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Boston marathon 2019

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  • #102
    bonaparte2
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭bonaparte2


    I cancelled Norwegian and they refunded me in full. I booked Aer Lingus. Thanks to bryangiggsy for bringing it to my attention.


  • #103
    Limpy
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    bonaparte2 wrote: »
    I cancelled Norwegian and they refunded me in full. I booked Aer Lingus. Thanks to bryangiggsy for bringing it to my attention.


    Did you ring them? They are telling people you cant cancel unless you get an email to say its cancelled.


  • #104
    bryangiggsy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭bryangiggsy


    Limpy wrote: »
    Did you ring them? They are telling people you cant cancel unless you get an email to say its cancelled.

    I pushed them on this and they cancelled my flight and they have issued a refund although it has not hit my card yet. I got the refund confirmation from them.
    I did not call them. All was done online.


  • #105
    bonaparte2
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭bonaparte2


    Limpy wrote: »
    Did you ring them? They are telling people you cant cancel unless you get an email to say its cancelled.

    No, I did not speak to anyone . I did all online.


  • #106
    Limpy
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    OK cheers.
    Got this book in the post today, 26.2 miles to Boston. Will hopefully keep me sane when I taper!!


  • #107
    bryangiggsy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭bryangiggsy


    Digital passport arrived last night


  • #108
    Glencarraig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭Glencarraig


    Anybody here going out on the Aer Lingus 11.30 next Friday ?


  • #109
    bryangiggsy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭bryangiggsy


    Glencarraig wrote: »
    Anybody here going out on the Aer Lingus 11.30 next Friday ?

    Yep ðŸ‘


  • #110
    tommykb
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭tommykb


    11:30 Thursday for me


  • #111
    Glencarraig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭Glencarraig


    bryangiggsy wrote: »
    Yep ðŸ‘


    I resisted the temptation to make an offer for the business class upgrade. Im in seat 32H, economy !!!


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  • #112
    bryangiggsy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭bryangiggsy


    Glencarraig wrote: »
    I resisted the temptation to make an offer for the business class upgrade. Im in seat 32H, economy !!!

    Sound will drop down to you. I have not got my seat number yet. Registration has changed this year from the World Trade Center to the John B Hynes Convention Center off Boylston Street . If we not delayed i plan on picking up my car rental and driving straight to registration so i dont have to come into the city Sat/Sun. Am staying with friends near Foxboro.


  • #113
    Glencarraig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭Glencarraig


    bryangiggsy wrote: »
    Sound will drop down to you. I have not got my seat number yet. Registration has changed this year from the World Trade Center to the John B Hynes Convention Center off Boylston Street . If we not delayed i plan on picking up my car rental and driving straight to registration so i dont have to come into the city Sat/Sun. Am staying with friends near Foxboro.

    I'm about 3 stops from the Airport T station so will go to the digs and drop the bags. Want to get the expo over with on Friday. Will head down to watch the 5k on Sat and have a 5k shakeout with the Boston Buddies run group on Sunday morning.


  • #114
    pgmcpq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,852 ✭✭✭pgmcpq


    The weather forecast is taking a turn for the worse. The rain (not a problem) combined with 10-20 mph headwind (NE) the entire route could make it a cold, difficult day. Not like 2018 (please!) but you should pack with this in mind.


  • #115
    Limpy
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    pgmcpq wrote: »
    The weather forecast is taking a turn for the worse. The rain (not a problem) combined with 10-20 mph headwind (NE) the entire route could make it a cold, difficult day. Not like 2018 (please!) but you should pack with this in mind.

    Des and Yuki will be happy. It will be like XC where you run for position rather then time!!


  • #116
    ger664
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,402 ✭✭✭ger664


    pgmcpq wrote: »
    The weather forecast is taking a turn for the worse. The rain (not a problem) combined with 10-20 mph headwind (NE) the entire route could make it a cold, difficult day. Not like 2018 (please!) but you should pack with this in mind.

    Much like what we got in 15 I was frozen in a singlet for the last six miles. Once you summit heartbreak hill a NE sea breeze drops the fells like temp.

    Bring under armour in case


  • #117
    thomas anderson.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭thomas anderson.


    pgmcpq wrote: »
    The weather forecast is taking a turn for the worse. The rain (not a problem) combined with 10-20 mph headwind (NE) the entire route could make it a cold, difficult day. Not like 2018 (please!) but you should pack with this in mind.

