mecheng89 Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Hi Hubbers! So another weekend of races have come and gone (I just got back from DBN), and once again the distances that the organizers advertise vs. our respective GPS devices are not equal. My questions are: 1. Are they lying?2. Why would they lie?3. Who is using something other than Garmin, TomTom, Strava Android & Apple? (Maybe the organizers use those )4. Have the organizers noticed that we always complain about this? I did a race once (MTB) which was 5km more than advertised. No one complained!! Please, Hubbers, share your knowledge and experience! I call out geraldm24 for the first comment!
Johny Bravo Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 They always lie. Especially about water points.
Guest notmyname Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 They always lie. Especially about water points.Jissie..
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 but did you die http://www.kkemistry.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/chow.jpg
BarHugger Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 but did you die http://www.kkemistry.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/chow.jpg......but maybe his butt died, or buddy went buttery....... ......and his equipment is calibrated to the nearest cm on a 100km predefined reference distance? It is always They and Them........the evil twins.....who bullies me, myself and I........shame. PS: Maybe use a Bryton as the measurement data collected by mine corresponded to distances and race profile data provided by organisers of Berg and Bush 2015.......
bullet77 Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 I once entered a "60km" race, out on the course the direction boards displayed "65km", when I crossed the finish line my Garmin read "69km".
Lance Roberts Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 I've done various MTB races down in the KZN area where they advertise 45km and it ends up being 40kms. The Amashova 65km over the weekend was close, Garmin said 64.9km. Did a 25km once and it ended up being 32km. Not sure why this happens.
Baaisikilist Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 They always lie. Especially about water points.You're not geraldm24...
NotSoBigBen Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 It doesn't worry me one way or another BUT with the plethora of devices available you would think that the organizers surely ride the complete route at least once before race day and should know very close to the correct distance. What effort would it take to just mention the correct distance at the start or via the many social media channels available?
Spoke101 Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 Shova has in recent years always been 106km this distance was to the old finnish on the beach front which was 1.1km further than this years race.
Big Phil Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 Could it be that certain distances invoke specific municipal requirements and organisors rightly or wrongly set their official distance at a point where it is most convenient or cost effective for them? If 90km means X amount of marshalls or traffic officials while less than 90 means less than X, then organisors might select 88 as the official distance while the actual distance is greater than 88? Would require quite a long tape measure for municipalities to check the actual distance.
raptor-22 Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 Mtb events are notorious for under listing race distance and elevation gain. Somehow that's seen as part of the fun. Everybody wants to be Dr. Evil 's minime
Skubarra Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 It doesn't worry me one way or another BUT with the plethora of devices available you would think that the organizers surely ride the complete route at least once before race day and should know very close to the correct distance. What effort would it take to just mention the correct distance at the start or via the many social media channels available? There are literally 100's of reasons why a route could be longer/shorter than advertised (esp mtb) that doesn't involve faulty measurement devices Life happens between when organisers start marketing the race & final race day - stretches get flooded away in rainy season, angry ostrich in a camp, landowner throwing a hissy fit and refusing access on the last minute, someone harvesting a field / logging a plantation that you thought you could go through, adding some fun singletrack that the organisers didn't originally think would work earlier etc etc. But for us mtb'ers it is really important to find something to complain about..
dirtypot Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 Why complain when you get more than what you paid for?
EmptyB Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 Keeps you guessing...part of the fun/challenge
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