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09/06/2022 Evening MapRun – Monmouth

09/06/2022 Evening MapRun – Monmouth
Updated:

Monmouth 2022

We return to Monmouth after a couple of years break, though we did struggle(some of us) up the Kymin last Summer. This time we are back in the town proper, with a course covering both sides of the River Monnow, and needing some careful thought and route choice to have a chance of getting all controls; there are not many crossing points once out of the town centre.

Directions and Parking

Parking and assembly are in the free carpark adjacent to the skate park, on the road out of town towards Rockfield.

What Three Words: giants.financial.negotiators

The Area

Mainly suburban Monmouth, but with a few controls around the town centre, and a large central area of grass crossed by many paths, some not marked on the map, but used by dog walkers.

Footpaths are generally good, with little or no adjacent undergrowth. There are one or two roads, one fairly busy, which have stretches without pavements, and these need to be run with care.

Timing and Fees

Starts from 1830 to 1900.

To guarantee a map, you will need to pre-enter via Fabian4: this is open until midnight on Wed 8 June. A few extra maps will be available for entry on the day, but don't rely on this!


Enter Online

Entry fees: £5 seniors, £2 juniors. Competitors aged under-16 must be accompanied. The fee covers third party liability insurance, a map printed on waterproof paper, and post-run cake!

We may or may not be able to take card payments, so bring cash if planning to enter on the day.

The course

It’s a one hour score event using the MapRun app:

  • Checkpoints 1-10 are worth 10 points.

  • Checkpoints 11-20 are worth 20 points.

  • Checkpoints 21-30 are worth 30 points.

Score as many points as you can within an hour. If you’re late getting back, there’s a 10 point penalty per minute over.

You'll be issued with a waterproof map, A4, scale 1:10,000, before you start.

Please make sure you’ve installed MapRun6 before the event. If you haven’t used MapRun before, don’t worry – it’s easy to use, and we have full details on getting started.

You should download the course to your phone ideally before coming to the event, as sometimes there is little or no phone signal once there. You can download the course either by finding it in the MapRun6 app in the UK/Gloucestershire/Current Series folder, by scanning this QR code with your MapRun6 phone:

Monmouth 2022 QR code

or by tapping https://p.fne.com.au/openevent/?id=21982&auth=683462 on your MapRun6 phone.

MapRunG (Garmin watch) users: if you have MapRun6, you do not need the event PIN number to download the course to your watch. This means you can download the course before your arrive at the event, in case there is no phone signal there.

Safety

  • The course is largely located in an urban environment necessitating many road crossings, so under 16s must be accompanied.
  • One or two sections of road have no pavement either side. Take particular care on these.

Although all legal Covid restrictions have ceased, you should NOT attend if you are Covid positive, or suspect you are.