Attleboro Meet Info

Location: Highland Park, 104 Mechanic St, Attleboro...it's the old golf course which has been bought by the city and turned into a park.

Races: No JV, so everyone runs the 3.1 mile distance. Boys race first (4 or 4:15), girls afterwards

Course Notes

2 Loops, mostly flat, on grass (old golf course), great for spikes. Only uphills are about 40-60m in length, all immediately after a gradual downhill. Steepest one is near end of loop, can be described as a slightly longer/steeper version of the one we have that goes through the gate up to our track. Well-marked, long flag sections still up from invitational.

Note: “DH/UH” = downhill/uphill combo. Most of the time when you get an uphill on this course, it’s immediately after a downhill.

There's a course video available at this site (it's the SECOND one on the link, so scroll down)

http://baystaterunning.com/article/new-x-c-course-should-create-excitement-for-ma-runners

Loop 1

Start: DH/UH combo immediately in first 200m, then flat until a wide U-turn at around 400m. Long straightaway after that, another DH/UH combo from 625-750m (uphill is about 45m in length). 45 degree turn at 800m mark, which is nearly even with starting line (See 1:08-1:20 on video)

Can get into a groove after 800, some turns but very flat until just past the mile mark.

Another DH/UH combo at 180-300m after the mile. See 2:50-3:00 on video

Then another long flat section for about another 400m, with some turns

Then you make a close to 90 degree lefthand turn, surface becomes dark gray stone dust and you’re between two large grassy mounds. (See 3:22 of video).

The biggest DH/UH combo is here. This uphill is the steepest, but it also looks worse than it is, because you see the DH section immediately before it. Uphill has about 60ft of easy incline (1-2% grade), then ramps up to probably 5% grade for another 80 ft. Sharp left turn, which puts you about 100m shy of the end of loop, parallel to the start.

Loop 2

***You don’t do the DH/UH section from the very start, as Loop 2 has you going parallel off to the right before rejoining the rest of the loop. So you can get into a groove again after the short, steep uphill towards the end of the first loop.

Next DH/UH combo is just before the 2M, which was also in the same spot (roughly) as the 800m mark. Another one a bit after 2.5 miles.

Some key “Distances to Finish line” for landmarks on 2nd loop

450m = edge of stone dust, even with end of the section between the grassy mounds, when you’re staring at the last uphill.

365-325m = the uphill

155m = end of green flags, DH, long straightaway before finish chute area.