2019-04-03 P & R Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

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1) Laying out or modifying the courses for both 5 K and 8K runs. 2) Setting up the course and posting the Red Arrow Signs on the Thursday of Fete des Lacs week. Allow at three(3)hours for this task. Setting up the course alone has taken me as much as 4 hours. A bicycle with a trailer, 4-wheeler, or gulf cart is very helpful; 3) Check the course again on race day to reset signs moved or changed by vandals or weather. 4) Setting up the Water-stops. Work with the Water-stops volunteers, ensure they have adequate water, a table and trash/recycle bins/bags. A. 5K Course See attachment 1 for 5K map. The 5K course is a simple out and back track using a common start and finish line with the 8K run. This course is not UST&F certified. The 5K course begins on LaMotte Drive and enters the trail system off Heritage St. at the first left turn from the Heritage onto the trail systems. The 5K turns left at Main Street staying on the trail and continues to the entrance of Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park(RCCLRP). The course turns left, staying on the trail, to the 5K Turn Around point. This point must be clearly marked with signs and manned with one or more volunteers. The return leg follows the same course in reverse. Care must be taken to clearly mark all turns. Turns should be supported with one or more volunteers. With the exception of the start, the course stays on the City or County Trails. This is particularly important on the final leg to the finish line. The course is on the trail and not on the road. This is an important item on our safety plan. B. 8K Course See attachment 1 for the 8K Map. The 8K course is more complex than the 5K run. This course is not UST&F certified. The 8K course begins on LaMotte Drive continuing on Heritage St. The attached map shows the course as continuing on Heritage St turning right on Centerville Road. I prefer to make a right turn from Heritage into St Genevieve's Community Center parking lot. For either option the distance is the same. Both options enter the City Trail System just south on the entrance to St Gen's parking lot off of Centerville Road. The 8K course goes through LaMotte park using the existing trails and exit the park entering the County park in the Southwest corner. (See Attach 1) The 8K course continues through RCCLRP staying on the trails. Some runners may think they can shorten the course at the beach parking lot. I have run and measured every possible options. No matter how they run that section - the distance is the same. However, mark the course as staying on the trail. As the 8K runners approach the park gate(staying on the trail) they will see the 5K Turn Around. From that point, both runs follow the same course. Care must be taken to clearly mark all turns. Turns should be supported with one or more volunteers. However, there are some critical intersections: 1) 5K and 8K split 2) Entrance to LaMotte Park off of Centerville Road (St Gen's Parking lot) The course goes through LaMotte Park, 3) Centerville Lake Beach 4) Turn out of the County park on to the Main Street Trail 5) Turn from Main Street at Cornerstone Park and 6) Final turn on to Heritage st/lMotte Drive (keep them on the trail). (Believe it or not we have had runners miss the turn to the finish line)