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Lincoln HS 5Km XC Course Tour (Tom Brown Park)

NOTE: I believe this course is no longer used. Consider it for archival use. DON'T WEAR SPIKES on this course. An every 50m photo tour of Lincoln HS Coach Perry Shaw's traditional cross country 5Km season opener. Florida HS XC course are measured "center of course" NOT tangent, per NFHS direction. http://www.nfhs.org/ I'd like to see NFHS and FHSAA join the rest of the world and measure tangents. Till that happens, I'll continue to measure HS courses to the official standard. Last event on this course was the 15 Sep 07 Lincoln XC race. We used orange pinflags on raceday. No paint, no lime, no marble dust! The only white marks were from Martha White flour - and I hayalped! Here's hoping we can get sponsorship and a visit from this: http://www.s-w-b-a.com/mwbus.html For a better viewing experience, be aware you may change the gallery "style" at the top of this page. I recommend "journal" or "all thumbs." NOTE to coaches an competitors: I recommend against wearing spikes on this course. There is over 1M of running on smooth asphalt. Then there are the quite uneven sections that require attention to footplant. These are reasons I've posted these photos. Check it out for yourself. I just said DON'T WEAR SPIKES on this course. 2007 GPS track here: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/3895788 Revised for 20 September 2008 races: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6800150 See photo 122 (last photo in this gallery) for a Google Earth screen grab. Two changes for 2008: 1) minor change just before 800m (Goose Pond to road transition) due to new fence along road 2) reroute between 3800m and 4050m due to drainage rock (SEE PHOTOS 110-121!!) Because that reroute adds some distance, original photos after about 4Km will be a bit off. For best viewing, load these .kml files into Google Earth. THIS SITE is private property, and doesn't necessarily represent any other individual or organization. You are welcome to download/use my photos for your private enjoyment, including printing them. Any other usage/linking must come from me in writing (email ok), with credit given. Questions, pre-scoldings, comments, ID, complaints? Thanks, John Kalin Email me TallahasseeTrails on YouTube. "If I fall you're going down with me" - Trail running advice from my Dixie Chicks
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  • Here's this year's 5Km "north is up" course map. No changes from last year. DON'T WEAR SPIKES on this course. 1M of smooth asphalt, plus more of not smooth asphalt. This map is based upon this 8Sep07 GPS track: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/3895788 Load that .kml file into Google Earth and make a better map!

    Here's this year's 5Km "north is up" course map. No changes from last year. DON'T WEAR SPIKES on this course. 1M of smooth asphalt, plus more of not smooth asphalt. This map is based upon this 8Sep07 GPS track: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/3895788 Load that .kml file into Google Earth and make a better map!

  • (Old map from 2006.) LINCOLN XC COURSE NORTH is to the LEFT. Aerial view from Google Earth. If you look carefully, you might notice I've used different shapes for the dots designating the Start to 1M, 1M to 2M, 2M to 3M, and 3M to the 5k finish. I DO NOT recommend using spikes on this course! Too much asphalt. Spectators traditionally head into the woods after the kids head up the road after 800m. There's a great view of the racers as they pass the halfway point at 2.5k. Then, back out of the woods to the 2M and then the finish by the big pavilion.

    (Old map from 2006.) LINCOLN XC COURSE NORTH is to the LEFT. Aerial view from Google Earth. If you look carefully, you might notice I've used different shapes for the dots designating the Start to 1M, 1M to 2M, 2M to 3M, and 3M to the 5k finish. I DO NOT recommend using spikes on this course! Too much asphalt. Spectators traditionally head into the woods after the kids head up the road after 800m. There's a great view of the racers as they pass the halfway point at 2.5k. Then, back out of the woods to the 2M and then the finish by the big pavilion.

  • 8Sep07 GPS track w/o splits, north left. Kind of hard to follow that red track, non? (This is what my http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/3895788 GPS track .kml file looks like when loaded into Google Earth and then rotated -90 degrees.)

    8Sep07 GPS track w/o splits, north left. Kind of hard to follow that red track, non? (This is what my http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/3895788 GPS track .kml file looks like when loaded into Google Earth and then rotated -90 degrees.)

  • 8Sep07 GPS track w/o splits, in the borealicentric "north up" view. (This is what my http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/3895788 GPS track .kml file looks like when loaded into Google Earth.)

    8Sep07 GPS track w/o splits, in the borealicentric "north up" view. (This is what my http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/3895788 GPS track .kml file looks like when loaded into Google Earth.)

  • From behind our "start tree," looking southward across a terraced field east of Easterwood Drive.

    From behind our "start tree," looking southward across a terraced field east of Easterwood Drive.

  • Looking eastward along the starting line.

    Looking eastward along the starting line.

  • From the opposite direction, looking westward along the starting line. Easterwood Drive is straight uphill.

    From the opposite direction, looking westward along the starting line. Easterwood Drive is straight uphill.

  • One last view from the start. I'm on the bike, backed up to the tree. Ok, let's get this show on the road.

    One last view from the start. I'm on the bike, backed up to the tree. Ok, let's get this show on the road.

  • 50m

    50m

  • 100m We'll be staying to the left of the power poles.

    100m We'll be staying to the left of the power poles.

  • 150m

    150m

  • 200m

    200m

  • 250m

    250m

  • 300m

    300m

  • 350m We'll be continuing to the left around this treeline till we've done a "180."

    350m We'll be continuing to the left around this treeline till we've done a "180."

  • 400m The doggie playpens are to our right.

    400m The doggie playpens are to our right.

  • 450m This is Goose Pond Trail. We'll be back here at the 2M point, as well.

    450m This is Goose Pond Trail. We'll be back here at the 2M point, as well.

  • 500m I think I remember saying DON'T WEAR SPIKES on this course.

    500m I think I remember saying DON'T WEAR SPIKES on this course.

  • 550m Note the big pavilion to our left. We'll finish on the grass next to it.

    550m Note the big pavilion to our left. We'll finish on the grass next to it.

  • 600m

    600m

  • 650m

    650m

  • 700m

    700m

  • 750m PRE-2008 ONLY: Runners veered left between the posts and then run ~350m up the entrance road. FOR THE 2008 RACE: Stay on the paved trail until you cross onto the road. Then go left up the road as in years past. There's now a fence blocking exit through the posts. This long-cut revision shortens the finish line (and succeeding photos) by a few meters.

    750m PRE-2008 ONLY: Runners veered left between the posts and then run ~350m up the entrance road. FOR THE 2008 RACE: Stay on the paved trail until you cross onto the road. Then go left up the road as in years past. There's now a fence blocking exit through the posts. This long-cut revision shortens the finish line (and succeeding photos) by a few meters.

  • 800m

    800m

  • 850m

    850m

  • 900m

    900m

  • 950m

    950m

  • 1Km

    1Km

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