I also wonder, because they sure switch lanes a lot in the Swedish
Vasaloppet. Perhaps there is some poling involved too, which leads to
the warning. We had a DQ at a Yosemite race about 10 years ago against
someone who was marathon skating the downhill and flats, one ski in and
one out of the tracks.

Gene

"Peter H." wrote:

Scott wrote:

"On many other cases there have been verbal warnings
given to people who ...repeatedly skated
from one classic track to another."

I assume this is with tracks more-or-less right
beside each other, so it would just be one
skate push out of the track, then another one
on the other leg into the other track. How is the
rule against doing this 'too often' phrased?
Must be quite a bit of judgement involved.
I've often wondered about this while racing,
and also whether the advantage was more the
slight speed boost, or more the temporary
muscle relief.

Best, Peter