As part of my measurement I've provided RDs with photo description of course start, intermediate split, and finish locations, approaching "Alice's Restaurant" quality.
(For those of you playing the home game, "...circles and arrows and a paragraph...explaining what each one was...")
The RD still couldn't figure out where the splits were. Sent me an e-mail asking if I was going to put down paint. So, I went out to paint. Darned if all three of my intermediate marks (bright yellow duct tape!) weren't still out on the course, right where I put them, in varying degrees of visibility.
"A typical case of...blind justice..." The kind of stuff that turns otherwise sane, rational men to strong drink.
After chatting with a RD friend, I recently learned the local powers-that-be frown upon spray-painted course markings.
Has anyone ever tried some sort of marker, using an adhesive (like what gets used to secure reflectors to road surfaces)?
I'll resort to carrying a hammer and PK/washers if need be, but past hammer episodes have never been, er, pretty.
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