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03/05/2023 – Evening MapRun – Churchdown

03/05/2023 – Evening MapRun – Churchdown
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03/05/2023 - Churchdown 2023

There'll be both urban and rural route options at this MapRun: from the town of Churchdown to the footpaths of Churchdown Hill. If it's a clear day, expect expansive views from the top! It'll cover roughly the same area as our last MapRun here in 2019, but it's a brand new course.

Enter on Fabian4.co.uk by midnight on Tuesday 2 May. Entries will be open soon.

 

Officials

Organiser: Tom Cochrane

Directions and Parking

Parking is in Chapel Hay Car Park in Churchdown.  This is free.

Postcode: GL3 2HS

What Three Words: ///owner.procured.nests

 

Click on the running man on the map below, and then the Direction icon icon to get directions to the course.

The Area

Roughly half of the checkpoints (and the start/finish) will be located in the urban area of Churchdown.  The terrain here is roads and paved footpaths, which are largely accessible to wheelchairs.

The other half of the checkpoints will be located on the slopes of Churchdown Hill, throughout the network of public footpaths in the fields and woods.  Some of the footpaths here are steep and can be very muddy if it's wet.

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 Tuesday 2nd May. A few extra maps will be available for entry on the day, but don't rely on this!

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 it by scanning this QR code below with your MapRun6 phone,

 

by tapping this link on your MapRun6 phone, or by using the Select Event button in MapRun6 and navigating to the UK/Gloucestershire/Current Series folder.

MapRunG (Garmin watch) users: if you have MapRun6 or later, 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 partly in an urban area: although none of the roads are excessively busy, take care with cars and pedestrians.
  • Some parts of the course are on footpaths up Churchdown Hill: bring appropriate footwear for potentially muddy paths.
  • Under 16s must be accompanied.
  • A First Aid kit will be available at registration

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