Routegadget analysis By: Matt Radford

Course information - The controls are labelled as if doing course A. - Control codes are next to the controls. - route posted. - 7 manual routes - 4 GPS route - Course length: 3.00km - Shortest route: 3.99km - Climb: 10m

Times Due to people having vary different times it makes it hard to compare routes based on peoples times. Therefore I have adjusted peoples time based on their overall time compared to the winner. This makes it as though each person has the same running speed as the winner, therefore taking this out of the equation. Then for each leg I have avaeged the mean of their adjsuted times which I have called the Mean adjusted time or MAT for short. E.g. Person A is the fastest and gets a total time of 10 minutes. Person B takes 20 minutes. So person B is overall 2 times slower. So then if on leg 1, person A takes 10s and person B takes 20s. But adjusting for running speed they both take 10s. This calculation makes a number of assumptions which on each leg may or not be true

Route options When choosing these I have included only the main route choices. Route distance is calculated by taking the shortest distance between controls. Competitors actual distance may vary. Due to technical issues on some control the routes are drawn on by me

Learning Exercise- Calculating distance - The most important factor when deciding route choice is generally length. - However, this can be tricky some times, especially when running at speed and when the route is not very direct - As you go through, guess which route is shorter and also how long each route is in meters.

Control 3 (126) 1) Which is shorter A or B? 2) Guess the length of A 3) Guess the length of B A B

Control 3 (126) Straight distance 61m A - 142m long - 3/11 people choose - Mean adjusted time (MAT) 30.9s B - 147m long - 8/11 people choose - MAT 30.4s A B

Control 3 (126) - Classic choose of left or right of building. - My first step was to looking at purple line to see if closer to left or right route but is about the same - Final run in is equal each route so can ignore that. Then I was just left visualising which is shorter and to me seemed about the same. A B

Control 4 (147) 1) Which is shorter A or B? 2) Guess the length of A 3) Guess the length of B A B

Control 4 (147) Straight distance 92m A -115 m long - 11/11 B - 139m long - 0/11 A B

Control 4 (146) - Left or right option - Purple line is much closer to left route therefore easily best option - A few people went one building too far (blue route) and had to back track. Added 85m to route or 20 seconds for fastest runners

Control 5 (128) 1) Which is shorter A or B 2) Guess the length of A 3) Guess the length of B A B

Control 5 (128) Straight distance 50m A - 75m long - 5/11 - MAT 18.7s B - 78m long - 6/11 - MAT 16.3s Shortest option - A. However, B would seem quicker. Much likely as quicker running and good view of control and flow through control A B

Control 5 (128) - Left or right option. Purple line splits building closer to left hand side of building so would indicate it should be shorter. However have to go around control in left option and around the bush which adds a bit.

Control 13 (119) 1) Which is shorter A or B 2) Guess the length of A 3) Guess the length of B A B

Control 13 (119) Straight distance 435m A - 764m long - 5/11 - MAT: 2:41 B - 760m long - 6/11 - MAT: 2:44 Shortest option - A and B essentially the same distance and time. A can have advantage in seeing Northern loop controls if have not already done this loop. A B

Control 5 (128) - Left or right option. - Right closer to purple line. However it goes back first - As long control I tried to find similar length segment and eliminate and then compare the rest. So blue line and red line are similar in lengths so I ignored that part and just compared pink and green length which look about the same.

Learning Point- Distance In sprints, the shortest route is normally the quickest, but not always. If purple line splits building generally quicker to go to side of building purple line closes to Break down long legs into smaller parts can help simplify things

Till next time Please continue to upload your routes to route gadget The more routes the better. Adding comments to your route is a great idea. It adds valuable insight into your route choice Next week I will focus on the runnability of legs. For this it would be helpful if you can me your GPS routes. If you have any questions, feedback or anything you would like me to add, please me on