Isn't this a ride management issue? The rules are fairly explicit that
each rider shall execute the trail in the correct order of loops in the
correct direction in order to be eligible for placement. Isn't it the
ride manager's responsibility to ensure the this rule is upheld?
This is where a good timer is critical. More than once in the SE the
timer has detected just by correlating the times of riders potential
trail problems. I would rely more on the analysis of the times and
order of riders coming into checks than reports from riders to detect
potential trail problems. In more than one ride I ran with this
information, I have confronted (as the ride manager) the potentially
offending rider about how they rode the trail, inconsistency in the
split times, etc. In one case (with the approval of the other riders in
the ride) one rider was allowed to make up a lost two mile stretch of
trail on the way back to camp (she missed it on the way out) and
remained eligible for placement. But you can be darn sure a spotter was
at the spot this rider had to turn to make up the missed distance.
In two other cases riders were sent back to make up the missed trail or
be disqualified. It gets right down to an open and fair competition and
it is the responsibility of the RM to do the utmost in their power to
ensure this.
Truman
Ridecamp Guest wrote:
Julie, you could not have put that in better words. The problem is some people are just not Logical. "LOL" A lot of people would rather just sit back and judge someone or something without getting the facts to start with.
\Carol
-- We imitate our masters only because we are not yet masters
ourselves,
and only
We
imitate our masters
only because we are not yet masters ourselves, and only
because
in doing so we
learn the truth about what cannot be imitated.
