Comments on: Route to Christmas: Day 14 2020

By: JK

JK — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:20:21 +0000

There is a difference between “beside the road” (i.e. either on a pavement, on the verge, or in the terrain) or “along the road” – since this symbol means you aren’t allowed to run along it – but you can cross it.
Now I doubt there was a pavement here so I hope they didn’t run on the road itself as that is clearly OOB (whether such a pavement would be considered part of the road or not is a different question).
[apologies for folks from other english-speaking nations who refer to “tarmac” as “pavement” and use words like sidewalk (US) or footpath (AUS) instead]

By: Franzi

Franzi — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 07:26:25 +0000

That´s what I was wondering too. Froom looking at the map, I do not think it was the organizers and course setters intentation that competitors run along the street

By: MM

MM — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:45:16 +0000

well, even if they ran ‘beside the road’ that’s kind of questionable:
“711 Out-of-bounds route (L)
A route which is out-of-bounds. Competitors are allowed to cross directly over a forbidden route, but it is forbidden to go along it.
An out-of-bounds route shall not be used.”
(it really depends on how far you go from the road. but running parallel to the road but not in does not look reasonable.)

By: Franzi

Franzi — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:43:12 +0000

If you are running to and then along the street, I guess you should follow it much further to the control.