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Reply to "Separate Certificates for Multiple Loops?"

My personal worst example of this kind of multi-course was the Autumn-Bramble Multi Course (OH92094PR). It was a stretch of road in Carrollton, Ohio that had a common start-finish and a number of enroute turnaround points. It was certified at 1 thru 12 miles, 5,10,12,15 and 20 km, half marathon and marathon.

It was a tough course for me to check, as the measurer was new.

By printing small, I was able to get all the distances in the “distance” space on the certificate.
Drop and separation were entered as zero.

At that time Joan and I were doing the course registrar job. The course occupies 19 lines on the course list.

I thought at the time that there could be a class of course called “multi” rather than any specific distance.

I would have resented having to generate 19 separate certificates for this course, and I would have felt guilty charging the measurer a separate fee for each distance.

Is there is a one-size-fits-all solution to this? It is a small problem, fortunately. The 5k/10k duo is common. Marathon/half marathon is there too. There are numerous small loops that can be certified at all sorts of intermediate distances depending on how many laps the competitors use.

Justin’s proposal to put drop and separation on the map is a good one. As for “record quality” I’d leave that alone, as drop and separation give this information already.

I’ve recently measured and certified a 20k/20 mile, a marathon/half marathon, and a 10k/10 mile. In each case I issued a separate certificate for each course. Two certificates was not burdensome, but another Autumn-Bramble would tax my ingenuity. I expect I’d use Justin’s approach and put it on the map. A note to the registrar, when sending the certificate to the vice-chair, would give him the necessary heads-up for data entry.
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