Problem is, there's not really a way to come up with a good contingency plan for that.
If you have weather at the start, you can delay the start, but once the gun goes off, you have thousands of runners spread out over 20+ miles. Putting up tents for shelter does no good in storms, so your only other option is to cancel the race....it's not like you can safely collect thousands of runners from various points of the course quickly when inclement weather approaches. If it's a 5k on campus, you can probably get people into buildings quickly. A half or full marathon is so spread out that it's not as easy to find shelters, especially when miles of the race are through residential areas. Previous Message Like, no one thought “what if there’s a storm in Illinois in April and it isn’t safe for thousands of pedestrians to be on the road?” Previous Message Previous Message I remember watching from the car while those poor kids ran and kicked through a damn deluge. She was super stoked about us volunteering tomorrow. She texted me about the possible cancellation all mad about it. I wrote her this paragraph about disruption being the point of protest, and she just wrote back “Bye they suck” Sigh. They don’t always pick up what you’re trying to teach. 😆 Previous Message Previous Message And a few years before that was the year they had to stop the marathon in the middle of it due to lightning—I assume they had to issue refunds then? Previous Message to recover if they have to refund everyone’s entry fee. Previous Message Previous Message That will probably end it for a long time. Previous Message Shortly after 4 pm, we became aware of the escalation of tensions at the demonstration at the Alma Mater statue on the campus of the University of Illinois, the location of our 5K route. We immediately called a meeting of our Race Operations Command team, to discuss options for adjusting the plans for tonight's 5K event. Our initial plan that resulted from that meeting was rerouting the 5K course while staying in contact with our law enforcement partners. At 5 p.m., we were informed by our law enforcement partners that all police assigned to our 5K course were reassigned to assist with the incident on campus. At 5:30 p.m., it was determined that we would need to cancel tonight's 5K event. We will do everything possible to hold a 5K event in the near future. Runners and volunteers impacted by this cancellation are being notified via app notifications, email, social media and text messaging. At this time, our Saturday events are set to continue forward as planned. We anticipate reaching out to runners in tomorrow's races at 9 p.m. this evening with an update. Previous Message
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Remarkable that there is nothing here about what's happening at Columbia U - bigbop85 April 22, 2024, 8:46:25
- walked by the encampment on the quad today. a lot of tents but hardly any people - lcubed May 8, 2024, 13:55:45
- "literally shaking" because she is starving and "immunocompromised." - bigbop85 May 8, 2024, 13:40:38
- UCLA moves ALL classes to remote learning for the whole week* - RSMBob May 7, 2024, 10:05:28
- there is always a rake.... - suburbanmyth May 6, 2024, 12:41:01
- MIT protests take off the masks - bigbop85 May 5, 2024, 16:29:21
- This guy just won’t quit, now calls out Soros - bigbop85 May 5, 2024, 13:52:06
- Hahahaha “Hamas has zero national titles” - bigbop85 May 4, 2024, 13:10:31
- Might switch the thread title to ugos on parade - bigbop85 May 4, 2024, 13:05:24
- my favorite protest moment... the garbage can shields - Throwsize May 3, 2024, 19:08:55
- I thought Sammich's joke about Cons blaming "anti-semite George Soros"q was just that but... - ATL May 3, 2024, 16:50:37
- The best part of this whole thing is highlighting the fat, ugly women and narrow shouldered men - bigbop85 May 2, 2024, 22:01:34
- Aren’t you miniature?* - CWR10 May 2, 2024, 22:18:43
- Multi weight divisions above GMAW* - JeffFrank May 3, 2024, 18:34:55
- nothing wrong with being wee* - gvibes May 2, 2024, 22:29:18
- He’s posted his picture here before. Consider yourself lucky if you missed it.* - Toonces May 2, 2024, 22:26:37
- oh, that's why he can't play full-size tennis* - RVA May 2, 2024, 22:25:32
