Who Squares Wins!

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jelly Jun 2023 8:26am, 21 Jun 2023 5,296 posts	0 jelly I don’t think you imagined a 1k minimum for rundle, if I record less than a k I don’t get any numbers!
Pam runs Jun 2023 8:43am, 21 Jun 2023 383 posts	0 Pam runs When i played seriously, i had a minimum distance of one mile. I have been known to plan a route, run it then change watch to walk and walk the same route in reverse. Then have a cycle round to get 5 points Thankfully i don't play seriously now. 😁
FatRayToSlim Jun 2023 8:52am, 21 Jun 2023 41 posts	0 FatRayToSlim …and a bit of tactical short activities to protect key squares RunRuss thanks for clarifying & no offence was intended, just a look at a tactical player. When conducting 'tactical short activities' posting lots of very short run/walks on the same day, how does it work? Do you drive to different locations, hop out and back? Cycle to them? Or Star Trek beam to them? I'm being competitive this round, nailing my 31 squares daily. Just need tips for how to beat you if you’re in the final with me!
Alice the Camel Jun 2023 8:58am, 21 Jun 2023 14,288 posts	0 Alice the Camel When I was playing seriously I had the same tactics as Pam runs - run a 3 mile straight ish rout, walk back and then do an out and back on the bike. It got me to the quarter finals.
Cheeky’s Dad Jun 2023 9:02am, 21 Jun 2023 3,508 posts	0 Cheeky’s Dad My locality necessitates a lot of out and back routes, which isn’t very efficient for WSW, so I will occasionally do a route running in one direction, walking back, which seems fair enough. I haven’t quite worked out the cycle one way, swim back yet 😁
Ocelot Spleens Jun 2023 9:24am, 21 Jun 2023 37,527 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens None of that for me. Even when trying to win. Walk first thing. Run later. Cycle when needing more squares. Usually off grid once a week if not twice, QFs best.
CumbriAndy Jun 2023 10:09am, 21 Jun 2023 3,083 posts	0 CumbriAndy I just run (when I can - not very much at present) and walk where I feel like it, occasionally looking at the grid before I go out to see if there's any particular squares that would be good to hit. Don't own a functional bicycle. Kept me in and around the top 10-15 for a while with a handful of multiplayer quarter finals and one semi final.
57.5 Degrees of Pain Jun 2023 12:18pm, 21 Jun 2023 13,139 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain Here is the training from the semi final and final of my multiplayer win, against the extremely strong Swimslowrunslow. The semi used longer runs and walks to focus on parts of the grid in a more typical tactic, with no biking as it was icy. Final mostly involved biking on the safe (non-icy) bits of my square and switching between running and walking whenever I encountered an out and back so as to get credit for everything. Units are miles so <1km was rare. I used a phone app which saved activities for upload sequentially so it was simple to reset and choose activity type at each turnaround. Occasionally used the car to vary my starting point but usually only when I'd picked up the dog (moved grid from home to work as far more squares were accessible).
57.5 Degrees of Pain Jun 2023 12:24pm, 21 Jun 2023 13,140 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain The last two weeks of hot weather have been too much for our middle aged dog. So recent swapping of walks and runs have more to do with giving her a break, only running in the shade, and stopping at a stream. This has coincidentally got me further in Multiplayer than in a couple of years (guess where the woodland is situated by looking at the current multiplayer map!).
ChickenRunr Jun 2023 1:13pm, 21 Jun 2023 26 posts	0 ChickenRunr 13 sessions in one day Holy macaroni, that's a lot. Looks like it's pretty tactical at the top. In the words of the late, great Roy Castle: "Dedication, dedication Dedication, that's what you need If you wanna be the best If you wanna beat the rest Oh-oh dedication's what you need"