London Ultrasprint + London City Race

[Glucosamine]

The survey made me think further about my course - and yes I ran MSV too. Agree with many of the comments made here (especially those thanking the people involved for the time invested - having planned a smaller urban event I have some insight into what might be involved), but I confess that I find it harder to analyse comparative performance using a winsplits table than I do for a splitbrowser graph. Am I missing a way to get the comparison of turning right around the supermarket instead of left around the farm in grapical form?

[AndyC]

Tthe comparison of turning right around the supermarket instead of left around the farm in grapical form?

That is a great quote about how urban should work IMHO

[Angry Haggis]

but I confess that I find it harder to analyse comparative performance using a winsplits table than I do for a splitbrowser graph.

Splitsbrowser is attached to the Routegadget page here - http://www.slow.routegadget.co.uk/cgi-b ... ser&id=111 (added a link to this from the main results page now).

[Roger]

Splitsbrowser is attached to the Routegadget page ...

Yes, but it's an emasculated version of Splitsbrowser that doesn't estimate how much you lost on each leg, instead merely giving you the not-very-useful 'time behind'.

[Angry Haggis]

Splitsbrowser is attached to the Routegadget page ...

Yes, but it's an emasculated version of Splitsbrowser that doesn't estimate how much you lost on each leg, instead merely giving you the not-very-useful 'time behind'.

Ah, I didn't realise it was a different version.

Here you go: http://www.splitsbrowser.org.uk/splitsg ... entId=6775

[Mrs H]

To be honest anyone who plans an urban race is on a hiding to nothing and anyone who has not been involved in the organisation of one - especially the first in an area - can have no conception of how much work is involved. For a start off there will be quite a few people there who don't like urban races anyway so are prejudiced from the start then even the ones who purport to like them frequently have very specific requirements and expectations.

Having responded to complaints about previous events that the curses for the WSV courses were too short/easy we got complaints they were too long/hard. Being mindful that people consistently wanted courses with navigational challenge people then complained that they were faced with a challenge from the moment they picked up the map when they should have been clear headed (the first control being behind them and the challenge being the best way of getting out of the park which was in front of them).

I don't think I'd put myself through that again so the people in London who do it year after year are amazing - and I'm only sorry I had to miss it this year.

[AndyC]

the curses for the WSV courses were too short/easy we got complaints they were too long/hard.

Now THAT is a Freudian slip!

[charles2]

Ah, I didn't realise it was a different version.

Here you go: http://www.splitsbrowser.org.uk/splitsg ... entId=6775

Thanks AH, I find splits browser very useful, and have just found out that no one overtook me (which is a welcome occurrence)!

As to the courses (I did MOpen) enjoyed the northern bit, but found some of the eastern part harder as constantly having to plan which routes were blocked.
Not sure I really had time to look at the scenery, or the dome, cutty sark (if indeed I would have been able to see them).

[awk]

Being mindful that people consistently wanted courses with navigational challenge people then complained that they were faced with a challenge from the moment they picked up the map when they should have been clear headed (the first control being behind them and the challenge being the best way of getting out of the park which was in front of them).

Remember it well. Cracking first leg, Gromit!

[Glucosamine]

Here you go: http://www.splitsbrowser.org.uk/splitsg ... entId=6775

Magic - many thanks - a picture is worth a thousand words (or numbers). So my apparent navigational solipcisms were as nothing compared to tiring legs - useful insight.

[nooomember]

Link to Headcam Video of the London City Race, (course 5/mens vets - first 2/3 to control 18)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IRtTR9M9HQ

Ultrasprint videos to follow later today...