Comments on: WC Liberec Chasing start: Map and Results

By: Jagge

Jagge — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:49:47 +0000

It’s long known fact butterflies does not work well for mass start/chase and are not fair either. It worked here a usual, some got free ride in nice group, some had to run on their own or with slower group – up to luck.

On the other hand, interval start middle was far more interesting and exiting to spectate on TV and on site too I guess. If spectators find interval start more interesting and it does better TV show and is less expensive to make, then who actually want this chase format. Athletes??

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:20:36 +0000

the map exchange was not based on the st.# but by the order the runners arrived to the map exchange. The maps were given in this order A, B, C, D, A, B, C, D, A, B, C, D, etc. as they were 4 loops in the butterfly.

By: p

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:19:07 +0000

possible to do some tactics?
If you are in group with Guergiou and some hanging guy you should try to be third in order to get same forking than Thierry?

Or Thierry should try to be 2nd to get different forking than other two?

Btw. how they controlled that runners took loops in right order? Did they keep track when giving out maps (difficult with large groups?) or just checked at the finish which map each runner had?

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:13:09 +0000

Really? I am not sure if that would be better or worse than a rigid switch under the yesterdays circumstances.

The longer I think about the more critical I am about the yesterday course setting… :-P

Another aspect is, that yesterdays race first part was a rather realistic simulation of what they plan the futures WOC Middle Distance to be. 44 runners in five minutes on a Middle. Gosh! :-)