CIM weather

7-8mph. Sorry CIMers. No tales of hardship for you. Enjoy your soup.

What difference will 55F make versus 38F last year?

55f with a slight headwind won’t feel hot.

Don’t look for reasons to run slow, look for reasons to run fast!

55F verge of hot wrote:

What difference will 55F make versus 38F last year?

Almost none. If anything, a start/finish temp of 55 is more conducive to better performance than 38. 49 is the supposed optimal temp for marathon racing. At 38 the body is ‘wasting’ energy, burning calories to stay warm.

Perfect racing weather!!!! The rain is holding off!

SUPERIOR COACH JS wrote:

I can see it now wrote:

JS is already making excuses for the race before it happens.?

Little rain doesn`t matter)))) And for the possible wind easy to just hide behind bigger groups at same pace.Prepare for a magic race! :)

How did your athlete do? Only ten minutes away from his PR.

How was the weather? I saw pictures and it looked wet, but do you think it had much of an impact? What was the humidity like?

Do you think the weather and humidity prevented more people from qualifying?

It was drizzling a few times and I could definitely feel a headwind... I think it probably had minimal impact but didn't help. At no point did I feel like it was Boston 2018, but I would say it probably slowed things down a little.

I'd say it wasn't the most ideal conditions of all-time but still better conditions than my last several marathons. Humidity would have been a factor if it was 10 degrees warmer, but at the temps we had all it did was make my socks stay wet and give me a blister.

I ran on Sunday and I definitely noticed the humidity (91%), but I live in the mountains where its bone dry so of course I'm going to notice it. However, it wasn't enough to deter me. I still hit my goal time, PR'd and actually came in faster than expected.

The first half felt warmer than usual. Warm enough that by Mile 10 or so, I started pouring water over my head and could feel the warm sweat down my face. Had a great race, so can't complain. I welcomed the rain in the last 15k, which actually made the second half feel better than the first.

CIM running '19 wrote:

The first half felt warmer than usual. Warm enough that by Mile 10 or so, I started pouring water over my head and could feel the warm sweat down my face. Had a great race, so can't complain. I welcomed the rain in the last 15k, which actually made the second half feel better than the first.

Oh yeah I mean I was sweating by mile 1 and pouring water on myself at most aid stations but that's pretty standard for me as I'm a fat, slow 2:4x guy.

Pretty brutal # of close calls on that 2:19.

2:18:53

PB

Peter Bromka

M 38Bib 36Portland, OR

38

38

26

5:18

min/mi

2:19:02

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Stephen Bourguet

M 25Bib 197Somerville, MA

39

39

27

5:18

min/mi

2:19:02

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Joshua Hibbs

M 31Bib 79Philadelphia, PA

40

40

28

5:18

min/mi

2:19:03

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John Bleday

M 28Bib 325New York, NY

41

41

8

5:19

min/mi

2:19:05

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Benjamin Mears

M 31Bib 462Boulder, CO

42

42

3

5:19

min/mi

2:19:06

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Kristoffer Mugrage

M 25Bib 59Alamosa, CO

43

43

29

5:19

min/mi

2:19:06

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Tom Slattery

M 23Bib 61New York, NY

44

44

30

5:19

min/mi

2:19:09

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Lyle O'Brien

M 28Bib 7713Boulder, CO

45

45

9

5:19

min/mi

2:19:10

JB

Jonathan Briskman

M 28Bib 39San Francisco, CA

46

46

31

5:19

min/mi

2:19:12

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Mike Hardy

M 29Bib 21Morgan, UT

47

47

32

5:19

min/mi

2:19:19