Coming up on August 25 is the final BOK sprint event of the summer. This will take place at Dix Park in Raleigh (35.7713540, -78.6618298) and will feature a score event based on Cristina Luis’s presentation at the Orienteering USA March Monthly Forum. In place of the race, beginners and newcomers may select to do the Explorer course, which will be an all-controls, do-what-you-can map.

Registration will close on Friday, August 23 at 9:00 PM.

This mass start event is meant to be “self-handicapping.” At many controls orienteers will find a clothespin they take denoting they are to run an additional leg. This design is intended so that all orienteers might finish the course around the same time. If you are interested in checking out the general idea of the race, watch this OUSA club forum.

For the race, there will be a required pre-briefing at 9:30 AM at the parking lot to hand out maps, discuss rules, and walk together to the start. The mass start will be at 10 AM.

The longest possible length of the course will be 4.9km, while the main course will be 2.9km. There will be opportunities to run a shorter course explained during the briefing. The map will be 1:5,000 with 2.5m contours. Due to construction in the southern section of the park, all orienteers are asked to pay close attention to the out of bounds areas marked on their maps. Furthermore, everyone should be aware that the cemetery is out of bounds. For all courses, including the Explorer course, runners must finish by 12:30 PM when control pick up will begin.

There will be no required start time for the Explorer course; however, we ask that participants plan to begin the course soon after 10 AM. A Q&A session will be offered around 10:15 AM and newcomers are encouraged to check out our videos at https://backwoodsok.org/event-info.

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