[d'artangan]

I ran cross country in HS. Our homne course was in the woods, and we actually had rocks and downed trees and a stream to cross. They held the Illinois State Championship there the third year our school existed. It was a shorter course than your 3.1 (2.5), but if you finished in under 18 you were doing good. For the State Meet, we added a half mile to it by runnig out of the woods and doing three quarters of a lap on the track around the football field.