I think we may be getting stuck around various definitions of "Elite". In an earlier post Usually at the back had been in contact with the organiser who had said that those running the marathon - as opposed to the walkers - were "elite". I know off half a dozen people at my work & another half a dozen in my club who are running & I wouldn't class any of us as elite.There will be no need to micro-navigate. The forest section is very straight forward, you just get on the correct road & follow it to the end. If you would like to PM me your e-mail, I'll send you over a couple of scanned maps of the route.