I know one or two who regularly contribute/lurk here were at the Skipton Race on Saturday. I've posted some planner's comments including thoughts about a few of the legs, but thought these might be of interest here. Thanks to all for coming and making it worthwhile. Feel free to voice your thoughts - I certainly relearned quite a lot, it being a while since I last planned an urban race. You'll obviously need to refer to Route Gadget (BTW I don't know why ShGn and LtGn are missing, and have asked for them to be posted).
What I think are the quickest routes on legs where I thought it was most often missed (but could be wrong!):
Black/Blue 1-2: W out of control, S to main road, E past roundabout and attack control from behind.
Black 18-19/Brown 14-15/Blue 15-16/ShGreen 7-8. E route, approaching control from S side of stream. Green reversed this.
Black 20-21/Brown 16-17/Blue 17-18/ShGreen 9-10. Back up to main road, W, then almost immediately S again through covered snicket - cutting corner off that most took by going round.
Black 24-25/Brown 20-21. N then W at first road, across railway, then immediately NE along ginnels and streets, through Black no. 2. Shorter and less climb than any of E routes. If gone E, can partially rectify by going W down track between fields/allotments probably used earlier.
Black 2-3/Green 14-15. Cross bridge, turn N, along footpaths under railway bridge, then S along footpaths. Nobody recorded this so far, but timed 10% quicker.
Blue 3-4: even those spotting the canal challenge appear to have missed the quickest option: to canal crossing S of railway and N along towpath. The option over railway bridge to S of red line and run past E end of bridge to next one was admittedly only a few seconds slower on test running.
Green 11-12. Only one so far went quickest route. After crossing canal bridge to N, carry on along road further than most, to approach control via paths along stream from W. Shortest, and no hill.
Green 13-14. Out of car park and turn immediately S to main road then E to approach bridge from the S.
Blue/Green/ShGreen long leg at end: E route is marginally longer (less so for ShGreen) but I believe quicker: less climb and avoids dip into and out of stepping stones across stream which is disruptively slower.
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Completely missed that.awk wrote:Black 18-19/Brown 14-15/Blue 15-16/ShGreen 7-8. E route, approaching control from S side of stream. Green reversed this.
Yes, got that one, and overtook a W21 just ahead of me that didn't.awk wrote:Black 20-21/Brown 16-17/Blue 17-18/ShGreen 9-10. Back up to main road, W, then almost immediately S again through covered snicket - cutting corner off that most took by going round.
Yes, got that, after a lot of looking at whether there was an East way.awk wrote:Black 24-25/Brown 20-21. N then W at first road, across railway, then immediately NE along ginnels and streets, through Black no. 2. Shorter and less climb than any of E routes. If gone E, can partially rectify by going W down track between fields/allotments probably used earlier.
On Brown 1-2 I completely missed the opportunity to sneak up the hill along the ginnels to the north of the control, rather than run past it to the south and approach from the east.
It was a great course, and the lack of interest while running around housing estates was more than compensated for by the mental challenges of finding (or not) the best route choices.
Thanks!
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Re: Skipton Urban Race
I used that choice between the footpath to the L and the road to the R on Black, Brown and Green (slightly different starting points, but same sort of choices, although I think it was a bit harder to spot on the Brown). Only 2 of the 16 RG routes so far take the footpath route, so you're not alone! (So pleased you enjoyed it too).
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