The sports director distributes the controls in the area in advance, which the participants run to individually or in small groups during the star run. The start is the centre of the run, where the participants also receive the control overview and the running map. Each control is approached individually (in a star shape) (e.g. clockwise/counter-clockwise or in any order). After each control, the runners return to the centre before moving on to the next control. For control purposes, the sports director visually checks each control so that several controls are not stamped in one run. The star run can be run as a practice run or as a competition. A relay is not necessary as not all participants are likely to start in the same direction. For the star run, each participant/group has a defined amount of time to find as many or as many posts as possible.
Variant I:
Prepare the post 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 first control is marked on the course map so that the participants can start in all directions.
