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Reply to "Expiring/Expired Courses - Why Renew?"

Again, I’d recommend resolving one issue at a time. The issue is remeasuring an unchanged course. Here is a perfect example that can be used. We have a calibration course nearby, not in the hometown. The nails are in place from 10-years ago because they have been repainted each time the course is used and the course has been used at least once per year since creation. Why should this course be remeasured? Remeasuring it is busy-work.

Moving to a less definitive example, the New Haven 20K Road Race. It was measured 10-years ago by Jim G. and the Guido Bros. Under the current rules, it needs remeasurement. It has been validated once since the 10-year old measurement, but no new certificate was issued. We have measured at least one course per year in New Haven since the 20K was certified and can confirm anecdotally that the roads have not changed. Leaving aside the issues of cost, remeasuring time, number of rides, 0.8%, maps and intermediate landmarks, why remeasure? The original data is still accurate, the original measurer has it and is still active.

I think it would not be hard to specify conditions such as described above where recertification of an unchanged course, requested by the original measurer, based on original 10-year old data would be OK.
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