Here's the line I'm thinking along currently:
The point of the distance prize is essentially to reflect the amount of effort you have made to attend the meet. Therefore I have come up with a scaling factor according to the type of transport utilised for any given stage of the journey (from home to the Campanile).
Driven (car or motorcycle) : 1 mile according to odometer = 1 competition mile
Public Transport (plane, train, bus or ferry): 2 miles as the crow flies = 1 competition mile
I haven't bothered with a walking/cycling factor as I doubt that would be conclusive in the competition
What do you think?
Rob