CANCELLED - March Highlands Orienteering Practice Thursday Orienteering Practice
May 28th 2020 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Map: March Highlands
Parking and meeting point: We will meet at the junction of Second Line and Klondike Rd (see pin in map). Parking is on the Second Line. Or be green and take public transit or bike.
Training: We are ending the spring season of practices with a fun 'peg relay'. The format will be very similar to the peg-relay we did a few years ago at Poole Creek in Stittsville. Here is the description from that session:
The exercise is a forked course where there are a number of common controls (in practice a series of courses with a start, finish, and 0-10 controls). At each common control (finish circle) there are 3 sets of maps labeled a, b, and c. These maps are the next part of the course with the start triangle where the map pick-up is. Maps c are always the shortest. Maps b are about 50% longer and maps a are about twice as long as c. There will be x number of maps a and b (probably 3-5 each) at each common control. The first x runners there will pick up a map a with their next part of the course on it. The next x number of people will pick up a map b with the middle length of the next part of the course on it. There will be lots of c maps for the rest of the group to pick up when they get to the control. In other words you should always pick up the longest version of the next part of the map that is available. The system is (theoretically) self-regulating so that everyone will end up with an appropriate length course and should finish around the same time.
We will have a mass start after explanations at 6:50. If you want to do a warm-up (encouraged for those of you that will be running!) you may want to show up early to do so.
Food drinks and social: Anyone that wants is welcome to join us afterwards at The Barley Mow near March Rd and Terry Fox (700 March Rd). When you send an email to reserve a map please mention if you are interested in coming out afterwards so we can make a reservation.
A reminder to please e-mail Jeff Teutsch at programs@ottawaoc.ca by noon on Thursday to reserve a map. We do not guarantee maps for those that don't send an e-mail.