MapRun Course Planning Query

Planning
#1

Can anyone help me with planning of a maprun activity?

I am trying to replan the Combe Wood courses but I’m struggling to find a route back to the finish for the Hare and Squirrel courses, which have to stay on paths, without them going back on the same route they went out on.

I know I need to plan the courses so the competitors do not accidentally end their run early by going too near the finish (as I did on my very first maprun!) What I need to know is what happens if they get too near the start after they have been to a few controls? Does it start them again, or just ignore it?

Thank you for your help.

David

#2

Pretty sure it ignores it.
Repeated normal controls are registered but ignored in the results. But Finish stops it whenever punched.

#3

Thank you. That helps a lot.

#4

That’s a question I was going to ask. Running to the finish on one of my courses, sets off an earlier control, I was hoping that it didn’t matter!

#5

Yes. On a linear course, it notes but then ignores out if order controls (other than finish).
So running S 1 2 5 3 4 6 F would be DNF but S 1 2 5 3 4 5 6 F would be fine.

On on score course, it notes repeat punches but doesn’t add to the score on second etc visit.

#6

But what about S123S456F

#7

I have run back past the start on the LongRun Meadow course when I realized I had missed a control in French Weir Park and that was OK. We would be happy to do a ‘dummy run’ for you at any time if you send Alasdair the map and Courses to set up ‘TestSites’. Simon Beck is happy to update his map in OCAD

#8

I had no problem going back through the start at the Combe Wood event.

I have also successfully got a pivot control working without that hundred extra punches as it bounces back and forth. Trick is to copy one control rather than creating a new one at the same place.