GREAT LEGS
GREAT LEGS ROSS BARR
NOL Sprints, Gold Coast, Queensland, April 2022 Griffith University, ‘Men Public Competitive’ Course 2a
David May come on down!
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side) on course 2a. A ‘Great Leg’ in my opinion, and perhaps worthy of a little reporting.
While the elite courses were all longer, and complex, and all with many ‘Quality 2/3’ legs, none had the sheer bravura or 450 metre length of leg #1-2 (fence, E end, to building, W
Across the road into the building canopy or around it, or perhaps running north along the road, still trying to grasp what was ahead of you, had runners in a complex of paths and stair options as you tried to figure a route and way forward. Looking at the splits and some Livelox routes
ccompanying the NOL (WRE) Sprint Final events on this magnificent campus map, were a handful of other courses to cater for the non-elites – among them the 2.6km oddly named ‘Men Public Competitive’ (no, not convenience!). This course, seemingly alone in Lorenzo Calabro’s suite of excellent courses, included a sensational, across the map long leg, that would have scored a ‘Quality 3’ in David May’s Sprint classification system – legs that offer ‘complex route choice/ detailed navigation/many decision points’.
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From the map box, in drizzly showery conditions, a short burst to the triangle while folding the map and making the first decision – hard right and the zig zag path, or straight on for a curving approach. The zig zag was the better choice, but kept you concentrating as you approached #1, and then, unfolding the map out again – whoa, look at this!!
