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From Saturday, March 30, 2024
To Sunday, April 07, 2024
To Sunday, April 07, 2024
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MetroWest YMCA Outdoor Center, Hopkinton MA
Map Scale:
1:4000
Contour Interval:
2.5m
Courses:
White, Yellow, Sprint1, Sprint2
Event Director:
Channon Ames
617-938-4659
Bring Your Own Map (BYOM) orienteering is available for 1 week (March 30 - April 7, 2024) at the MetroWest YMCA Outdoor Center in Hopkinton, MA. Come run on a new map!
Parking - Please use the soccer field entrance across from Wildlife Drive (appox 62 East Street) and continue to the dirt parking lot across from the soccer fields. (See map below.)
Courses [open March 30 until April 7, 2024 (courses close on 2 pm)]:
- White (1.7 km) – beginner: all controls on trails
- Yellow (2.6 km) – advanced beginner: all controls visible from trails
- Sprint1 (2.4 km) – intermediate: some controls on trail, some off trail
- Sprint2 (2.4 km) – intermediate with different controls from Sprint1
Safety
- Please be respectful of other park users and watch for traffic on park roads.
- Report any missing controls / QR codes or any other issues to the event director.
- Dogs must be leashed.
- IF using QR code scanning, please scan the FINISH QR code (even if you didn’t find them all or just decided to stop) so we know you are off the course.
Cost
- Free for members of NEOC and MetroWest YMCA
- $10 for individuals/families
- $20 + $2/person for groups
QR code runners: If you can't "punch" a control because your phone loses its data connection, carry on with your course (you can "skip control"). Afterwards send an email to fix your DNF.
Get Course Maps
- Print your map(s).
Time Your Run
- Time yourself (no splits will be captured).
—or— - Use your smartphone to scan a code at each control (requires data connection; may require an app that reads QR codes).
- Test your phone.
- See this intro to QR-code orienteering.
Record Your Time
- Self-timed runners: Record your time for the final results.
- QR-code runners: Your time and splits were automatically recorded by the QRienteering system.
View Results
- Current results (both QR- and self-timed).
- Share your route, and see others' routes on Livelox. (Documentation on recording & uploading routes is here)
MetroWest YMCA Outdoor Center
45 East St.
Hopkinton
MA
Use the soccer field entrance across from Wildlife Drive and continue to dirt lot across from the soccer fields.
