I received a good question about the junior courses for Drumgor and their age suitability:
Both runs take place in a large housing estate that is covered by a comprehensive network of footpaths, alleyways, and cycle paths. Whilst I can’t guarantee that the courses will be traffic free, the only roads to be crossed are minor estate roads that are usually very quiet, and the courses have been purposefully planned to make use of the path network so that the majority of crossings, if any, take place at cul-de-sacs or parking areas as shown on the image. Both the morning and afternoon runs do have one minor estate road crossing, but even for this we have deemed that a marshal is not required unless the visibility is poor due to bad weather, but instead will be marked by “caution runners” signs.
We also have a beginners urban course for the morning and afternoon events. In the morning this crosses two quiet cul-de-sacs and even these can be avoided by taking a different route. In the afternoon we have a couple more but they are quiet.
Whilst I can’t make a decision for each individual, we have tried to cater for almost all juniors unsupervised, or all if accompanied.
Hope this helps and look forward to seeing you on Saturday.