gallowalk
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    jeff gallowalk wrote:

    It happened at Disney a few years ago, and those runners are more serious and faster than Boston runners - so if it happened there, it could happen here


    Thanks for the chuckle.
  • thinkaboutithtough
    2 years ago 04/15/2018 12:43pm CDT
    re: Typical Boomer attitude
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    Typical Boomer attitude wrote:

    tuesday marathon wrote:

    I said they should institute a 1 day delay option every year. Take another holiday. Tourists would have to stay extra day so win win.

    But no, they won't cancel unless freeze rain, which is out for tomorrow.


    Only Boomers would whine loud enough to get BAA to cancel. Thankfully enough millennials (who are much more like the Greatest Generation than they are their pathetic Boomer parents) are running that the race will go on.


    I’m a millennial.
  • Huh you suck
    2 years ago 04/15/2018 12:53pm CDT
    re: thinkaboutithtough
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    thinkaboutithtough wrote:

    By themselves, 20-30 mph winds, torrential downpours and ~30 degree windchills are not that bad in isolation.

    But realistically, you are looking at a lot of volunteers no-showing in an environment where 30,000 are going to be at risk for some pretty rough conditions. I feel like the underwriter of the event has be pushing hard at this point.

    At a certain point one has to ask, what is the race trying to prove?


    Clearly, you’ve never been a volunteer. Speaks volumes about you as a person.
  • SKYWARN
    2 years ago 04/15/2018 1:12pm CDT
    re: CTrunnerguy
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    CTrunnerguy wrote:

    I'm 1 hr south of Boston, and the forecast for our area is "SLEET AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN" for Mon morning...things could get worse and, if they do, I hope they postpone.


    Nope. Here’s the forecast from NWS Boston/Norton...

    Rain will be widespread across the marathon route in the morning hours and the heaviest rain is expected in the late morning through early evening. This may result some poor and drainage street flooding in the region. Strong winds are also possible with wind gusts in the 30-45 MPH range in the interior with the highest gusts as you get closer to the Metro Boston areas. Areas of Southeast New England will have wind gusts to 45-50 MPH and this may result in Wind Advisories as we get closer to the event. This could result in isolated pockets of tree and wire damage and isolated power outages. An isolated thunderstorm or two with attendant lightning risk is also possible but exact locations and whether they would occur on the marathon route are difficult to determine. All runners, volunteers and spectators should monitor future weather forecasts and should prepare accordingly for these conditions.
  • wejo
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    2 years ago 04/15/2018 1:28pm CDT
    re: SKYWARN
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    2007 was almost cancelled.

    http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2008/04/13/the_marathon_they_almost_canceled/

    Weather looks similar to tomorrow but I think beforehand 2007 was looking colder.

    2:14 and 2:29 winning times:
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/16/AR2007041600536.html?hpid=moreheadlines

    Weather ended up better than expected:
    http://archive.boston.com/sports/specials/marathon/articles/2007/04/16/finishers_grateful_for_better_than_expected_conditions/
  • Almostsbs
    2 years ago 04/15/2018 1:31pm CDT
    re: SKYWARN
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    How exactly do you "prepare" for lightning and flooding?
  • Art Bell
    2 years ago 04/15/2018 1:33pm CDT
    re: Almostsbs
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    Almostsbs wrote:

    How exactly do you "prepare" for lightning and flooding?


    Tin foil hat.
  • Saywhat2
    2 years ago 04/15/2018 1:41pm CDT
    re: Art Bell
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    Art Bell wrote:

    Almostsbs wrote:

    How exactly do you "prepare" for lightning and flooding?


    Tin foil hat.


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