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Lap2Go: Managing start waves for mass running events
Amaral, Paula; Barbeiro, Sílvia; Barreira, Raquel; Cavique, Luís; Correia, Joaquim; Cruz, Manuel; Enguiça, Ricardo; Lopes, Nuno; McPhail, MichaelLap2Go is the portuguese timekeeping leader for sport events (e.g. running, trail running, MTB). The company manages more than 150 events by year, with thousands of participants using chips to sort out the results of all the participants for each event. Sometimes the road running events use start waves as segmentation. Each wave is based on the running rythm of each participant (e.g. under 40 minutes in a 10 Km...
Managing start waves for mass running events
Amaral, Paula; Barbeiro, Sílvia; Barreira, Raquel; Cavique, Luís; Correia, Joaquim; Cruz, Manuel; Enguiça, Ricardo; Lopes, Nuno; McPhail, MichaelLap2go is a Portuguese timekeeping for several types of sport events. The challenge posed by this company is how to better manage the starting waves for mass running events in order to avoid congestions, taking into account each participant natural running pace, the total number of participants and, if possible, the topography and width of the road. As a case study the group has received the time each participa...