21Mar2010 Chicago Area Orienteering
Country Lane Woods, Orland Park, IL
The final Madnaess event of the 2009-2010 winter season will be held at Country Lane Woods.
The format is very different from traditional orienteering as the race is a mass start. The race is broken into three parts. The first is a set of common controls where the runners go head to head. They then enter the Madnaess box which features 7-8 controls. The intent of this box is to equalize the race for all levels of skill and as such each runner gets to skip a certain amount the controls based on their age and sex. Elite racers will have to cover all of them while younger or older runners will do less. Coming out of the box they then cover a number of common controls once again and if planned out properly most of the runners should finish very close to one another.
Racers will count total results to determine overall 2010 champions. For runners who are unable to get to all three of the races to count for the total, this is not an issue as each race is a seperate competition so if you can only make one then come out a try.
For beginners and kids we will have seperate novice courses so bring them out.
The competition will go ahead through rain or snow.
Do not forget to come support On Point Foundation “ImONPoint.org” Athletes as they race around the USA for disabled service members.
