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Maprun orienteering app

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RooA Apr 2021 10:28am, 12 Apr 2021 79 posts	Quote Pin RooA Ah yes. I hate scores.
rf_fozzy Apr 2021 10:33am, 12 Apr 2021 13,901 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy I love them when they're well planned. Because there's an extra tactical battle to work out how many you can get in the time, so the added time pressure makes people do stupid things. Nothing annoys me more than a very boring leg that a planner thinks is interesting. For example 24-25 on this course which I planned. I tried to tempt people into going the "wrong" way (down and round), but didn't quite get it right and it ended up being a boring leg: aire.routegadget.co.uk I should have moved 25, but was trying to reuse one of the Yellow controls in the park.
rf_fozzy Apr 2021 10:34am, 12 Apr 2021 13,902 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy 3-4 ended up being not as good as I wanted it to be either.
rf_fozzy Apr 2021 10:36am, 12 Apr 2021 13,903 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy (My excuse was that I was finishing drawing the map and then had to change control sites because it became a full SI event, rather than just hanging kites as I'd first envisaged).
jda Apr 2021 10:37am, 12 Apr 2021 9,862 posts	Quote Pin jda yes my events are mainly MTBO and the equivalent on road too. So it's more of a route planning thing than navigation. I think the points system is primarily designed to make them legal (bikes on PROW so can't be a timed race, at least not without special permission). Though there are local maprun running courses too.
RooA Apr 2021 10:42am, 12 Apr 2021 80 posts	Quote Pin RooA I don't think I ever got to a point where I was thinking about it enough to notice things like that, fozzy. I always just kind of ran and hoped for the best.
rf_fozzy Apr 2021 10:51am, 12 Apr 2021 13,904 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy JDA - you should have a go at the urban courses we've had in Settle in the past: aire.routegadget.co.uk and aire.routegadget.co.uk
rf_fozzy Apr 2021 10:51am, 12 Apr 2021 13,905 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy Roo - I get bored easily!
jda Apr 2021 2:39pm, 12 Apr 2021 9,867 posts	Quote Pin jda By coincidence, just saw this: slmm.org.uk
RooA Apr 2021 2:41pm, 12 Apr 2021 84 posts	Quote Pin RooA That does look fun though.