Our fifth ‘Summer’ 2020 MapRun event takes place in the picturesque surroundings of Bussage, near Stroud. There’s a mixture of steep old Cotswold lanes – spanning the villages of Bussage, Chalford, Eastcombe and Brownshill – and a plateau with modern housing. Most of the paths are paved, but many are narrow, and a few are unpaved and muddy.
Event logistics are a little different from how they were in pre-COVID days: please see the details below.
The event will be pre-registration only, with allocated start times.
Register on Fabian4 before midnight on 16 September (the day before the event).
Event details
Parking will be around the Bussage Playing Field – there are places to park around the field, and more on the surrounding roads.
To spread people out, there will be a long start window, running from 1700 to 1900. Note that sunset is at 1915, with twilight until 1945: if you start later in the window, you’ll need a headtorch.
As with our usual MapRuns, it’ll be £5 seniors, £2 juniors. Juniors must be accompanied.
It’s a one hour score event using the MapRun app: please make sure you’ve installed MapRunF 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.
The course is on roads, footpaths and occasional grass.
Event procedure
Start
When you register on Fabian4 you can select a start time. To avoid congregation at the start we’d ask you to follow the following start procedure:
- Wait in your car (or warm up away from the start) until your designated start time. Make sure you’ve downloaded the MapRun event onto your phone. The course will be found in the UK/Gloucestershire/Current Series folder. The course is PIN protected, so you wont be able to see the map, but you can check that you have downloaded the correct course.
- Just before your start time, press ‘Go To Start’ on the MapRunF app. The phone will ask for the PIN number. The PIN is written on the map, so….
- When your start time arrives: sanitise your hands, pick up a map from the table near the organiser’s car, enter the PIN and run to the start. Note that maps will have been printed several days before the event, and not handled since, so should be safe to handle.
We recommend you familiarise yourself with the MapRunF app before you arrive.
Out on the course
We’re holding the event in the evening which should be a quieter time, but there are still some narrow streets and footpaths where you may encounter other runners and members of the public. Be sure to wait, give people space and give way.
The start/finish is in the main car park.
Finish
Once you’ve finished, be aware of the social distancing guidelines and don’t congregate in large groups to compare results. You can always compare afterwards online.
Safety
The course is located in an urban environment necessitating many road crossings, so under 16s must be accompanied.
Any queries?
Contact the organiser, Tom Cochrane