quote:Originally posted by Neville:
David:
Do I interpret your post correctly that you agree that the measurer should place an appropriate mark on the second ride if he finds a longer course?
I think the second mark would be O.K. as long as you also recorded a reading at the same point you recorded a reading on the first ride. That point doesn't need to be either mark, but could be a landmark (lightpole, catchbasin or the like), near the marks, which will be used on the course map to descibe the location of a course point.
I was a certifier for 15+ years, and as Peter suggests, things could get very confusing if the measurer did not record and report readings at the same set of marks for both rides. Things got particularly confusing when the rider had to make last-minute changes to the course and was trying to tack on a newly measured stretch to what he had previously measured. The certifier has to answer, on the certificate, the question, "Difference between the two best measurements of the course." That question can be impossible to answer if the measurer has not recorded two sets of readings at one string of marks.
David Reik, West Hartford, CT