- He’s a little guy* - illini21 May 2, 2024, 22:19:18
- Gee I wonder how this is gonna age - RVA May 2, 2024, 22:17:44
- Bro…you have narrow shoulders lol* - illini21 May 2, 2024, 22:08:30
- Hamas seizes first U.S. aid shipment - bigbop85 May 2, 2024, 20:44:10
- another data point for when guys like marshall refuse to accept reporting from arab - suburbanmyth May 2, 2024, 15:03:14
- "very fine people on both sides" - bigbop85 May 2, 2024, 10:17:28
- I love John Fetterman - bigbop85 May 2, 2024, 8:35:06
- The gay guy who would be beheaded in Palestine giving the encampment tour is a nice touch - bigbop85 May 2, 2024, 6:26:25
- They do not want bagels: - JeffFrank May 1, 2024, 17:51:56
- Again; lazy college students that don’t want to go to class - timmer May 1, 2024, 17:40:49
- Go Fund Me to throw a rager for the UNC frat bros who defended Old Glory - bigbop85 May 1, 2024, 12:51:50
- Feels like this is filled with a bunch of Principal Skinner types not understanding - JacobRDaugherty May 1, 2024, 10:49:10
- These were not peaceful protests. If protesters all good guys and gals and theys why wear masks?* - JeffFrank May 1, 2024, 13:38:06
- It's purposefully missing the point - RVA May 1, 2024, 12:45:59
- I'm legit not sure if you're talking about us or the students that are protesting* - Sounder May 1, 2024, 11:37:48
- We love to make the same mistakes over and over again, don't we folks?* - Warrin'_Illini May 1, 2024, 11:30:24
- always has been* - Sammich May 1, 2024, 11:09:52
- Spreading to high schools: - JeffFrank May 1, 2024, 10:45:54
- Not all heroes wear capes, some are frat guys at UNC repping Augusta Hooters - bigbop85 May 1, 2024, 8:24:54
- They are saying the quiet part out loud - bigbop85 May 1, 2024, 6:26:58
- Yikes* - UofIL6 May 1, 2024, 9:27:16
- inject that shit into yoyo's veins* - HamptonSki May 1, 2024, 8:45:48
- i was listening to pod save the world. even those lefties are in full agreement on this point - Nobster May 1, 2024, 8:39:18
- yeah, fuck that. * - VIV May 1, 2024, 8:39:10
- diddo* - Nobster May 1, 2024, 8:39:34
- Sleepy Joe is MIA* - JeffFrank May 1, 2024, 2:07:09
- MSNBC back to Orange Jesus trial: - JeffFrank April 30, 2024, 21:18:54
- It looks like the NYPD is about to fuck shit up* - illini21 April 30, 2024, 20:27:19
- Have they considered arm bands? - bigbop85 April 30, 2024, 19:43:44
- starting to count the Ws - suburbanmyth April 30, 2024, 18:32:00
- we're all against calls for genocide? right? marshall? right? - suburbanmyth April 30, 2024, 18:01:39
- i know i’m bumping this thread but this is absolutely too hilarious to not post… - LeatherneckIllini April 30, 2024, 16:37:47
- More here - bigbop85 April 30, 2024, 17:53:32
- Wait them out until everyone leaves campus after Columbia's commencement on May 15th. - EffinIllini April 30, 2024, 16:58:42
- Workers of the world unite - Sounder April 30, 2024, 16:57:40
- Eh, sounds like what somebody at Columbia should be studying - RVA April 30, 2024, 16:54:46
- undergrad degree from U of Chicago - Poldark April 30, 2024, 16:44:58
- o0o - haighter April 30, 2024, 16:41:05
- They've apparently now smashed their way into and taken over a building. - doubledown April 30, 2024, 9:22:30
- Vienna 1938 / UCLA 2024 - bigbop85 April 30, 2024, 5:36:19
- Ignorant question I admit, but - Won’t this all end with the semester in two weeks? * - illini April 29, 2024, 9:57:40
- I want to get ahead of this, it was not me at Northwestern telling protestors to eat a salad - bigbop85 April 29, 2024, 9:17:18
- have there been campus protests where the students turned out to be wrong? not in my lifetime.... - suburbanmyth April 28, 2024, 15:23:25
- pretty good round-up on current status.... - suburbanmyth April 28, 2024, 14:24:38
- Tents are going back up on the Quad. Oh boy* - illini21 April 28, 2024, 13:50:37
- at umich today the demonstration is hosting a series of events starting with a breakfast - Nobster April 28, 2024, 11:20:05
- Is this heaven? - bigbop85 April 27, 2024, 21:52:48
- that triggers me - bbonb April 29, 2024, 9:54:38
- So heaven for you looks like police arresting people?* - PapaDels April 28, 2024, 21:49:10
- No, and Jesus ain't coming back no matter how much land Israel takes - Blazer April 28, 2024, 13:13:43
- You’re an odd duck. * - VIV April 27, 2024, 22:20:42
