In Reply To:
Dev how bout 1k penalty loops..
I have always liked that.
This sitting /standing around for a few minutes, while it may be a time penalty, might actually be advantageous. Running an extra 1 or 2k BEFORE you start the real run, would be a time and physiological penalty. That may really get peoples attention.
I whole-heartedly agree.
A few minutes rest period can have enormous advantages. The risk of getting caught drafting for a mandatory rest period that may well improve your overall time , just does not make sense.
Knowing that you will have to run 43 or 44.2 km's is surely wiser.
Wjy do all of these points never get taken into consideration.
Perhaps Slowman can set us up a thread for penalty ideas or a petition for each athlete to have a WTC id where they will have their " athletic record' recorded. Thereby making drafting in one race not only enforceable in that particular race , but in their overall record. Sort of like your driver's licence.
Terry
"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream" - Les Brown
"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment" - Jim Rohn