Not normal
October 7th, 2007
I spent most of my day today as a course marshal at Twin Cities Marathon. I was patrolling the 24th mile mark which made for very emotional people watching. A big obstacle for this year’s runners was the heat– the temperature got as high as 83F with 87F heat index. In Minnesota. In October. People were complaining of heat and water shortages and I saw plenty of heat exhaustion on the course. Luckily, our weather was not as bad as the conditions at Chicago marathon that happened to be on the same day this year — over there the course was shut down 4 hours after the start after 1 person died and over 49 were taken to the hospital due to the heat. Just imagine struggling through humid heat for several hours only to be stopped a few miles before the finish. No wonder a lot of the runners in Chicago ended up finishing the race without the support of the volunteers and the water stations.
I am not going to insert a global warming comment here as not to attract comments that I am confusing weather for climate but still. Normal? I don’ think so.
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