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Many (most?) ultras have a unique feature or challenge. The Laurel Valley is unusual in that the access points to the course are at the start and the finish only. This has a number of consequences:
* The race director, Claude Sinclair, wisely requires each competitor to finish a sub-13 hours 50 mile race and to act as a sweep the [[FIRST]] first time. The sweeps are the last people through the course, traveling as a group. The sweeps are an important safety measure.
* Once you start, you either have to finish or return to the beginning. This means a bad day at LV would be a very, very bad day.
* There is no aid on the course. You have to take everything you need with you. There is water from streams, but it requires purification.