- Is that washu in stl?* - digs April 27, 2024, 22:01:23
- Presidents finally seeing it, the crackdown has begun - bigbop85 April 27, 2024, 18:01:02
- White supremacist protesters in West Virginia also still afraid of Covid apparently - OB25 April 27, 2024, 13:35:08
- 000 Bill Maher - Tooldresser April 27, 2024, 12:21:34
- not a shocker - Cornell is suspending students with Visas (Phd students) for raising their voices * - rozoben April 27, 2024, 11:42:37
- In a shocker, leader of the kill the Jews rally at Columbia - bigbop85 April 26, 2024, 19:40:28
- Nm* - John Coctostan April 26, 2024, 18:42:09
- Protest at UI Part 2. . - Savoy April 26, 2024, 6:47:22
- Looks like they moved the protest to over by Krannert - biclops April 27, 2024, 11:52:21
- Decision on marathon delayed til 5 AM tomorrow :cuss* - Jackie April 26, 2024, 21:24:01
- It’s about to get real pretty soon. DailyIllini is live streaming on IG* - illini21 April 26, 2024, 20:30:04
- Shits going down on the Quad - illini21 April 26, 2024, 16:47:04
- 5k canceled, a lot of peeved folks - Savoy April 26, 2024, 18:01:37
- If the marathon gets cancelled tomorrow, I don’t think it can recover financially. - Philo April 26, 2024, 18:43:00
- They're trying to get Bibi reelected, I presume.* - complainant April 26, 2024, 18:26:33
- ooo - EffinIllini April 26, 2024, 18:26:11
- This movement is spreading like wildfire while Biden is asleep at the wheel* - JeffFrank April 26, 2024, 18:10:17
- As always, the most tangible result will be a bigger police budget* - RVA April 26, 2024, 18:06:56
- Hrmph. I’m there at 7:30 AM tomorrow volunteering - Jackie April 26, 2024, 18:04:16
- Tents going up in C-U - illini21 April 26, 2024, 14:12:46
- somebody remind me of the last time a protest movement solved a problem* - bbonb April 26, 2024, 10:10:53
- So, let me get this straight... - EffinIllini April 26, 2024, 8:32:26
- They want Joe to do the right thing and pressure Bibi to stop committing war crimes* - JeffFrank April 26, 2024, 12:18:47
- why complicate this? they want joe biden to change his position on israel* - suburbanmyth April 26, 2024, 11:00:16
- no, they want an actual leftist as president. biden and the mainstream Ds are too conservative - VIV April 26, 2024, 9:24:29
- Gotcha. There'll be a 4th or 5th party candidate on the ballot who may suffice then. - EffinIllini April 26, 2024, 9:40:40
- Or not vote - CanHartlebHireSnider April 26, 2024, 9:46:25
- Well good for them. They can advocate for candidates and vote. If they lose, that’s a part… - haighter April 26, 2024, 9:35:01
- Conservative media conflates the two on purpose. * - doubledown April 26, 2024, 9:35:00
- *DingDingDing** - KingTalkyTiki April 26, 2024, 9:33:20
- I'm not sure they know what they want* - ATL April 26, 2024, 8:39:36
- mask = liberal MAGA hat* - bigbop85 April 26, 2024, 8:37:41
- No, they want attention. * - doubledown April 26, 2024, 8:33:53
- Noah Smith correctly points out these protest are a dead end for the left - bigbop85 April 25, 2024, 21:13:19
- Hey Nerd - illini21 April 25, 2024, 21:44:03
- Hezbollah flags in Princeton - bigbop85 April 25, 2024, 19:53:43
- assassin, yo-yo, and the encampments chant for intifada, others to release the hostages - bigbop85 April 25, 2024, 18:10:36
- Lasting narrative will be allowing siege and starvation. Then kill people with aid drops* - JeffFrank April 25, 2024, 17:19:03
- ooo - JeffFrank April 25, 2024, 17:34:07
- I don't care that I buried it in a subthread, someone acknowledge my latenight crappy photoshop - RVA April 25, 2024, 16:20:37
- USC cancelling main campus commencement over protests - bigbop85 April 25, 2024, 16:12:06
- And of course Gaza militants attack the aid pier Israel/US is building for them - bigbop85 April 25, 2024, 15:52:50
- Why isn't the bopper criticizing the Texas governor for his blatant first amendment violations* - gvibes April 25, 2024, 14:18:09
- Letter to Columbia admin from Jewish faculty - Blazer April 25, 2024, 14:02:16
- You know this is a dumb issue with BigBop has rallied the troops* - KCWildcat April 25, 2024, 7:42:59
- Please stop shutting down traffic with your protests. That’s all I ask - illini21 April 24, 2024, 20:45:39
- is shit going down in CU? * - Throwsize April 24, 2024, 23:02:44
- dots - Savoy April 25, 2024, 6:47:02
