Can someone tell me how the run is measured for a course at a USAT sectioned event ?Obviously GPS is used for precision but is it done from the middle of the road, left lane, right lane, shoulder, etc…
I don’t know for sure, but I believe they measure the shortest distance within the course boundaries… i.e. inside lane of curves, etc
i know that if you wear a GPS watch in a course you will tend to finish with a higher mileage number than the course is indicated at.
this becomes important if you have a goal time in a half mary or marathon distance run =)
a marathon will be like a 1/4 mile longer, as indicated on a garmin gps
It’s called the beeline. Shortest path through the course. At some races it is the chalked line.
Why do you think that is true?? Which one do you believe? Your garmin? or the course distance?
Can someone tell me how the run is measured for a course at a USAT sectioned event ?Obviously GPS is used for precision but is it done from the middle of the road, left lane, right lane, shoulder, etc…
Most of the time it is measured haphazardly, if at all. You’re lucky if someone GPS-ed it on a bike, and if they did, it was almost certainly done while riding on the right hand side of the street, since the street would have been open to traffic at the time.
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When running watch the tangents and you are more likely to not over run.
I believe the SPR is also calculated 1 meter in from the kerb.
Can someone tell me how the run is measured for a course at a USAT sectioned event ?Obviously GPS is used for precision but is it done from the middle of the road, left lane, right lane, shoulder, etc…
I doubt there are any rules set forth by USAT.
To get a course certified by USATF however, there are pretty strict rules about calibration of measurement equipment and shortest paths through turns. I don’t believe GPS is a valid method.