Reply to "Turnaround - Point or Diameter"

bobthurstonMember

I just noticed this conversation. For runners I think a circular turnaround is way better than a point. But "stuff" happens sometimes. Like cars are parked on both sides where you were assured they would be moved, or for a number of reasons the circular turnaround doesn't work out. So I always mark a point, just beyond my circle, that serves as a backup point turnaround. I.e. has equivalent distance as the path around the circle.

At a half-marathon/marathon I was monitoring, I got to such a turnaround only to find NO CONES for marking the turnaround circle. I grabbed a cone and placed it on the spot turnaround and told some nearby officials their job was to instruct the runners to go around the cone.

4/4/1611:40 AM

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