Finnish Ulta Long Championships 2019. М20. (20 km). Left, Right, or Straight_#5 Analysis https://www.tulospalvelu.fi/gps/2019smepH20/ This leg 7 was in the early part of the course and it is likely that the tactical layout of the physical forces influenced the choice of route. The winner of M20 class Ilgvars Caune chose the leftmost route, the "calm" one, where it is possible to keep an even run, with minimal climbing and maximum use of the path. He lost 30 seconds from the direct route, but in the final part of the course the leader showed a much better pace. In this M20 class there were comparatively few participants with GPS. We cannot judge qualitatively about all possible routes. In the figure below, the position of the athletes on leg 7, who had the top 4 results at the finish line, of those with GPS. Therefore we can judge that they were about the same speed in this part of the course. Micro choice on the left route: The leftmost approach with maximum use of the tra