Hello and

welcome to the Runners Connect audio blog.

This is Coach Claire Barthallic and today I will be reading an article written

by John Davis called How Much Will Running in the Wind Slow you down.

For months you have put in hours of work diligently following your marathon training schedule.

You have pushed through those mental barriers, given up hours of socializing with friends.

Now, with just a few days to go, the weather forecast shows strong winds.

Your race plan crumbles before your eyes.

Running into a headwind for a marathon does not sound fun.

How is running in windy conditions going to affect my race?

How will running into a 10 mile per hour wind, 15

mile per hour wind, 20 mile per hour wind slow me down? Any runner, especially one

who lives out in the country, up in the mountains or along the expansive

plains of the Midwest, knows how wind affects performance.

What we'll try to do today is look into running in windy weather and see if we can come up with a rule of thumb for wind resistance and running performance.

As we all know too well, if the wind is pushing me, it can only mean one thing.

On the way back, I will be running into a headwind.

How much will it affect you?

Let's find out.

Today, we're turning our attention to the role of wind resistance in aiding or impairing

performance, a topic that's only received spotty coverage over the years. Much of the initial

work was hammered out in the 70s and

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