Mari and I both went left but told Matthew to go right.
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On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 15:50:07 -0400 Mark Sirota <msirota@isc.upenn.edu>
writes:
> For those who were at the Ayer NT: I ran the B course on Saturday.
> We
> were quite indecisive on which way to take the very first slalom,
> right
> off the start.
>
> Going to the right was clearly a shorter path, but it would be
> pretty busy at the exit of the slalom. Going left was a much
> easier,
> straight, flat out exit, but longer.
>
> I went left on the first run, right on the second, left on the
> third.
> My co-driver went left on all three. I saw perhaps three other
> people
> all day go right.
>
> On Saturday night, we looked at the runs in Geez!, and discovered
> that going right, as I had originally suspected, was faster by a few
> tenths. I told a bunch of Sunday runners about it, but couldn't
> convince a soul -- too much "group think".
>
> Certainly that might not be true for some cars, but I was able to go
> flat from the third slalom cone to the turnaround at the end, either
> way.
>
> Anyone else go right and record the run, for comparison's sake?
>
> Mark
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