MapRun for Running Training
A series of MapRun courses aimed at running training are being added to OD MapRun. These urban courses use Royal Mail post boxes as control locations and use the much simplified OOMaps - rather than proper orienteering maps - making these courses more accessible for both less experienced orienteers and runners..
All of these courses are Score courses where you need to decide the order that the controls should be visited in - there is no fixed control order.
With a standard Score course the aim is to collect as many controls as you can but within a time limit (typcially 45 or 60 minutes) & with penalties applied if you run over the time limit. Points are awarded for each control visited and results are based on the points collected. You must start from the marked start/finish point.
With Scatter score courses you have to visit all the controls shown on the map and results are based on total time taken. These OD Scatter courses also allow for a "Start Anywhere" which means that the first control that a runner visits becomes the Start and Finish control for their run. Also remember that if you start at one of the controls out on the course, the original marked start/finish becomes a control that you need to visit..
| MapRun course (Full name as shown in MapRun6) | Type of course | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Kenilworth Mail Box Mash v2 PXAS | Scatter / Start anywhere: Visit all controls in any order as fast as possible | Map pdf |
| Kenilworth Mail Box Score v2 PXAS ScoreV45 | 45 minute Score: Time-limited, 20 points per control, -10 points per minute late | Map pdf |
| Hinckley Mail Box Mash v2 PXAS | Scatter / Start anywhere: Visit all controls in any order as fast as possible | Map pdf |
| Hinckley Mail Box Score v2 PXAS ScoreV45 | 45 minute Score: Time-limited, 20 points per control, -10 points per minute late | Map pdf |
| Leamimgton Mail Box Mash start anywhere PXAS | Scatter / Start anywhere: Visit all controls in any order as fast as possible | Map pdf |
| Leamimgton Mail Box 45 min Score PXAS ScoreV45 | 45 minute Score: Time-limited, 20 points per control, -10 points per minute late | |
| Leamimgton Mail Box 60 min Score PXAS ScoreV60 | 60 minute Score: Time-limited, 20 points per control, -10 points per minute late | |
| Coventry Earlsdon Mail Box Mash PXAS ScoreV60 | 60 minute Score: Time-limited, 20 points per control, -10 points per minute late | Map pdf |
| Coventry Earlsdon Mail Box Medium PXAC | Line course Visit all controls in correct order as fast as possible | Map pdf |
| Hellidon PXAS ScoreN180 | 3 Hour Score: Note 2 page pdf with control descriptions / info on Page 2 | Map pdf |
If you need a pdf for printing, use the Map pdf link in the table to download or email: maprun@octavian-droobers.org
To download one of these MapRun course in MapRun, tap Select Event, scoll down to the UK, select Coventry and Warwickshire and then Mail Box Mash.. Tap on the course that you want to download.