WUOC 2018
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Re: WUOC 2018
Yes, feel incredibly lucky to be reinstated, you can imagine my surprise when they notified me. The controls were so unreliable in the MSR that they instructed all control watchers to tick off bib numbers.
In my case, having a backup was not enough. Most runners missed one or two splits, but with a backup with good enough reliability all controls were usually covered. However for myself and a Ukrainian, it seems we were given faulty backups and so there was no cover for when our main tag failed. Either that or we were very unlucky (2 missed controls for me and 3 for the UKR). Certainly not the Emit tags I'm used to, usually they're quite reliable, but perhaps an older batch.
A frustrating wait ensued post-downloading but glad to get the result made official eventually.
In my case, having a backup was not enough. Most runners missed one or two splits, but with a backup with good enough reliability all controls were usually covered. However for myself and a Ukrainian, it seems we were given faulty backups and so there was no cover for when our main tag failed. Either that or we were very unlucky (2 missed controls for me and 3 for the UKR). Certainly not the Emit tags I'm used to, usually they're quite reliable, but perhaps an older batch.
A frustrating wait ensued post-downloading but glad to get the result made official eventually.
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Re: WUOC 2018
Interesting planning for the men - 13 to the finish is basically about 2.5 k in a straight line
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Megan 40s down on Gross at halfway (control 11). Then Gross lost possibly more with a 180 error coming out of 11. Interesting that Megan stopped at both refreshments and Gross only one when both were on the optimum route to 11. The long leg to 12 looks crucial.
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At control 13 it looks like around 5-10 seconds lead for Gross over Megan. It's going to be close... 14 looks like the last tricky one, with 15 & 16 being easier and 17 is just the run-in. Fingers crossed.
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Spookster wrote:14 looks like the last tricky one, with 15 & 16 being easier and 17 is just the run-in. Fingers crossed.
Oh no! Curse of the commentator! Tricky indeed with lots of folk losing time, unfortunately Megan more than most - dropping 5 minutes and back to 16th overall - so close.
Looks like Megan's in good form for WOC though, and commentaries much appreciated Spookster!
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Yes, number 14 went badly for a lot of runners, but Megan had a disaster. A 6-minute mistake cost her a medal.
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That's a shame. Looks like there was a nice safe route in too.
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