Mike Murray
I think this whole discussion is really pretty comical. Nearly everywhere
else in the country only the first 10 or so finishers are listed for local
races on a regular basis. It was the same here in OR until we threw
thousands of dollars at purchasing technology that will allow placing more
people on a regularly. It still isn't easy and it takes a lot of work on
the part of the judges. For nearly every race this year results have been
reported very deep. In this regard Oregon is nearly unique.
Results were not reported deeply for the Cat 4/5 on Wednesday for several
reasons:
1) The few camera operators were not available so the FinishLynx camera was
not available for this race
2) The field was accidentally over large
3) There was a disparity of ability in the field which led to riders on
multiple laps being mixed together
4) The judges at this race were not prepared for this and did not account
for lapped riders as well as they could
To put some background on this:
- There are only a handful of people in Oregon that are willing to work
races as officials
- There is a smaller group that are willing to work as race Judges
- There is an exceptional small group of people that have learned to operate
the FinishLynx camera
So anybody see the solution coming? Step up to be an official. You don't
have to pay $15 or, for that matter, volunteer as these are paid positions.
More officials and camera operators who are more experienced will make it
easier to keep providing results very deep as we generally have been.
I also have to point out that even though we often will have every rider in
the field placed, practically there is no difference between 15, 25, 35,
etc. That is the reason why in stage races everyone in the field is given
pack time.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of casey
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 11:57 AM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Tabor 4/5
I've got to admit I was pretty frustrated to not see how I did in the race
compared to other racers I know, and compared to how I did last year... but
now that it's settled I've come to understand that it's got to be pretty
hard to get all 90 of us scored when there's people getting lapped.
But that said, I'll be taking my $15 somewhere else the next several
Wednesdays. 90 riders x $15 a piece... at my job, if my customors paid
$1350 then I'd feel obliged to give more than 17% result. To be clear, I'm
not complaining, just voting with my dollar. Being told I don't matter
because I didn't finish with the leaders is twisted logic.
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