Hartlepool has 1 dead turn and 2 right handers in the last 50 metres that can be taken almost flat out. Only about 10 metres of climbing if that.
Just depends on wind direction, dodging the pedestrians and dog turds 
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Rodney point isnāt a dead turn you go round a roundabout!
Well you go round the flags, and itās so sandy that itās slower than a dead turn; if you put any kind of power down then you lose your feet from under you.
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My local Cirencester 3.6, its flat but quiet a few turns and often sticky and 90% grass. Same score as Bath Skyline which I think has a set of steps in it 
May need to give Tetbury a go once Iām back up to speed training wise and its a bit dryer and try and get a proper 5k time without hill assistance.
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Tetbury āBā course is pretty quick - straight out and back on a compacted gravel path. Their āAā route takes in some steep climbs across muddy fields. Not sure is they publicise which course in advance!
The ranking system is simply looking at the times achieved, so will be skewed by field quality as much as course profile. Fast courses may attract faster runners, but some runs are high up the list due to their proximity to a group of fast runners, rather than their course profile!
I did my local - & only 2nd ever - Parkrun for the first time at the weekend.
Wepre, which ranks as 689/706 & 5.8 
. All on muddy/hardcore trails with 2 initial small loops including a sharp climb & 2 larger loops with longer drags. I was 2nd to my mate & we both reckon that if we give it the beans next time we could get close to the V50 record.
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I didnāt realise that was recorded. Something to aim for when Iām 70+ā¦
A local father and son are seriously into cainicross and occasionally do ours with their dogs and hold some of them. In fact the son has the overall record which he set years ago. I believe they now flag as āassistedā so donāt count for overall. But he set a new AG record (30-34) just a few weeks ago which was with the dog.
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I lost a strava KOM to someone running āwith wolfieā the other week. Given the muck on that section currently he must be really shifting.
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Yeah if you have the right dog and harness combo coupled with experience in runnign with them, people can abslutely fly along!
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I think someone in one of the local parkruns had a WAVA of 110% or more at one point having been dragged round by a wolf or something similar
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Actually now you mention it, I think back in the day they used to allow 2 dogs (& possibly moreā¦), so when our record was set (2012) I imagine he had 2 of them.
For reference on a very quick 5k course (Odd Down Bath - 5K PB series) last year he ran 16:25 without dog, on our slow wet boggy parkrun course this year he ran 15:19 with the dog.
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Wow thatās fast. Must get one. Exceptā¦ at Yeovil Montacute park run a couple of years back a woman flew past harnessed to a huge dog. Then the dog saw a big muddy puddle and obviously fancied some water because he dragged her off the course and straight to the puddle, and refused to crack on until heād had a massive drink.
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So on 2 lap causes, is it okay to stuff sausages in the tail runners pocket?
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Top three from a while ago:
Should have their own results imo
Oh how we laughed the one time she set off at pace and after 800m stopped for the dog to have a crap
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I did a PR in the Forest of Deane and there was a big cainicross turnout. A couple at the front shot off really fast, but some others were a little more erratic and were happy to sniff the fauna. They said they were still young and being trained, and wouldnāt be able to stay focused for a full 5K for a couple of years.
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Thatās my excuse too, except not the young bitā¦
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At the parkrun on Saturday there was a spaniel, we were doing about 20:20 pace at that point, it was practically walking and laughing at us 
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I put this in the same bucket as parents dragging their kids around (kid is usually crying) just to set a good time. I find that very sad.
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I think thatās on the basis that the Spaniel could do 20;20 without breaking sweat rather than being dragged around by the neck
Have never tried with my Viz - no way I could keep up if he really started to fly
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