The latest episode of the BirkieGuide.com Podcast is dropping (well, uploading) as we speak (especially if I upload them to the right directory). We talk with Ben Popp, the Birkie executive director, about the current status of the course, the chances of a good race, and preparations and contingencies. He’s realistic but optimistic: the base is solid and helped by rain which solidified it in January and earlier this month. He says there’s a 75% chance we survive the meltdown.

(Model update: the latest US model was very bad, but the latest European model very good. It’s wait and see at this point.)