Entries: Pre-entry via RaceSignUp only, HERE. £3 per entry. Under 16s must be accompanied by somebody 16 or over on their run. Online entries will be open until 14:00 on Tuesday 24 June, but please try and enter by midnight on Sunday as this helps us to estimate map numbers. If you intend to eat at the pub please enter in good time.
The Event: Start between 18.30 and 19.30. We recommend that competitors wear hi-vis clothing.
A MapRun 1 hour score event starting from the Bay Tree pub, Grove. 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. There is 20-point penalty for each minute or part minute you are over the hour. You may visit as many or as few controls as you want.
The event will use the free MapRun app. This is available for phones, as well as Apple and Garmin watches. It’s advised to have this downloaded in advance of the event. The event is available to download, 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 Grove25. Alternatively, simply scan the QR code.
The event will be hosted from The Bay Tree pub in Grove. Please stay for a drink/food after your run.
What to bring: Yourself, in suitable clothing (high-vis highly recommended) and footwear. A phone with plenty of charge or a Garmin/Apple watch if you own one. A compass (not essential).
Area: The streets and paths around Grove. Road shoes are likely to be the best footwear, but if it’s been very wet and your choices take you onto the dirt then trail shoes could prove helpful.
Map: 1:10,000 paper street-O map. Solid and dashed black lines show roads and paths respectively. Purple shading shows out-of-bounds areas, typically schools and building sites. A solid purple line is an impassable feature. Bright yellow shows grassy terrain that can be run across. 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.