Following Sometimes Pays Off?

[buzz]

Following definitely pays off sometimes.... in the days before mobile internet we once trekked up from Sheffield to the Scottish Champs with an idea of where the event was but no final details. We lost confidence around Dunkeld so stopped on the A9 to wait for an orienteering car to follow. No suitably stickered vehicle went by, so after half an hour, with start times looming, we took a gamble on a bearded gentlemen in a Volvo estate. Worked a treat - he was, of course, an orienteer on his way to the event.

[buzz]

But not always.... ran a training course in the lakes yesterday head to head with Homer.

Not having the speed to keep with him I took different routes each time and popped out at every control just behind him. To be fair to Homer, I got lucky a few times with the routes I picked. Winsplits would have mistakenly had me down as following.

Great training by the way - thanks to JROS.

[Gnitworp]

Last Sunday on the Nearly and Armful Course at the OK Nuts mass start event, I managed to lose touch with two other runners I was with by cutting a corner through a boggy flooded area rather than sticking to a dry earth bank. Two people from behind caught me and, on the final leg, both of them followed me off line on a 'direct route' across rough tussocky terrain (not the best!), but I realized my error before both of them and beat them into the Finish (just) without losing a further place in the race (see Splitsbrowser)

[Nimby]

I think we'll all have to accept that following has become a problem when copy/paste is added to RouteGadget.