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Orienteering Exercise: Fast relocation

Key information

Exercise Type:	Map reading, Map memory, Relocation, Terrain memory
Target Level:	Elite level, Junior level, Intermediate level
Intensity:	Low, Medium, High
Preparation time:	Less than 5 minutes
OCAD Required:	No
Min participants:	3

A group of 3-6 runners run together. Only the leader is allowed to read the map. When approaching the area around a control, everybody is allowed to look at the map, and shall relocate and find the control as fast as possible. Take turn on being the leader.

Aim:	Two aims: Fast relocation and terrain memory while running. A good relay/mass-start training.
Variants:	The leader may have a different map, showing a specified place he shall run to, or just choose a suiting spot. The leader may also let the runners try to relocate from a spot far away from the control in some cases.
Aids:	No special aids necessary.
Terrain:	Visibility should not be very good.
Preparations:	Draw a normal course on a map.
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 {{Orienteering exercises
-|Exercise Types=Map reading, Map memory
+|Exercise Types=Map reading, Map memory, Relocation, Terrain memory
 |Description=A group of 3-6 runners run together. Only the leader is allowed to read the map. When approaching the area around a control, everybody is allowed to look at the map, and shall relocate and find the control as fast as possible. Take turn on being the leader.
- The runners take turn on running at front - only the first runner is allowed to look at the map.
 |Aim=Two aims: Fast relocation and terrain memory while running. A good relay/mass-start training.
 |Target Level=Elite level, Junior level, Intermediate level