- You know...there's other ways of dealing with these folks... - haighter April 25, 2024, 12:15:00
- I'm fine with them protesting or street preachers preaching or anti-abortion activists protesting. - ATL April 25, 2024, 8:48:58
- They should protest Saturday morning on Green Street...during the start of the marathon - EffinIllini April 25, 2024, 8:43:10
- Lots of Illini coeds who call San Antonio “home”* - bbonb April 25, 2024, 8:11:56
- The divestment thing is so meaningless, but I guess they have to find some way to feel connected - doubledown April 25, 2024, 7:11:17
- Why are so many of them wearing masks outside? - Illiniphil April 25, 2024, 7:08:16
- Same reason bank robbers wear masks* - JeffFrank April 25, 2024, 14:08:01
- am i surprised or not surprised that you are all so clueless?* - suburbanmyth April 25, 2024, 11:20:15
- Theater. Just like their protests* - illini21 April 25, 2024, 7:49:58
- Damn these college kids and their masks, be a lot easier to dox them if I could see their face* - RVA April 25, 2024, 7:48:39
- Probably for the same reason they are at the protest: Herd Mentality. - jjlocke923 April 25, 2024, 7:42:50
- Well shouting outloud Death To Jews and other pro-Hamas shit does give a bad look to some people. - illinilosch April 25, 2024, 7:27:55
- They don't want their socialist boyfriend/girlfriend to see them cheating with another cause * - doubledown April 25, 2024, 7:23:05
- The unfortunate serious answer is because they are psychologically damaged* - Sounder April 25, 2024, 7:16:52
- It's to help hide your identity. * - haighter April 25, 2024, 7:09:21
- I walked by a demonstration on the Michigan diag today. 30 or so tents - Nobster April 24, 2024, 20:16:58
- USC exploding with massive protests - suburbanmyth April 24, 2024, 20:07:11
- I think a prerequisite to protest is to identify Gaza, WB and Israel on a map - timmer April 24, 2024, 17:35:22
- The fuck is Mike Johnson doing at Columbia…* - assassin April 24, 2024, 15:27:01
- Well when the President won’t say anything, someone has to* - bigbop85 April 24, 2024, 23:15:27
- Big surprise the cops are out of control at UT too.* - Toonces April 24, 2024, 19:20:51
- A stunt to get all the super conservative reps to support him, at least momentarily?* - John Coctostan April 24, 2024, 16:37:53
- Gaza and Tik Tok is totally going to get a felon elected over Biden* - Sounder April 24, 2024, 16:12:13
- A friend of mine went to Columbia. I just asked him for his thoughts. - BoCool April 24, 2024, 11:26:24
- U of Minnesota update, hell yeah edition - bigbop85 April 24, 2024, 8:02:35
- Scott Galloway on the double standard applied to Israel - bigbop85 April 23, 2024, 16:33:09
- Every time I hear one of these flower power wannabes try to talk about why they're protesting, - doubledown April 23, 2024, 14:58:29
- Shout out the SEC - bigbop85 April 23, 2024, 8:06:59
- Related: Hey Jews, what’s the deal with starting Passover like 3 weeks after Easter - bbonb April 22, 2024, 16:15:19
- The amount of ink spilled about student activities at elite private schools is ridiculous* - gvibes April 22, 2024, 16:07:56
- pitchbot did a rant about this recently - biclops April 23, 2024, 12:31:45
- don't really disagree with sentiment. but it seems a lot these protester are imported * - Throwsize April 23, 2024, 12:29:24
- Yep, meanwhile the places where the vast majority of college students enroll - Blazer April 23, 2024, 12:26:47
- I mean it seems pretty wild whats going on* - illini21 April 23, 2024, 7:12:35
- The vast majority of reporters and writers at the major news outlets attended these schools - IlliniRunner April 22, 2024, 16:15:58
- right wing media catnip* - Sounder April 22, 2024, 16:09:34
- everyone is making each other stupider there - memyselfandillini April 22, 2024, 15:30:16
- Is it weird feigning empathy for Jewish students at an Ivy League - RVA April 22, 2024, 10:41:12
- Sorry, I was drinking bourbon and zwanze all weekend* - ATL April 22, 2024, 9:16:49
- hey republican jesus, how about an update on the israeli war criminal first* - suburbanmyth April 22, 2024, 9:09:28
- We're busy talking about the important things like our awesome Bball program - illini21 April 22, 2024, 8:47:27
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