Welcome to the Thames Valley Street Series! An event using the MapRun app, based in Botley, Oxford. Planner: Paul Eaton.
Entries: Pre-entry via RaceSignUp only, HERE. £3 per entry. Under 16s must be accompanied by somebody 16 or over on their run. Entries will be open until the start window closes for online entries, but please try and enter by Saturday (26th) afternoon as this helps with estimating map numbers.
The Event: Start between 18.30 and 19.30. We recommend that entrants wear hi-vis.
A MapRun 1 hour score event starting from the Seacourt Bridge. There will be 30 controls to try and get within the 60 minutes. Controls may be found in any order. Controls 10-19 score 10, controls 20-29 score 20, and controls 30-39 score 30 and controls 40-45 score 40. 30 point penalty for each minute or part minute you are over the hour. You may complete as many or as few controls as you want.
The event will use the free MapRun app. This is available on phone, as well as Apple and Garmin watches. It’s advised to have this downloaded in advance of the event. The event is available to downloaded, but is protected by a PIN which you will be given at the event. In MapRun, go to Thames Valley/TVSS/ and the event name starts (TBA). Alternatively use the QR code available here or on the map.
The event will be hosted from the Seacourt Bridge. Last orders at 20.00 so run earlier if you want food. Please stay for a drink/food after your run.
What to bring: Yourself, in suitable clothing (high-vis highly recommended) and footwear. A light if you’re running very late on. A phone with plenty of charge. A Garmin/Apple watch if you own one. A compass (not essential).
Area: The streets and paths of Botley in west Oxford. The vast majority of running will be tarmacked roads or paths. There may be some paths that could be muddy if wet.
Map: 1:10,000 paper street-o map. Solid and dashed black lines show roads and paths respectively. Purple cross-hatch is out of bounds. A solid purple line is an impassable feature. Orange indicates grassy terrain that can be run across if access shown as permitted. Green indicates vegetation that is assumed impassable. Blue is water.
What to expect on the course: As this event uses the MapRun app, there is no physical orienteering infrastructure out on the course. Controls are set virtually, and your phone/watch will register when you have got within a certain number of metres of the specified control site. It is important to not run through the finish control until you want to finish your race, as doing so will finish your race. The finish will be located in a place which makes this very unlikely.