Decathlon: 6 - 1500m Traditional Cache
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This series has been set for the "Geolympix #2" event held at Greatworth in the run up to the 2012 Oxford Geolympix. Geolympix - Oxford Town Hall - Sunday July 22nd 2012 – Visit Geolympix.com
ACD 6: 1500m Seen as one of the blue ribbon events of any athletics meeting it is one Britain has traditionall done well in. It is also one of the original races of the Olympics and is only one of 6 races that have been contested at every summer Olympic games. While the mens races are now dominated by the African nations 7 of the fastest athletes in the womens event are Chinese. Pause for thought ----------------- The trio of Coe, Ovett and Cram saw a golden age of middle distance running that hasn;t been revisited. Since they retired Great Britain has only won 1 medal at a major games over this distance. ---------------- The decathlon is a combined event requiring athletes to run, jump and throw their way through 10 separate events gaining points towards their final total. The winner is traditionally called the "World's Greatest Athlete" - so perhaps we should call the FTF of the final bonus in this series the "World's Greatest Cacher". As with the athletic decathlon, this series will take you through 10 testing events (set on a 3 mile circuit of footpaths) with a further "award ceremony" at the end. As you'd expect with an Olympic event, the going will not always be easy. There will be some tough moments as well as the triumphs. But you know what they say: when the going gets tough, the tough sit down and get out the flask of coffee. So, if you're up for the challenge, the starting pistol is about to fire so make your way to the start line. Please note: to obtain the coordinates for the final bonus cache you will need to find the answers to 10 trivia questions related to the Olympics as well as collect some information from the other caches as you go round.
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Guvf unf orra Fgrir'q va oruvaq n gerr
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