Here is the link to the 2013 Course New Course Map
Some fairly radical changes were made to the Bleckley County 2 Mile Elementary Course by Coach Cranford. What previous runners at the meet will find is a faster course that runs almost 7 times by the central location of all the fans. Nearly the entire 1st mile except for the Start was removed. And instead of taking that radical first left turn to run all the way back to the rear of the HS and baseball field, runners will keep going straight past the crowd parallel to the finish area running past the Elementary School and then doing a semi-U turn running back thru the finish line going backwards (the old layout) Attached is a pdf one can click on for the layout.
The course has changed drastically from previous years and hopefully to one that the runners will like and the spectators as well. It is a way more spectator-friendly course that will allow people to see so much more of the race than in years past. With that comes the responsibility of coaches, runners, and spectators to please be aware of their surroundings and to make sure that they stay off of the course while races are being run. This event is first and foremost about the runners, and we want to make sure that every runner has a chance to do their best on this day. There are places that spectators and coaches will not be allowed to be due to the configuration of the course, and we hope that people will respect that and follow the instructions given.