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Marking
of courses
 All
club courses are marked with flags and by pointsmen. Unless directed
otherwise, always carry straight on. When you pass a pointsman be polite
and thank them! When you have finished, please come back to the HQ
where the showers are hot and there are lots of cakes, buckets of tea,
and, if you are lucky, prizes to be picked up... |
The 5 mile course for 2023/4 - Norman Park
Club 5 mile course
1 small lap (approx. 0.8 miles
from race start to end of lap) followed by 2 larger laps (approx. 2.1
miles each). Total distance approx. 5.2 miles
Start on grass mount above
track, exit via (open) gate, turn left, then complete one small lap
passing sequentially A, B, C, D and back to A
Followed by two larger laps A,
B, C, D, E, F (turn left to cross bridge, then turn right), G, H, I, J
(exit park), K, L, J (re-enter park), D, A
At end of 2nd larger
lap re-enter track compound to finish where you started
The 10k course for 2023/4 -
Norman Park
This is a
course with 2 laps outside Norman Park, after an initial 0.5 miles in
the park. The 2.7 mile out-and back route via the Elmfield Wood Diamond,
along Rookery Lane to a loop in Mazzards Wood is completed twice, before
coming back to the park for a final 0.3 mile ‘home straight’.
• Keep left at all times; stay on grass at all times
within the park
• Follow markers to exit park after approx. 0.5 miles, do ¾ of Elmfield
Wood Diamond before heading onto the Rookery Lane path towards George
Lane
• Keep left on the tracks all the way to George Lane, where you turn
left and complete a loop taking in Mazzards Wood
• Retrace route back to complete last ¼ of Elmfield Wood Diamond, going
straight on to do the original ¾ again, before heading out on another
lap out to Mazzards Wood via Rookery Lane
• After completing the last ¼ of Elmfield Woods Diamond a 2nd time, turn
left to return to the park, going left along the ‘home straight’ to
complete before reaching children’s playground, F (10km)
The 7 & 1/2 mile course for 2023/4 -
Norman Park
The 10 mile course for
2023/4 - Boundary Wood
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The
'old' Club 5
(was new from 21 March 2015)
New Club 5 Miles Course
At the January 2015
Executive Committee meeting it was agreed that the
traditional 5 Mile course should not be used in future
because of the risk to runners, marshals and members of
the public on the long road sections of the course.
Below is the course I
propose we should use for the Closing 5 Miles handicap
on 21st March. It is 4.92 miles, all on paths
up and down Boundary Wood. The out and back routes are
different apart from a very short section from the start
field to Boundary Wood
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Section of
course |
Distance
Miles |
Total
distance Miles |
Marshal
Point |
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Start at
the usual place in the field at the bottom
of Layhams Road, 1 circuit of field (as now)
, leaving by stile at corner |
0.53 |
0.53 |
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Towards
Boundary Wood as now, but turn left after
200m through gate into grass field, uphill
towards Wickham Court Farm
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1
Gate into
field |
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Leave field
by gate at top of field, turn right onto
track (used for Club10) looping back onto
path leading to Boundary Wood, where the
course turns left towards entrance to
Boundary Wood |
0.93 |
1.46 |
2
Gate out of
field |
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Just before
entrance to Boundary Wood, turn left onto
uphill path through the field, past group of
trees and continue on path towards the
entrance to woods. Keep to left hand path
all the way up through Boundary Wood to the
mid-field. |
0.75 |
2.21 |
3
Entrance to
Boundary Wood |
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Bear left
at mid-field onto wide but winding bridle
path in the left of woods, leading to the
top of Boundary Wood (called Rowdown Wood on
the AZ Map) |
0.58 |
2.79 |
4
Mid field
Boundary Wood |
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At very
top, near to metal fence, turn right and
follow usual wide straight path back down to
the mid field |
0.5 |
3.29 |
5
Top of
Boundary Wood |
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Across mid
field and then follow usual path down
Boundary Wood, bear left at bottom, to exit
onto path leading to finish |
0.99 |
4.28 |
6
Bottom of
Boundary |
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Run
straight to start/finish field |
0.38 |
4.66 |
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Over stile
into field, immediately turn left and follow
path along fence down to Addington Road,
turn right at bottom and run in to finish
at bottom of field close to gate at very
bottom of Layhams Road |
0.26 |
4.92 |
7
Stile into
finish field
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