Worst weather race memories?

In HS, I ran the Junior Olympics Nationals XC race.  It was in Rhode Island.  They had torrential rain for 2 days before the race, and it was still raining the day of.  Since I was in the oldest age category, we had about 20 other races that started before us, most of which had the start, and varying parts of their courses, over the same ground.  When our race came up, they had to move our starting position because the ground was no longer usable.  I wore 1" spikes, and still had parts where I was slipping around.  The finish line looked like a swamp, and every footstep kicked mud at somebody (it really sucked to be behind anyone).

That was one of the most fun races ever...........

In terms of dealing with it, you just go and do it.  I've run a 10 mile race in a blizzard.  In the last mile, I couldn't see more than a foot in front of me.  If it's rain, you get wet.  If it's snow, you're cold, and then possibly wet.  Lightning, ya don't race.  You just can't focus on the weather.  If you do, it'll make it all the more miserable.  You go out there and embrace the weather, and think that it's going to affect everyone, and it's better to try to enjoy it and focus on what you can control.

That's all I got.  Sorry if it's not helpful. 

Haven't done a tri yet, but can offer two cycling-related from last year...first, Six Gap Century/Three Gap Fifty ride in North Georgia...the Gaps are a lot of fun - in dry weather; the Tour de Georgia uses portions of them, including one that's rated HC and another rated Cat 1, for the annual race.  Anyway, this year, approximately 5 miles into the ride, it started raining...the rain continued unabated, pouring at times, for the next 30 miles...climbing in the rain is not too bad, but coming down the backside is a different story.

Second, did my first century in Nov...unfortunately, with all of the nice weather we'd had during the prior week or two, ride day turned out to be cold (30's at the start) and windy (gusts in excess of 20MPH)...it literally felt like we were riding into a headwind the entire ride (w/ the exception of miles 60-80) and miles 83-107 (yes, actual was 100 + 7) were into wind and slight climb pretty much the entire way...tough, but managed to finish.

Nothing really bad in a race... a few swims with swells so bad that we saw 10-20% DNF rates in the swim alone.  I did have a training ride with headwinds so bad that I couldn't make double-digit MPHs going into... but oh was it awesome when I turned around.

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The hail was somewhat problimatic in this 10 mile trail run.

Funnest race ever!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I agree that was horrible (I don't know if I ever broke a sweat), but 2005 Spirit of Racine when it was a heat index in 100's and then windy on the bike the DNF rate was amazing.   I don't like to be cold and wet all day, but I think I would take that over the extrem heat and humidity!

I remember that day in 2005 very well.  I was up doing the inaugural Door County Triathlon the same day as Racine and it was my first ever tri.  Man, it was hot that day.

I've got 2!

Last year at chilly cheeks duathlon start. -12 F.

Wildflower 04"  San Luis Obispo reports the temps hit 108 by mid day.

Steamboat Springs, CO Oly - It was 37F at the start of the swim, in August. The bike warmed up to 40F.  I had to no jacket, no gloves, no pants. It was cold...bitter cold.