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Old 10-22-2008, 02:31 PM   #628
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Re: Madness

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Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) View Post
Me either, but my question was what chip timing solves. Nothing, really. If elites want a stagger because a corral doesn't prevent jostling, then you run into the PLF concern of time trial versus race. Chips don't change anything about that--all they do is (a) monitor cheating and (b) provide non-elite runners starting back in the pack with a "real" time. But if you use chip time for all runners, then it becomes a time trial and no one knows who's really in the lead.

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