No, but I am doing the 50 mile Red Rose in the morning.
No, but I am doing the 50 mile Red Rose in the morning.
I am helping - on registration, CP1 and finish. Looks like it might be a long day! Should see you at one of them at least!Originally Posted by Multiterrainer
Would anybody be able to answer this question.
Say for a 50 or 100 mile event, the LDWA provide a GPX trace of a route. Is it in the spirit of the event to follow the route exactly. My main gripe about some of these events is that there can be too much road. Just wondering if there is a footpath available that avoids a road, would it be in the spirit of the event to take it?
I understand LDWA events to be personal challenges and not races. So does it really matter which route is taken as no real advantage is gained over another entrant.
As for a GPX trace, I've not experienced the pleasure or been tempted to.
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
True I understand that, I am just thinking of the "spirit" of the event.
I referenced the GPX trace because I do not know if that is a prescribed route or a recommended route.
Well nearly all LDWA Challenge events offer a badge/certificate on completion to recognise you have completed that challenge and not some other route that you chose to walk instead and whilst you might argue that none of this really matters it's only a small step to then get somebody in a car to drive you past the boring bits of the route that you prefer not to walk and then why not...etc etc?
Last edited by Graham Breeze; 17-09-2018 at 07:55 PM.
"...as dry as the Atacama desert".
Graham's right. If everybody improvised their own courses any LDWA challenge event would become meaningless. 'Half a Foot in the Gargrave' would be a very different thing. In fact, part of the challenge is the ability to navigate the route.
"Get yourself together, Jones" - Ray Davies
Having said that, I'm giving Gargrave a miss this year and am doing the 'Punk Panther Reservoir Dogs Ultra' on that day instead.
"Get yourself together, Jones" - Ray Davies
Enjoy Reservoir Dogs TF, although I think you'll find it's the week after Gargrave so don't get there too soon! Gargrave is a stepping stone for me to do the next PP Ultra - the Short Circuit (53k) on 4 November.
I use a gizmo with GPX trace on all the time now on LDWA events. Lots of people do. Took me ages to get round to it having come from an orienteering background, but I was fed up with getting lost in the dark. It's fascinating to look at the traces.
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