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"rolling out and back" course - meaning?

gallerygirl21
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I googled, but I cannot find a definition. I am running my 2nd 5K tomorrow and the course is described as this.
TIA!
TIA!
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It means there are some hills. You will run out probably about halfway and then turn around and come back the same way you went out. Out and back. Good Luck!0
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But, the hills shouldn't be too scary or else it would have been described as hilly.
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HAha... thanks! The "hilly" part scared me, but if they would indicated it as hilly if there were bad, I'd be worried.
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For your future 5K's..how I interpret (or describe) a course description…. (some common ones)
Point to point - Start and finish are not together and generally the course does not overlap on itself.
Out and back - Run the same path out to the half-way point, turn around and run the same course back.
Lollipop out and back - run part of the start and same stretch of the finish on the same course but a loop or circuit in the middle instead of a turn around.
Loop – Starts and ends at the same place but uses all different roads/paths..
Double loop – Starts and ends at the same place but does 2 passes of the same course
Flat = generally means minimum elevation change
Rolling hills = some mild or longer elevation changes but overall not hilly
Hilly = just what it says...prepare for climbs and descents..
Now keep in mind that this is geographical... big difference between "flat" in the mid-west vs a mountain region and really different between hilly in the mid-west and a mountain region.0
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