Comments on: Route To O-Season 2020: Day 54

By: MKG

MKG — Fri, 08 May 2020 12:48:47 +0000

The right option, taking the tracks for most of the leg seems quite good, and perhaps even better, no?
It seems no GPS runner took it, but many WoO reader draw it.
The distance difference isn’t huge, it’s almost all flat and tracks, and the control entrance is «flat» you don’t have this steep slope.
When you have a look at PR vs KR analysis, and if you consider where PR was (compare to KR) when he leaves the tracks, and the distance/climbing/tracks running difference he would need to achieve if sticking on the track; then it might be faster?
(Not sure to be clear, sorry)
Any opinion on this option?

By: Jan Kocbach

Jan Kocbach — Thu, 07 May 2020 12:43:10 +0000

@Uku: I added some additional figures of athletes from the road to the control. Of the 4 with GPS-tracking who came from the road, Kristiansand is fastest, and I am actually not sure that the approach to the control is that sub-optimal for Kristiansand (at least not >30 seconds slower as it would have to be for this to be the best choice).

Thanks a lot for the discussion, highly appreciated!

By: Uku

Uku — Thu, 07 May 2020 11:50:59 +0000

Looking at the connecting lines, both Kristiansand and KR are almost in equal distance from the control point (a few hundred meters before the CP). But from the road bend Kristiansand would have had practically only downhill to the CP while KR has upphill to the CP. Simply the turn from the road towards CP should have been earlier and more straightforward.
But I guess the final truth will be subjective as always.

By: Jan Kocbach

Jan Kocbach — Thu, 07 May 2020 10:21:53 +0000

I don’t think I agree. Based on the third figure where Kristiansand is compared to KR, you can clearly see that it is where KR runs along the lake most time is gained/lost.