Penguino wrote:
Weather is improving! 86 in Boston today by the way. We dodged a bullet!
Headwind, if at all, will only be slight. Weather might end up being ideal.
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Looks like only light drizzle in the morning and then more steady showers for the mass runners later. Kipchoge is going to be fine and not tested by anything like cold, humidity or real rain.
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moonpie wrote:
Looks like only light drizzle in the morning and then more steady showers for the mass runners later. Kipchoge is going to be fine and not tested by anything like cold, humidity or real rain.
Except the London loop course when he had an ear infection or something and the rain made it worse.
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The headwind is looking less than ideal, but I'm just glad the heatwave happened this week and not next. Should still be a decent day to run fast.
I'm not worried about rain during the race, but staying as dry as possible beforehand will be key. For those who have run before, how easy is it to find cover in the athlete's village? Someone mentioned tents, how many of those are there?
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Last year there was 2 giant lots. one was entirely uncovered and no lines to portajohns, the other was covered (big tent) and was filled with long lines to a row of portajohns...
So if it is the same, pick your medicine. Big lines and dry or exposed and only a few people. This is a weather thread so dry is the popular area. Most people did not realize that there was even another area behind the high school
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osm wrote:
The headwind is looking less than ideal, but I'm just glad the heatwave happened this week and not next. Should still be a decent day to run fast.
I'm not worried about rain during the race, but staying as dry as possible beforehand will be key. For those who have run before, how easy is it to find cover in the athlete's village? Someone mentioned tents, how many of those are there?
The forecasted headwind is a net negative, but not punishing. The temperature and cloud cover/light rain is a net positive, as there is very little shade on the course and the sun can be brutal this time of year. If someone takes one for the team and lets the big dogs draft for 16 miles or so, it can be very fast. But frankly, on this course, a great time requires a tailwind. Into a headwind I can't see anything near 2:02. A five mph tailwind in these conditions, though, would be crazy.
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sub_3_is_the_goal wrote:
NERunner03533 wrote:
If you can get dropped off in Hopkinton at the drop off point (it's a school) for people not taking the bus from Boston, I would do that. You take buses from there to the start line & wait there for a good bit on the buses & get dropped off pretty close to race start time. You basically get to bypass any of the bad weather pre-race. As close as you get to private bathrooms too. It's a pretty good set up for a year like this is supposed to be.
Once you start running, it'll be fine. 50 & rain & a little headwind isn't going to be anywhere close to 2018 conditions.
I am not sure what you mean. The buses pick you up and drop you at the high school where you wait with everyone else. There isn't a special waiting area if you get dropped off in Hopkinton.
I live about 10 minutes from the starting line. There is another school (south street) about 10 mins away from athletes village where you can get dropped off. The school buses shuttle from there to athletes village. So, yes, there is a "special" waiting area.
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The weather is near perfect. The slight headwind will keep everyone cool.
A no excuses day.
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No Excuses wrote:
The weather is near perfect. The slight headwind will keep everyone cool.
A no excuses day.
Agree. If this holds up we can’t ask for much better. Good luck everyone.
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Why are you guys signing up for marathons if you're gonna piss your pants over weather? You should want the weather to be as bad as possible, it will make your race more meaningful. I will be praying to Zeus to send a storm down.
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For Monday morning in Hopkinton, it should be around 50 degrees for the start of the iconic 26.2-mile race. There could be some rain showers, and a northeast wind around 5 mph.
“It could be a little bit of a headwind,” Simpson said.
When runners make it to the Newton hills, the temperature shouldn’t change too much because of the wind flow from the cold ocean. Temps should be in the low 50s.The above was posted an hour ago. For the morning the winds will be light, it's the later afternoon where it might pick up a tad.
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Weather looking good if there's not too much heavy rain!
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