    Where you getting that from? Accuweather is saying :

    13°/11°

    RealFeel® 10°/5°
    Periods of rain
    Precipitation: 58%
    Rain: 4 mm
    Snow: 0 CM
    Humidity: 82%
    Cloud Cover: 99%
    Dew Point: 9° C
    Visibility: 7 km
    Winds from the
    SSW
    22 km/h


  • #118
    bryangiggsy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭bryangiggsy


    Nothing can be as bad as last year . Not going to worry about the weather until fri/sat . Last year I wore a singlet . If it was similar conditions this year the only thing I would add is arm warmers and rubber gloves . Keep in mind it was 5 degrees or 42 f last year .


  • #119
    PaulieYifter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 701 ✭✭✭PaulieYifter


    After last year I don’t care what weather we get - it all looks good in comparison.

    A reminder:
    https://twitter.com/alistaircragg/status/985848656241848320


  • #120
    pgmcpq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,852 ✭✭✭pgmcpq


    thomas anderson. wrote: »
    Where you getting that from? Accuweather is saying :

    13°/11°

    RealFeel® 10°/5°
    Periods of rain
    Precipitation: 58%
    Rain: 4 mm
    Snow: 0 CM
    Humidity: 82%
    Cloud Cover: 99%
    Dew Point: 9° C
    Visibility: 7 km
    Winds from the
    SSW
    22 km/h

    Couple of places including accuweather - weather underground, weather.com and the letsrun thread for the neurotic !

    https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=9315666&page=3

    The accuweather forecast has improved both on wind and rain, but the WU is still showing the NW 10-20mph headwind but still only showers in the morning.

    No one is predicting anything like last year but the headwind is a concern. After Connemara 2016, Boston last year I'm a skittish about tough weather.
    I'm trying to figure out what to wear and whether to start with a disposable jacket.


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  • #121
    thomas anderson.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭thomas anderson.


    I'm scared


  • #122
    bryangiggsy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭bryangiggsy


    thomas anderson. wrote: »
    I'm scared

    https://whdh.com/news/weather/7weather-april-11-2/

    Lets hope it changes.


  • #123
    WithCheesePlease
    Registered Users Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭WithCheesePlease


    Oh, what to wear...

    Singlet and baselayer? Or running jacket as well? I'd never normally even consider wearing a jacket for a marathon but I've no idea how to plan for this. Trying to do my packing here...


  • #124
    pgmcpq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,852 ✭✭✭pgmcpq


    WithCheesePlease wrote: »
    Oh, what to wear...

    Singlet and baselayer? Or running jacket as well? I'd never normally even consider wearing a jacket for a marathon but I've no idea how to plan for this. Trying to do my packing here...

    Pack everything ! As far as I can see they are waiting to see which way a front moves and it could swing warm with a tailwind & storms … or colder with a headwind. They are not going to know for sure until at best 24 hours before.


  • #125
    thomas anderson.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭thomas anderson.


    Lads, I dunno about ye but that weather will suit us to the ground, we've trained in worse over the last few months


  • #126
    bonaparte2
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭bonaparte2


    19° Hi
    RealFeel® 18°
    Precipitation 67%

    Periods of rain
    Winds from the
    SW
    20 km/h
    Gusts: 32 km/h
    Max UV Index: 2 (Low)
    Thunderstorms: 24%
    Precipitation: 9 mm
    Rain: 9 mm
    Snow: 0 CM
    Ice: 0 mm
    Hours of Precipitation: 5.5 hrs
    Hours of Rain: 5.5 hrs


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  • #127
    WithCheesePlease
    Registered Users Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭WithCheesePlease


    So in conclusion, it keeps changing and we probably won't know until Monday morning. Nice to see the wind changing though...


  • #128
    pgmcpq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,852 ✭✭✭pgmcpq


    Now forecasts are calling for a tailwind with higher temperatures and potential thunderstorms. Not sure what to make of this - hate to end up junking my bad weather gear at the start. I'm guessing the BAA email was written yesterday before things switched ?


