Will 2019’s weather be as bad as in these years?
Drenching rain, high winds, and temperatures in the upper 30s made for apocalyptically atrocious running conditions. More than half of the professional fields dropped out.
and Yuki Kawauchi survived the best. Linden’s winning time was the slowest in the women’s race since 1978, Kawauchi’s the slowest on the men’s side since 1976 .The recorded temperature on the course peaked at 89 degrees during the hottest Boston in many years. The men’s and women’s winning times were both nine minutes slower than the year before, when the race was held on a cool day with a prevailing headwind.Drop-outs and visits to the medical tents spiked along with the temperature.
Jack Fultz won the men’s race in 2:20:19, probably the last time any man will win Boston with a 2:20 or slower. Two years later, on a more amenable day, Fultz finished fourth in 2:11:17.Wait, what does the weather have to do with this iconic image?became the first woman to finish Boston as an official entrant. Race official Jock Semple tried—unsuccessfully—to remove Switzer from the course once he realized that the “K” in the name of entrant “K.V. Switzer” stood for Kathrine.
Race-day weather included sleet and wind. To stay warm and dry, Switzer wore a hooded sweatshirt, a sartorial choice that also happened to help conceal her gender when her number was checked by cold, distracted race officials. The raw weather may have hampered that day’s marathoners, but it also may have contributed to a seminal moment in women’s running.Scott is a veteran running, fitness, and health journalist who has held senior editorial positions at Runner’s World and Running Times.
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