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Jørn Sundby - The debate about following

The debate about following

World Of O has once again analyzed the race and looked for runners spending time together in the forest during EOC long distance. I think the only thing that is 100% clear about following is that the longer and more technical the more runners will get together. Easy technical courses…
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with long legs and routechioces at WOC 2006 and 2007 proved to very effective against runners grouping. But do we really want running courses? Personally I would rather see groups of runners than 90 % path and track running like in Ukraine long final. But most of all I would like to see technically demanding courses without the focus afterwards being on who was following who. There is much talk about course setting, but one thing is clear. If the terrain is detailed and technical, groups will be formed. I think we have two choices: 1. Accept that running together…

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