MAPRUNS

MapRun is an app for mobile phones. It times you around a previously set up route. The clock starts as you cross the start line, beeps at any checkpoints you run past (turns or turn around points) then stops the watch when you cross the finish line. Your time is then automatically uploaded to an overall set of results. You can do the route at any time and as many times as you like and each time you try it your time is added to the overall set of results.  Run by yourself or in a pair or group.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE GOOD WITH MAPS TO USE MAPRUN
It is also now possible to use the maprun app using your Garmin watch only - so no need to take your phone on the route with you - however it is probably a good idea to become familiar with the phone app before moving onto using it with your Garmin watch.

To get the most up to date version of the 'app' for your phone just search in the app store for maprun6 (no gap between words and number). Later, once you've got used to the MapRun procedure on your phone, you want to get the app to work on your Garmin watch (FR230 and above)  just download using  Garmin Connect IQ.

There are hundreds of MapRuns to do all over the country. We have 20 or so locally - many in and around the Forest of Dean. The ones you might use for training locally are:

1    Boughsprings (clockwise) - find this in UK/Gloucestershire/Training. Starts at LC - see map below.
2    Mathern (anticlockwise) - find this in UK/Gloucestershire/Training. Starts at LC - see map below
3    Severn Bridge 5K (one starting at the East end and another starting at the West end) - find this in UK/Gloucestershire /Maptrail. The Chepstow end  version starts at/near the electric barrier.
4    Chepstow 3  Woods V2 PXAC  (linear: just go to each checkpoint in order)  - find this in UK/Wales/South Wales Tails/Severn and Wye.  Download paper map here
5    Chepstow 3  Woods Score N75 (score: visit as many as you can in 75 mins) - find this in UK/Wales/South Wales Tails/Severn and Wye.   Download paper map here

6    Rising Sun Score  N45 (score: visit as many checkpoints as you can in 45 mins) -  find this in UK/Gloucestershire/Maptrail  - park at the pub and go for a pint/coffee after. Download a paper map here: Paper Map
7    Mallards Pike 5K - find this in UK/Gloucestershire/Maptrail - this route is fully signposted. Just park at Mallards Pike and walk past GoApe to the start post.
8    Mallards Pike 10K - find this in UK/Gloucestershire/Maptrail - this route is fully signposted. Just park at Mallards Pike and walk past GoApe to the start post.
9 Speech House 5 miles - find this in UK/Gloucestershire/Maptrail. Download a paper map here.

* NEW  - Crabtree Hill - find this in UK/WAles/South Wales Trails/Severn and Wye/
* NEW -  New Fancy -  find this in UK/WAles/South Wales Trails/Severn and Wye/


Orienteering-type routes (good for developing map and nav skills):
1    Piercefield Night Score  - find this in UK/Wales/South Wales Trails/Severn and Wye.   Download paper map here
2    Piercefield Day Score - find this in UK/Wales/South Wales Trails/Severn and Wye.   Download paper map here

For most of the routes you do not need to be good with maps - the exceptions are the Piercefield Park routes and possibly the Chepstow 3 Woods and Rising Sun score events.

Here are some DIY (and quickly cobbled together) videos that explain a bit more about the app to beginners.  There are 3:
1/ Intro to MapRun
2/ Getting the app on your phone   (please note that the video refers to the previous maprunF.... instead search for maprun6.
3/ Using the app on a route

This is what the map for Mathern and Boughsprings will look like on your phone when you have downloaded them.