Warwick today
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Re: Warwick today
Bear in mind - as I am sure the organisers did - that the Warwick race was on a Sunday whereas a number of the other 'City' races have been on Saturdays I believe. Also, Warwick is by no stretch of the imagination a shopping town and so would not be particularly busy. It has no large shops whatsoever being firstly a very small town and secondly over-shadowed (in shopping terms) by Leamington Spa, Stratford, Coventry, Solihull and Birmingham. With the 'old town' profile it is very suited to this type of race but many other towns would not be.
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Re: Warwick today
seabird wrote:...We concluded that the risks that runners are prepared to take are likely to be less on races of a longer distance like Lincoln, York and Warwick. I think even that position would have to be reconsidered if a town/city race became part of a major championship.
At last year's World Champs sprint in Denmark, one of the Irish runners was allowed to run in the final after initially missing out by a few seconds. He had lost time when a car parked in front of a control, obscuring it, and the organisers didn't get the car moved on before he arrived.
And this year's World Champs classic races in Ukraine had a significant urban section. Does anyone know whether the roads were closed? I suspect not, but would be glad to be corrected.
So having traffic on the roads appears to be OK at the World Champs, for both classic and sprint races.
I'd say let the organisers decide. They know the local conditions, and can take action to mitigate risks. World Masters sprint in Wiener Neustadt last year was not a championship race, but crossings of any roads that carried significant traffic were marshalled by the police. Visibility was good, and a control just before the crossing forced the runners to cross where the organisers wanted them to. All sensible stuff.
Personally, when running in relatively low-speed traffic I've found that I naturally signal and manoevre as if I were cycling. So far I haven't had any problems and the motorists have been courteous. I'm not blasé about the risks though -- one of my running club-mates has just had his ankle reconstructed after attempting to go diagonally across a road, and despite a quick glance over his shoulder he didn't see or hear the approaching car. Driver had no chance.
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Re: Warwick today
I'm not convinced that the risks are lower for longer races - maybe more fatigue = poor decision making? Near the end of the excellent Glasgow City race I found myself hacking across the Great Western Road....and very glad the event was on a Sunday morning
Maybe the biggest risks would come if you had a pack of orienteers all racing each other - and not paying any attention to the traffic
Maybe the biggest risks would come if you had a pack of orienteers all racing each other - and not paying any attention to the traffic
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Stop orieneteering............ no risk at all:)
Go orienteering in Lithuania......... best in the world:)
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Re: Warwick today
Roger wrote:
Just to put the record straight, the Danish WOC Sprint qualifier was held partly in an enclosed ornamental pleasure park before public access was allowed. As a Jury member, I was in the park when the car in question drove slowly past on a delivery mission and then stopped just in front of one control. In theory it shouldn't have got in at all ... but hardly an example of "traffic" being OK I suggest!
At last year's World Champs sprint in Denmark, one of the Irish runners was allowed to run in the final after initially missing out by a few seconds. He had lost time when a car parked in front of a control, obscuring it, and the organisers didn't get the car moved on before he arrived ...
...So having traffic on the roads appears to be OK at the World Champs, for both classic and sprint races.
Just to put the record straight, the Danish WOC Sprint qualifier was held partly in an enclosed ornamental pleasure park before public access was allowed. As a Jury member, I was in the park when the car in question drove slowly past on a delivery mission and then stopped just in front of one control. In theory it shouldn't have got in at all ... but hardly an example of "traffic" being OK I suggest!
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Re: Warwick today
Thanks DJM for the clarification, which I find somewhat reassuring.
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