INDYSTAR VIDEO: Pushing 80
Indiana’s Weather For Friday
Clear, calm, and cool. That’s how Friday started. The overnight weather map showed an area of high pressure right on top of Lafayette, cruising slowly to the east. Today’s winds will shift to the south behind that high, helping to throw another approximately five degrees on the temperature fire. There were some 30s again, early […]
Mini Marathon Video Montage
Here’s a video montage of the 2012 One America 500 Festival Mini Marathon via Michelle Pemberton of The Indianapolis Star. An estimated 35,000 runners and walkers traveled the 13.1 miles from Downtown to the Track and back. George Towett from Kenya finished first. His unofficial time: 1 hour, 5 minutes, 8 seconds. Kenyans had won […]
Indiana’s Weather For Saturday
AFTERNOON UPDATE: I’m removing the slight chance of storms from the Saturday afternoon forecast, with the exception of the southern quarter of the state, including Evansville. ORIGINAL STORY: Timing is everything in the Mini-Marathon, and in weather. Thunderstorms made a run on Indianapolis just ten hours prior to the Race’s start time. Wind damage was […]
Mini Marathon Weather
POST-RACE UPDATE: Dew point temperatures ranged from 62-66 (pretty muggy) and winds ranged from 5-10mph. Fog and clouds gave way to partly sunny conditions. Temperatures: 7am 63 | 8am 65 | 9am 68 | 10am 71 (yellow flag comes out) | 11am 74 (ORIGINAL STORY) Expect a muggy Mini-Marathon today. If you’re running, you won’t […]
Indiana’s Weather For Thursday
This should be the hottest day of the year so far in Indianapolis. So far, 84 has been the magic number. We hit it on March 21, April 3, and that’s where the thermometer stopped yesterday. It was three degrees shy of the record. (And my forecast.) I think there will be less clouds around […]
Saturday News On The Run
Mini-Marathon Forecast: Showers are likely today, and rumbles of thunder are possible. Click here for the latest Indiana radar loops. The wind will be from the south/southwest at about 10 mph. Good luck! Mini-Marathon Temps: 7am: 52 | 10am: 58 | 1pm: 63 Running notes in the news:[cetsEmbedRSS id=http://rwdaily.runnersworld.com/feed itemcount=4 itemauthor=0 itemdate=1 itemcontent=0] My Running […]
Friday News On The Run
FRIDAY NIGHT UPDATE: Sorry, runners. Tomorrow’s system looks to be speeding up by about 3 hrs. Best rain chances about 9a-3p. Bookmark my HUGE radar. Mini-Marathon Forecast: About a 40% chance of showers & storms in the morning, and 60% by lunchtime. Go for it, but have a rain Plan B. Follow me online, and […]
Thursday Indiana Weather Almanac
How low did it go? I answer that, plus give you a detailed Mini Marathon Forecast. Pull up a podcast and stay awhile, or for at least 3 minutes. Just Press Play, and click here to subscribe to the Almanac via iTunes for a complete forecast briefing every weekday morning from Indiana’s Weatherman.
Thursday News On The Run
Ready to run in the rain? Still looking like shower/storm chances Saturday. The chance would be about 40% in the morning, and 60% in the afternoon. The wind will be from the southwest at 10-15mph. Mini-Marathon Temps: 7am: 53 | 10am: 65 | 1pm: 67 The Indianapolis Monumental Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5K will take […]
PoTweekend Update
It was just as cold and windy as it was supposed to be Saturday. The Kenyans asked me to stay out of the Mini Marathon this year so they’d have a better shot, and their plan seems to have paid off. Hope you had a good walk/run if you participated. My running partner (aka my […]
