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Meet Director:Stanimir P
Course Setter: Stanimir P
Schedule:
| 9:30 a.m. |
Registration |
| 10 a.m. |
Mass start |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Courses close |
(Maximum time on course: 1.5 hours)
Cost: (per individual or team)
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Event Day
Registration |
Online
Pre-Registration |
| CAOC members |
$10 |
$7 |
| non-member |
$15 |
$10 |
| additional maps |
$3 |
| rental compass |
$1 |
| purchase e-Punch |
$35 |
(We suggest a maximum of four people per group.)
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View Deer
Grove Shelter #5 in a larger map |
Registration is open through midnight
Friday Dec 8th.
Details:
We'll be offering a white course for beginners and a Madnaess
course for everyone else. We will be starting from the Deer Grove
West shelter #5, but in case of snow, we might need to change
the start location. Please check the website Sunday morning for
updates in the event of snow.
Madnaess Details
The Madnaess format is very different from traditional orienteering
as the race is a mass start. The race is broken into three parts.
The first is a set of common controls where the runners go head
to head. They then enter the Madnaess box which features 7-8 controls.
The intent of this box is to equalize the race for all levels of
skill and as such each runner gets to skip a certain amount the
controls based on their age and sex. Elite racers will have to cover
all of them while younger or older runners will do less. Coming
out of the box they then cover a number of common controls once
again and if planned out properly most of the runners should finish
very close to one another.
For beginners and kids we will have seperate novice courses so
bring them out.
The competition will go ahead through rain or snow (sleet, hail,
etc. You get the picture).
Points will be awarded in each Madnaess race of the 2016-2017 season
to determine a overall champion. Stay tuned for additional details.
The Winter Madnaess Rules
- All events will have a mass start at 10:00 on the event day.
You may start without penalty up to 20 minutes after the official
start time. After that, your start time may be adjusted back to
20 minutes.
- The time limit is 90 minutes--all controls will be picked up
after this time.
- At each event, every participant must sign an event waiver
prior to the start, at registration time.
- Pre-marked maps are guaranteed to all who pre-register.
- Map cases may be purchased at pre-registration or on-site for
$1.
- To ensure competitiveness for all participants, each event will
use a handicap system called The Madnaess Box. Using their creativity,
course setters will attempt to choreograph that elusive mass finish.
The Madnaess Box
Each race will feature the infamous Madnaess Box, which consists
of a set of controls labeled with letters (A,B,C, etc) somewhere
on the course. Participants may attack the controls in the box in
any order. Additionally, participants may drop controls equal to
their handicap point total. Handicap points are awarded as follows:
| Category |
Handicap |
Female |
add 2 |
12 or younger |
4 |
65 or older |
4 |
14 or younger |
3 |
55 or older |
3 |
16 or younger |
2 |
45 or older |
2 |
19 or younger |
1 |
35 or older |
1 |
Examples:
- A 46-year-old female may drop 4 controls in the box.
- A 19-year-old male may drop 1 control in the box.
- A 28-year-old male must visit all the controls in the box.
Directions:
Take Route 53 north of I-90 for 6 miles. Exit on Dundee Road, turn
left, and go west 3 miles to Quentin Road. Turn right and go north
0.5 mile. Turn left into the forest preserve. Turn right at the
first intersection and follow the road all the way to shelter #5.
Public Transportation:
Bring your bike on Metra! A Metra train arrives at the Palatine
station on Sundays at 11:24 a.m. from the Ogilvie Transportation
Center in Chicago. From there you ride or walk north on Smith Street,
past a 19th century cemetery, to the bike path which will lead you
directly into the forest preserve and registration just prior to
the noontime cut-off (2 miles from station).
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