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

RejectRunner wrote:

ClonedDuck wrote:

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.

Bruhh the weather is sh1t not only for elites but for recreational runners as well. There is no point in hosting it like this. No irl spectators, lots of injuries probably, just a sheet place to run.

Some runners have the grit to finish what they started. Others quit and troll.

Sweet Nell Fenwick wrote:

Cancel?

Alright, I'll feed the troll.

If they didn't cancel in 1976, those calling the shots today would have to be female genitalia by comparison to cancel in any conditions other than rampant lightening or radioactive fallout. Having typed that, I will add that they'd better have a lot of medical personnel on hand to deal with the number of runners who don't dress properly and will be hypothermic within minutes after they stop running.

After the 2015 race, one of the medical directors for the Boston Marathon told the media that given the choice between two extremes, heat and cold weather, they preferred cold weather. Treatment involved just warming the person up in blankets, etc as opposed to with heat, the possibility of heat stroke and death.

As long as runners keep moving they won't get into trouble during the race. I am sure there will be warming tents and appropriate accommodations at the end of the marathon.

Only thing that is worrisome is the lightening thunder. If that is severe, it can get dangerous. Otherwise, run as hard as you can. It's a race and not a time trial. So you run 10 to 15 minutes slower, so what.

Chafe , clothes get wet things get raw blood happens . Ah the 26.2 in the cold rain . It's gonna sting in a whole lotta places when done . Love it !! AD ointment is your friend .

Show some resilience, already... wrote:

“This system will rank up there as one of the most significant winter storms in some time,” the National Weather Service said, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. A short time later, the weather service declared the storm “historic.”

This! I live in WI and am buried in 2ft of snow that just fell. Oh no! 40’s and some rain/wind. Seriously!! Suck it up. Weather sounds similar to 2015, maybe a tick wetter and cooler, but not all that different. It was a deluge before the 10am first wave start in 2015, rain held off mostly during the race but it was windy AF for the final 10km

thinkaboutithtough wrote:

Typical Boomer attitude wrote:

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.

TVC15. wrote:

that may be but with the high marathon entry fee, the unlovely action.com processing fee, the high airline baggage fee, the Charlie Ticket, the $300/night hotel,and the hotel taxes tacked on, nobody can be blamed for trying to cut corners and save cash by arriving as late to Boston as possible.

I stayed out near the start for about $80 a night for Saturday and Sunday night in 2015. It wasn't as fancy as the several hundred dollar hotels that people like to do downtown but I got a hotel van ride right to the start that took all of 10 minutes.

Plus I had a warm shower and secured dry clothing gear already waiting me downtown without having to pay a fee to do so.

AlmostBQ wrote:

TVC15. wrote:

that may be but with the high marathon entry fee, the unlovely action.com processing fee, the high airline baggage fee, the Charlie Ticket, the $300/night hotel,and the hotel taxes tacked on, nobody can be blamed for trying to cut corners and save cash by arriving as late to Boston as possible.

I stayed out near the start for about $80 a night for Saturday and Sunday night in 2015. It wasn't as fancy as the several hundred dollar hotels that people like to do downtown but I got a hotel van ride right to the start that took all of 10 minutes.

Plus I had a warm shower and secured dry clothing gear already waiting me downtown without having to pay a fee to do so.

Aren’t you special.

How did you get a shower and clothes at the finish?

Runners from the east coast, for sure, won't cancel out because of some forecast sh$tty weather, unless they are true hobby joggers, but Boston kept out the hobby joggers with it's qualifying times requirement.

Anyway, I heard Chuck Norris is going to lead the elites the first few k's to keep them honest.

Sweet Nell Fenwick wrote:

Or just run in the reverse direction. Net elevation gain (and uphill finish) but it'd still be faster and more pleasant than running into a huge wind when cold and wet.

I could get behind this, only the BAA should go the Comrades route and reverse direction every year.

Can say weather conditions are pretty bad down south a few hours from Boston. Soaked in the first 200m of my run.

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?

The day I am fortunate enough to toe the line at Boston, I am running it all out no matter the conditions. We can't control weather, just gotta sack it up and run. It makes for a better story in the long haul, and more people would be terribly disappointed to not run vs the event being cancelled bc some are worried their goal times and strava account scores. I live in the Northeast, and for about 6 months out of the year, I along with many others are training in sub par, miserable conditions. I'd rather run in this vs 80 degrees and bright sunshine, I am sure others would agree.

jethro wrote:

Boston kept out the hobby joggers with it's qualifying times requirement.

lol

Of course we all know this is going off right now.

The only reason they would cancel is for liability issues. They all know we train in this. They have deep pockets and they know it. A tree limb falls on someone and they will call the "hurt line". That is all this is about. Otherwise, it's just like any other training day in New England.

There isn't bad weather, just bad clothing.

in japan wrote:

Looks like this will be win number five of the year for Kawauchi! That guy will run in anything.

Well done, sir/madam!

Why do you think Hasay did not run? She was smart to stay away. Why was the stress fracture discovered on Saturday or was it Sunday? Stress fracture or weather conditions?

perugeorges wrote:

There isn't bad weather, just bad clothing.

Theres also 2 lbs shoes. I know because ive just weighted them (together) once back home.

That’s about 40% increase in weight.

Not to mention puddles and slippery surface. For everyday running I agree with your quote but for peak performance bad weather sucked!

The LOL factor was the Athletes Village mud fest! Fun. Happy it’s over and happy I got through it tho. The Boston class of ‘18 will have lasting memories!