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Distance measurements on hills

Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:07 am
by Zedemel
Good evening from Italy and congrats for this helpful site, it's a treasure for runners!
I have a question for you, are distances measured like lines are flat or considering also the gradient of roads?
As an example, considering a climb as a right triangle, length is calculated on the hipotenuse or on the long cathetus? Because this would not be a problem in flat routes, but makes difference in hilly routes.

;)

Re: Distance measurements on hills

Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 10:15 am
by admin
Distances are measured as if the route is flat.
Zedemel wrote:Good evening from Italy and congrats for this helpful site, it's a treasure for runners!
I have a question for you, are distances measured like lines are flat or considering also the gradient of roads?
As an example, considering a climb as a right triangle, length is calculated on the hipotenuse or on the long cathetus? Because this would not be a problem in flat routes, but makes difference in hilly routes.

;)