  • #129
    bonaparte2
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭bonaparte2


    20 minutes queue to pay for jacket at expo. Yay


  • #130
    bonaparte2
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭bonaparte2


    bonaparte2 wrote: »
    20 minutes queue to pay for jacket at expo. Yay

    Apology for post. Taper crankiness


  • #131
    bryangiggsy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭bryangiggsy


    Latest weather Wet but warm ðŸ‘


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  • #132
    FBOT01
    Registered Users Posts: 2,447 ✭✭✭FBOT01


    Whatever the weather. It is a fantastic event so have a good one and most importantly ENJOY!!!


  • #133
    thomas anderson.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭thomas anderson.


    bonaparte2 wrote: »
    Apology for post. Taper crankiness

    Youre forgiven


  • #134
    Glencarraig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭Glencarraig


    Jasus lads if we get weather thats anything like this afternoon in Boston we will be cooked. Cant see it happening but I do think it will be shorts and vest weather anyway despite the rain showers.


  • #135
    thomas anderson.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭thomas anderson.


    Glencarraig wrote: »
    Jasus lads if we get weather thats anything like this afternoon in Boston we will be cooked. Cant see it happening but I do think it will be shorts and vest weather anyway despite the rain showers.

    I got sunburnt ffs


  • #136
    thomas anderson.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭thomas anderson.


    Did an easy 3 miles there and the humidity unreal. Keep hydrated folks


  • #137
    Limpy
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    Got sunburn on the face myself. Boston common was busy. Plenty of freebies at the expo.

    I would say London was better organised from what I remember of the expo last year. Maybe because I did the London expo on a Friday.


  • #138
    opus
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    Best of luck to everyone today, fingers crossed the weather gods smile on you all!


  • #139
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,118 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    I watched Boston online last year streaming via my Amazon Fire TV stick, but can't remember how and all I can find today is that it will be available paid for via FloTrack. Any ideas as to the best way to stream it later?


  • #140
    AhhHere
    Registered Users Posts: 363 ✭✭AhhHere


    robinph wrote: »
    I watched Boston online last year streaming via my Amazon Fire TV stick, but can't remember how and all I can find today is that it will be available paid for via FloTrack. Any ideas as to the best way to stream it later?

    Have you tried watch athletics? https://www.watchathletics.com/schedule/watchlive/4349


  • #141
    Djoucer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 620 ✭✭✭Djoucer


    Boston right now.

    https://mobile.twitter.com/MonicaNBCBoston/status/1117744471666495488


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  • #142
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,118 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    Djoucer wrote: »
    Boston right now.

    https://mobile.twitter.com/MonicaNBCBoston/status/1117744471666495488

    Is anyone else going to be zipping up their Yuki suit to challenge him this year?

    If the weather was in anyway decent he'd not stand a chance, but looks like it's going to be tough out there and that makes it doable for him to win again.


  • #143
    tHE vAGGABOND
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    Jesus! There is a point where it's very dangerous for the folks at the back of the pack being out in that...


  • #144
    healy1835
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    http://123tvnow.com/watch/nbc-sport-network-nbcsn/?jwsource=cl


  • #145
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,118 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    The disclaimers at the end of the drug adverts are quite scary on US TV.


  • #146
    tHE vAGGABOND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,687 ✭✭✭tHE vAGGABOND


    The sidebar chat is worth the price of admission alone :)

    Sooooo glad my job now does not involve America / American customers :D


  • #147
    Itziger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,017 ✭✭✭Itziger


    Fionnuala Mc up and running. 34.5x for first 10k


  • #148
    ewc78
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 480 ✭✭ewc78


    That Steak and Ribs meal in the Outback advert looks delish...


  • #149
    Muppet Man
    Registered Users Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭Muppet Man


    Also here...
    https://www.masslive.com/sports/2019/04/boston-marathon-2019-free-live-stream-tv-channel-start-time-weather-forecast-where-to-watch.html


  • #150
    Itziger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,017 ✭✭✭Itziger


    Fionnuala just under a minute behind the big group. If she can keep that gap and then start picking a few off and feeding off that feeling in the second half...... Could be a decent time.


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  • #151
    Itziger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,017 ✭✭✭Itziger


    Unfortunately, I may have been off with that estimate. Be interesting to see how she finishes now though. Historically a strong finisher but a Boston first timer......


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