In the terrain, the sports leader distributes the control points in advance, which the participants then approach individually or in small groups during the orienteering run. Participants receive an overview of the posts and a route map. The participants decide for themselves the order in which they mark off the controls (or the order can also be defined). The orienteering run can be carried out both as an exercise and as a competition. It is worth staggering both variants so that each participant/group has to work independently and does not simply follow a forerunner/group (note the time intervals/difference to the first start time on the run card for the evaluation). The control overview with the running map can either be handed out together with the start signal or distributed to the runners/groups a certain time before the start. For the orienteering run, each participant/group has a defined amount of time to find as many or as many controls as possible.
Variant:
Prepare the control transfer point: The participants do not receive a map on which the controls are already marked, but must mark the controls themselves at a control transfer point (e.g. using coordinates, azimuth or measuring point method). The control sheets remain at the start even after the transfer. Before the participants set off on the course, the sports director checks the marked controls.
