Reply to "USATF certification of off-road course"

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As discussed, certifying an XC course is a huge amount of work because of all the documentation needed to recreate the exact measured path. Two RDs who wanted a certified course in the same park for her respective events pooled their resources and hired me.

I marked the route using ~ 50 engineer's flags for the measurement. I will do the course layout on race day, using another 50 or so flags for the runners. Course marshals will direct runners to the "longer" side of the flags. There are no places where runners could cut the course short when they stay on the appropriate side of the flags.

This was a big job. The fee was nearly twice what I charge for a road 5K. I feel the course data is clear and accurate enough to support future races here when any careful race worker performs course layout. Comments welcome.

4/1/138:53 AM

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