Long O - Brooklands, between Warwick and

This year's Long O event is OY 4 and it will shift to the Granite Belt where a combination of the Brooklands Paddock, Rosenthal Creek and Charlies Paddock maps will be used. These maps formed part of the original Brooklands map which was used for the 2000 Australian Championships. In the main, the running and visibility is very good, so come along and test yourself.

The normal five Hard, two Moderate, an Easy and a Very Easy course will be offered.

The Hard 5, Easy and Very Easy courses will just be normal, cross country courses, only longer. The start for these courses will be the normal start procedure, starting from 10:15am.

The Hard 1 course will have a mass start at 10am and be a score event where runners will have to collect any 11 out 13 controls; then they face three loops of cross country courses. Each loop will end up back at the assembly area where water and personal energy food can be collected.The final, short loop will be more technical and require considerable concentration - just the thing after a few hours of rolling along. Total length is estimated at about 21km.

Hard 2 to 4 and the Moderate 1 and 2 courses will have a mass start at 10:10am. The first course will be the same score event as used by Hard 1, collecting any 11 controls out of 13 controls on the map. On returning from the score event, each course will then have two cross country loops.

Competitors on courses Hard 1 to 4 and Moderate 1 and 2 will wear a running number which will help to identify their maps for the cross country legs which will be hung on a fence.

Maps will be printed on waterproof/tearproof paper. The Hard 1 and 2 courses will use a 1:15,000 scale map while all other courses will be on a 1:10,000 scale map.

Courses:

Hard 1 Score of approx. 2.5km; Cse A – 7.5km; Cse B – 9.2km; Cse C – 1.7km Total – 20.9km

Hard 2 Score of approx. 2.5km; Cse A – 6.3km; Cse B – 6.7km; Total – 15.5km

Hard 3 Score of approx. 2.5km; Cse A - 4.3km; Cse B - 3.8km Total – 10.6km

Hard 4 Score of approx. 2.5km; Cse A - 3.6km; Cse B – 1.9km Total – 8.0km

Hard 5 6.2km

Moderate 1 Score of approx. 2.5km; Cse A – 3.2km; Cse B – 2.7km Total – 8.4km

Moderate 2 Score of approx. 2.5km; Cse A - 2.1km; Cse B – 1.8km Total – 6.4km

Easy 3.9km

Very Easy 3.1km

Starts:

For those on the Hard 1 course, there will be a mass start at 10am while those on the Hard 2 to Hard 4 and Moderate 1 and 2 courses, will head out in a mass start at 10.10am.

The Hard 5, Easy and Very Easy courses will start from 10.15am.

Late Starts:

In the mass start races, those arriving late will all be considered as late starters.