Comments on: Route To O-Season 2020: Day 46

By: Terje Wiig Mathisen

Terje Wiig Mathisen — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:26:31 +0000

No, jumping over a flower bed, or even just cutting across a corner without stepping inside it, is still clearly illegal.

By: Rob Plowright

Rob Plowright — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 14:23:04 +0000

Actually the few metres doesn’t change the analysis.

I was more interested in the fact that it looks like many GPS tracks crossed the olive area. The tracks all seem to be follow a similar line so I doubt it can be explained away as inaccurate GPS in urban terrain – if that were the case I would expect more randomness in the tracks.

It reminds a bit of the World Cup middle in China where a similar thin strip of olive green caused so much angst.

By: Jan Kocbach

Jan Kocbach — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 06:50:35 +0000

Thanks, Rob, good catch. That does add a few meters indeed, sorry about that. The general analysis is (luckily) still valid, though.

By: Rob Plowright

Rob Plowright — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 04:56:50 +0000

Jan, do you realise that route B crosses olive green next to the church about half way – you would have to go a bit further east to the blue route which would add a few extra metres to B.

Some of the routes are shown crossing the olive green but that could be due to poor GPS coverage. Or did runners jump over the olive green (presumably a narrow flower bed) and if so is it considered ‘legal’ to do that – if you do not actually set a foot down?