Discussion: Want to run the middle and relay at WOC ?

...then sign up as a volunteer to prerun the courses here..

http://www.woc2015.org/volunteers/opportunities/pr...

Go on, you know you want to! It'll be just like getting knocked out in a qualifier...

I'd get knocked out before signing the paperwork.

Are national team members excluded from this?

@Ethan : I don't see any problem with team members prerunning, your selected runners should be in quarantine by then.
I'll ask.

Sounds like a great opportunity!

It would be great for national team people who aren't competing to have the chance to prerun!

Surely running after is better and the team leaders/coaches should be focused on getting the actual runners preped and to the start properly

At that level I feel the individual runner must be responsible for their own preparation. Team officials should certainly not desert the team - some staff must remain but WOC runners have their own responsibilities.

I checked with our head honcho, and its OK for team members to prerun. I assumed the request was primarily for people like Ethan who are selected for other disciplines. I think it would be not-OK for anyone running in the WOC relay to prerun the middle, since its the same area.

But it's okay for somebody who is selected for both Middle and Relay to run in the Middle event?

Yes. It's actually quite common.

I'd assumed anyone racing the middle would be in a bit of a hurry. Whereas there might be a suspicion that a prerunner might have a little rootle round looking at relay options. Its not my call on the strict rules on any of this.
Just sign up, it'll be fun. There may be tablet.

Oh dear.
Our head-honcho got overruled by the IOF big enchilada and anyone with a WOC team accreditation is now forbidden from pre running.
You can always volunteer to collect controls...

http://orienteering.org/iof-statement-orienteering...
better make sure your pre-runners can run at near-competition speed

"pre-runners tested the punching, but unfortunately not at competition speed"
A rather harsh complaint. Until this event there was no concept of "competition speed" in punching. Competitors had to wait until they could confirm their responsibility that the punch registered. How were the organisers supposed to know this had changed?
Does anyone know how many people were actually missing punches AND backup at the WC?
Meanwhile, we just switched our WRE tomorrow to use SIAir. I'd better find some prerunners!

It's ok graeme, I'm first starter. I will aim to run at 'near competition speed' to check controls.

also, there is no backup for SIAir, with an 'air punch' no data is written to the unit. See Robin's handy guide for runners: http://www.rstrain.ndtilda.co.uk/SI/Using_SI_Air.p...

As cristina wrote elsewhere, the "backup" was a second dibber (flasher?) taped to an alternate piece of anatomy. I expect we're using pin punches...

I can punch at WRE competition speed - just can't run at same!

I don't know that I can do either. At the Canberra NOL, I was looking for a 0.5m termite mound in 1m high green stuff and watched a Victorian competitor come through to see where he punched but he must have done it so fast I didn't see it happen!

Was he taller than you?

Possibly. He was from Victoria.