Next orienteering events

As part of the 2013 Park Race series, LOK are hosting three evening races, all offering 5km and 2.5km options.  Shorts and trainers are fine as these avoid those horrible nettles and brambles that take hold at this time of year …. and all include an apres-O pub social!

London Ultra Sprint – 21 September 2013

… is coming to Victoria Park as part of the London City Race 2013 weekend!  See details here.

You can now enter at Fabian4 !

Hampstead Village Urban Race – Saturday 27 April

Results here.

 

Orienteering videos

See the 5 minute video as part of Sky Sports Get Involved series … includes footage from the January 2012 event at Yateley.

If you are new to orienteering, there are some orienteering videos online which can give you an idea of the sport. Click here for the Scottish 6 day 2013 event promotional video. Click here for a video taken in Norway in 2011.

The map is coloured according to the speed you can run the terrain. Orienteering is a challenging sport for all ages (Images 2, 4 Digisport; 3 British Orienteering)
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