Conquercise

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JK chameleon Oct 2020 2:20pm, 6 Oct 2020 12,308 posts	0 JK chameleon I'll have a search. I suppose it's a penalty for being able to appreciate the scenery (not that most of the scenery I see is worth it!)
Gooner Oct 2020 8:51pm, 15 Oct 2020 18,784 posts	0 Gooner 8 previously undiscovered zones on this holiday. Unfortunately as it's only a week away, there won't be any more.
LindsD Oct 2020 9:22pm, 15 Oct 2020 41,567 posts	0 LindsD Well done!
philip_m_jones Oct 2020 11:06am, 25 Oct 2020 251 posts	0 philip_m_jones I guess a lot of people on this thread run lozenge-shaped runs but I just looked at an alternative and it seems to be better to actually run east-west along a Conquercise line and wobble up and down to bag the squares either side and then head down two full squares and reverse for west-east along another line such as Has anyone investigated this?
SusiesueHarp Oct 2020 11:17am, 25 Oct 2020 1,087 posts	0 SusiesueHarp No but I will now, that’s genius! I’ve got as far as capturing 4 in one go by running a small loop round the meeting point of 4 zones but I need to think bigger
BarefootEm Oct 2020 11:45am, 25 Oct 2020 2,099 posts	0 BarefootEm I've looked at this, but can never find suitable roads... Like Susie, I have found handy corner joining points, usually by accident!
philip_m_jones Oct 2020 12:42pm, 25 Oct 2020 252 posts	0 philip_m_jones I like the 4 zones in a loop and have done that occasionally when out on business trips with a hire car but need some tactic for proper "long" Sunday runs. I'll see if I can find any real paths that work out quite as nice as the made-up example.
ChrisHB Oct 2020 2:31pm, 25 Oct 2020 19,956 posts	0 ChrisHB When exploring London I specialised in the E-W zig-zag and the four-zones-in-one-little-loop tactics but as a rule I remind myself that I am running in nice places for pleasure, not playing games.
JCB Oct 2020 3:45am, 26 Oct 2020 1,730 posts	0 JCB p_m_j, I guess this is similar: fetcheveryone.com/blog/91900/2020/8#blog409592
mattglen_ Oct 2020 9:14pm, 26 Oct 2020 162 posts	0 mattglen_ Route efficiency is definitely very similar between WSW and conquercise, just on a different scale. It’s probably true for both that there’s an advantage to running in a city, as there’s more roads and options to stick closest to the optimum route