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| Whats the worst weather conditions you've raced in? (Read 430 times) |
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posted: 4/28/2008 at 1:26 AM
modified: 4/28/2008 at 1:28 AM |
I watched a friend complete a first marathon this weekend -- 28 degrees and accumulating snowfall.
Visibility was really low and I heard one person remark that they "counted the # of people in front by the total footprints". My pictures did not come out well, so picked these up from the site...
http://spotted.pineandlakes.com/pages/gallery.php?gallery=309136&offset=0
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| view log Funky Monkey |
posted: 4/28/2008 at 1:28 AM |
| Wow, cool. What marathon was it? |
| It's all fun and games until the flying monkeys attack. |
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| view log formerly RacingThoughts |
posted: 4/28/2008 at 1:29 AM |
My first 5K was in about 100 degree heat w/ >50% humidity. Pretty brutal.  |
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| view log Garrincha |
posted: 4/28/2008 at 1:34 AM |
| Quote from Trent on 4/28/2008 at 1:28 AM: Wow, cool. What marathon was it?
Run for the Lakes marathon in Nisswa, MN. A freakish storm in N. Minnesota yday. |
| The essential thing in life is not so much conquering, but fighting well. |
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| view log Ball Tongue |
posted: 4/28/2008 at 1:41 AM |
| I have done a 10k in Texas in 100+ temp. It sucked. |
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posted: 4/28/2008 at 11:27 AM |
| I did a 10 miler in a blizzard. That was interesting. |
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| view log Girl On The Run |
posted: 4/28/2008 at 11:32 AM |
I think the worst was my 15k last month. The day of the race was beautiful and sunny, but the day before ~6" of heavy, wet snow had fallen. The course was mainly on gravel and paved backroads, so nothing was plowed and there was some ice. I placed in my AG...I credit my consistent outdoor running all Winter long for that feat (and the fact that there were a lot of slow folks out that day, heh.  ). |
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.: 2008 Goals :.
• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k |
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posted: 4/28/2008 at 11:39 AM |
| When I lived in NYC, I showed up for a 10K in central park when it was snowing and the roads hadn't been plowed yet. They decided that 6 inches of snow on a hilly course was too dangerous and turned it into a fun run. Usually the NYRRC races got 1000+ racers, this one had something like 60. |
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posted: 4/28/2008 at 11:44 AM |
| Quote from Jill_B on 4/28/2008 at 11:39 AM: When I lived in NYC, I showed up for a 10K in central park when it was snowing and the roads hadn't been plowed yet. They decided that 6 inches of snow on a hilly course was too dangerous and turned it into a fun run. Usually the NYRRC races got 1000+ racers, this one had something like 60.
They need to HTFU!  Wussy city folk....  |
Kirsten . . . --> GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS <--
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.: 2008 Goals :.
• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k |
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posted: 4/28/2008 at 1:12 PM |
| It probably had to be the Boston Marathon a few years ago - training for Boston in the Boston area sucks. I had been training in pretty much freezing temperatures with snow and then the day of the race it was 94 degrees out, not a cloud in the sky. |
"80% of success is showing up." ~ Woody Allen
"Go that way... really fast. If something gets in your way... turn." ~ Charles DeMar
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| view log Future RX-7.5 owner |
posted: 4/28/2008 at 1:17 PM |
½ marathon (called the Hypothermic, no less) in February a few years ago. -27 with a headwind the whole way. (incl. windchill - still freaking cold)Point to point, so that was possible, and along the Bay of Fundy coast. Beautiful, sunny, and frigid. Everyone came in coated in ice. Pretty awsome, really.
Pics here:http://anb.ca/content/runNB/photos/Hypo05/
Unfortunately, there's none of me, not that you can identify people unless you can recognize their gear. |
2008 Goals: 5K PB - Hopefully at CF Nationals
Run another ½ marathon
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posted: 4/28/2008 at 1:18 PM |
| I ran in a 10k in February this year, 37 degrees, pouring rain and a little wind. It was funny because everyone was just looking around at each other, laughing. It was nice knowing I wasn't the only crazy one out there. |
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| view log Its a New Season |
posted: 4/28/2008 at 1:42 PM |
15k in March last year that included:
45 degrees and sunny at start - so far so good
about 15 minutes after the gun a Midwest weather front comes calling with
30 mph gusts
10 degree drop in temp
rain (what we would call a toad strangler)
sleet
hail (only gravel size but when propelled by 30 mph wind it hurts)
back to rain which flooded streets
and for a final insult - a finish under partly cloudy skies with some sun and 40 degrees.
Welcome to running in the breadbasket of America.
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2008 goals:
1) run a fall marathon (Indy)
2) stay injury free
3) PR 5K, 10K, HM & M
4) get my kids to start running with me
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posted: 4/28/2008 at 1:54 PM |
I've run short races like 5K-10M in just about every kind of weather; hot, cold, wind, rain, loads of rain, ice, snow, etc.
The worst was the Boston Marathon 2004 when it wass 86 degrees and humid. My only trip to the med tent.
But 26 miles in 28 degrees with sideways snow? That sounds rough. |
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posted: 4/28/2008 at 1:56 PM |
| I have been lucky not to race in horrendous conditions. The worst I remember was a race in March 2002. It was not raining or snowing, but the wind was strong and cold. What I hated the most was I took an off day before the race to rest, and that day was great / gorgeous. |
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