In the terrain, the sports director distributes the controls in advance, which the participants run to individually or in small groups during the scorelace. For this purpose, the participants receive a control overview and a running map. Each control gives a certain number of points. Logically, the easier, obvious controls score the fewest points. The scorelace can be run 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 runner/group in front (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. The participants collect as many points as possible in the time provided. Points will be deducted if they are late at the finish (e.g. 5 points deducted for every minute started after the agreed finish time).
Variant:
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.
