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WMOC 2018 – W 50 A Middle distance Final. The course varies between short technical legs, short route choice legs and longer more simple legs with possibility of increasing the speed. There are angles at most of the controls. Furthermore, a part of the terrain with low visibility had been selected.
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WMOC 2018 – M 35 A Middle distance Final – last loop. The course has an easy control just after the arena passage and from there the course varies between very tricky controls and more easy ones.
The runner is forced to change technique. Due to constraints from course corridors for other classes, this part of the course misses longer route choice legs.
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WRE Race, Middle Distance M 21. The start of the course is set in a low visibility area putting demands on navigation skills. Due to terrain conditions, the course suffers from lack of route choice possibilities, but the longer legs put a requirement on change of speed and technique.
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What to avoid in Middle Distance. Insufficient change in angle. Insufficient difference in length of legs. Note that the single legs may be acceptable, but the course is not.
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Appendix 2: Long Distance course examples
WMOC 2018 – M 35 A Long distance Final – first loop. There is a route choice leg from the start, but it is not decisive. In this type of terrain shorter legs also have route choices since you must decide to go straight or follow paths. Apart from this, the course varies between short intricate legs and longer route choice legs.
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Danish Ultra Long distance championships 2015 – M 21. It is possible to set courses with very long legs even in terrains with many forest roads. Most route choices will have some forest road running, but still you need to make careful route choices.
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What to avoid in Long Distance. Legs that are just long and not really have any route choices. Legs going through the interesting areas without having any controls there.
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