In the terrain, the sports director distributes controls in advance, which the participants then run to individually or in small groups during the line run. For this purpose, the participants receive a control overview and a running map. The controls are run in numerical order. The line 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 cannot simply follow a forerunner/group (note the time intervals/difference to the first start time on the run card for evaluation purposes). 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 line run, each participant/group has a defined amount of time to find as many or as many controls as possible.
Variant I:
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.
Variant II:
The control that must be approached first is marked on the map. In this variant, the participants can also be sent on the course without staggering, as they do not start in the same direction. However, this varies the running distances (rather unsuitable as a form of competition).
