Smartphone orienteering in and around Derby What: Keen to improve your navigation and meet new people? We have planned a new series of evening events which we hope will be as successful and as popular as last year. See...
Derby Night MapRuns – Autumn 2023
Results
We have come to the end of our 8 event night series with 100+ runners taking up the maprun challenge. We had over 220 finishes! We have been so impressed with how quickly newcomers got to grips with the app and coped with some tricky navigation. A link to our members blog with more information can be found here.
The good news is that we have planned another 8 events in the New Year, starting in Heanor on 18th Jan. Find here the blog and results from Spring 24 and Autumn 24 series.
Our recent events welcomed competitors from Chesapeake Road Runners, Explorer Scouts and a Men’s social for a 35 control score around Chaddesden, Allestree, Alvaston and Markeaton Park. Mass start video from our Allestree event here.
Review your own performance which is automatically recorded from smartphones on the MapRun page:
Two of our events visited Darley Park and competitors had to grapple with a mix of Urban and Parkland terrain. We were joined by members of Shelton Striders, Derwent Runners and Derby Tri club who took up the challenge and we were so impressed with how quickly newcomers have got to grips with the app and coped with some tricky navigation! Torches were certainly needed from the start. Click here to see one of the mass starts.
Other events have visited Mickleover (where we met up with Mickleover running club) and Derby North (several unaffiliated runners were tempted by the real ales at the Furnace Inn). Terrain has been varied and has involved navigating mazes of alleyways, quiet back streets and open parkland. All in the dark!
Take part at future runs in series
See details about venues, maps for download and what you need to bring along if you’d like to take part in future Mapruns. You can also run any of the 8 Mapruns in your own time if you can’t make it to the evening sessions – the courses will be available on the app for at least the next six months! You can navigate using the MapRun map on your smartphone, but if you prefer to print out the map and plan your route – use these links.
- 20/21 September – Week 1 Darley Park
- 28th September – Week 2 Derby North
- 5th October – Week 3 Mickleover
- 12th October – Week 4 Chester Green
- 16th November – Week 5 Chaddesden Park
- 23rd November – Week 6 Allestree Park
- 30th November – Week 7 Alvaston Park
- 7th December – Week 8 Markeaton Park
