Want to spend a different weekend?
The Sant Cugat-based organization Senglar Orientació is looking for volunteers for the Forjadors de l’Orientació Catalana Trophy Race.
This project was born to enjoy the orientation map of the Port del Comte organizing an international orienteering race with mountain running characteristics and the presence of the most important runners in Spain and internationally, in addition to the institutional representation of the most important counselors of the Catalan orientation: Carles Lladó, Mirna Mates, Ferran Santoyo, Marek Petrivalsky, Ramon Casal and Pablo Martinez.
The race will take place over the weekend of May 27 and 28 at the Port del Compte.
If you want to participate as a volunteer send an email to voluntariat@santcugat.cat
So that you have a little more information, we are adding a short article explaining what this orienteering race consists of.
WHAT IS A LINEAR ORIENTATION RACE OF 250 CONTROLS?
The linear orienteering race is a walking mode in which participants have to move around the terrain and go through all the controls marked on the map. All checks must be made in the correct order and whoever does it wins in the shortest time. In this case it manages to own the memory of the world of 250 linear controls.
Participants have a map where all the controls and the order to follow are printed. All the controls have a technical difficulty 2-3 (they are very easy to find) and physical 5-6 will be of long route surpassing the 44 km taking the optimal drawn up one.
Participants must be able to run the race in a maximum time of 10 hours.
There will be a total of 250 controls. Each control is marked on the ground with an orientation landmark consisting of a fabric of three boxes and triangular shape of 30 x 30 cm