Comments on: Route To O-Season 2020: Day 98

By: Terje Wiig Mathisen

Terje Wiig Mathisen — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:04:33 +0000

I agreed with my brother here but I entered a route slightly further left than the consensus straight option because that made it possible to save one or two contours in the first valley, and then later on distribute the climb even more. I do agree that long (30-60 m ascent) steep climbs slow you down more unless your name is Olav Lundanes so if possible I try to split them into stages of not more than 20-30m. OTOH, as Knut mentioned, if this was a long race going around might save important energy even if costing a bit of time on the leg.

By: Jan Kocbach

Jan Kocbach — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 22:05:01 +0000

I believe that the hillsides are so steep on the direct route that the factor 7 is not valid; for the very steep parts you should probably increase this significantly. I am aware that there is quite much climb around, but it is a lot more gradual ….

By: Knut Wiig Mathisen

Knut Wiig Mathisen — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 16:39:26 +0000

I think I disagree, I’m counting 13 curves to climb in the “flat left” alternative compared to 23 for the “straight”. 50 m extra climb for 502 meter saved length is usually worttwhile (factor 7 meter length per meter climb). As long as the steep descent on the straight route is not very slow, straight should be faster. I am guessing 15-45 sec. But due to saved energy, it might be wise to go around on a long distance race any way.