Doug,
Valid concern, not a good solution! If you shorten the overlap to 15
seconds, you better up your 4.5 runs to 6. With a 15 second overlap, 2
cones down means a rerun for the next car. Next car stops to point out the
down cone, the 3rd car has to be red flagged. Since with 15 second overlaps
you might have 4 cars on the course, the 4th one will also get a rerun.
I really don't think we can shorten the overlap to less than 25 seconds.
--Navid
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> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> dagmlist@mindspring.com
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 5:22 PM
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Limiting Entries
>
>
> I have a couple concerns about limiting entries.
>
> Mainly I (and I am sure I am not alone) have a 2 hour drive each
> way to Candlestick. This means that if I run in the afternoon
> I'm still leaving the house no later than 9:00AM to arrive with
> enough time to comfortably register, tech, and change tires
> before 12:00. Saturday was a 14+ hour day for me (leave 9:00 AM,
> Arrive 11:00A, Run (8th group), Dinner, Home ~11:00 PM). My
> concern is that SFR would turn in to DeAnza, and I'd have to
> leave home at 5 AM for every event.
>
> The other point is that I am not convinced that limiting entries
> is the best solution to the problem. After running some numbers
> in a spreadsheet, it looks like the key is course design, and
> keeping a proper overlap. Here are the numbers I ran:
>
> 300 entrants, 4.5 runs/entrant (take care of re-runs and red
> flags), 5 minutes between groups, 30 minutes for lunch/mid day
> course walk. 9:00 start. With a 20 second overlap, you are done
> at 5:30. a 25 second overlap adds almost two hours, and you get
> out at 7:22. If you can shorten the overlap to 15 seconds, you
> are finished at 3:37, and have plenty of time for fun runs.
>
> Doug
>
> --
> Doug Gentges
> dgentges@mindspring.com
>
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