Race Across EdinburghSat 21 Jun

Parking in the Hermiston Park & Ride EH14 4AT, adjacent to the Heriot-Watt Campus at Riccarton with overflow parking TBC. Follow signs to Registration, location TBC

By bus: Lothian bus no 70 serves the P&R whilst these city buses 25, 24, 32, 35, 7 45 serve the Heriot-Watt Campus and these Lothian country buses X27, X28, X40 pass close by on Calder Road.

By bike: A variety of quiet cycle route maps throughout the city are available on the Edinburgh City Council Quiet Routes web pages. It will be possible to lock your bike close by Registration while you run.

City parks and urban connections.

• An emergency contact number will be printed on your A-Z
• Please be courteous to all in the vicinity when you are competing, and obey all the usual road safety conventions.
• Please obey all the usual road safety conventions.
• Under 16yrs on the day of competition must be accompanied by an adult team member at all times.
• Mobile phones can be carried but should be switched off and used ONLY in an emergency.
• The Event closes at 4pm so you MUST be back at Riccarton by then. If you retire you must let one of the marshals at a park know and must return to download for a safety check.

How it will work

• Open to anyone, in teams of 2 (seniors > 16) or 2+ (families) – see below – with a limit of 100 teams
• Mass start at 10am, the first course at Riccarton (Heriot-Watt University) campus will be a score (collect all 10 controls in any order) all other courses will be line courses at Orange (TD3) standard but shorter and you must collect all the controls in the correct order.
• On finishing you will be given the location for the second park. You then navigate to the 2nd park on foot or by public transport. On arrival at the 2nd park you will be handed your map for the 2nd course. On completion of this you will be given the location of the 3rd park and so on until you have visited all six parks and completed all 6 courses. You will then navigate back to Riccarton Campus for the finish, at the same location as you started.
• Si will be used to record your total “orienteering” time (SI dibbers can be hired free of charge on the entry form) and you will use it to punch the start and finish on each course. For all the controls on the courses you will be given a control card to record your visit at the controls. You will be asked to sign in and out of each park against your team name.
• You cannot use cars, bikes or Taxis. You cannot use your mobile phone and these should preferably be left in your car but as a minimum switched completely off for the duration of the event. You may however ask any non-competitor for help, and they can use their mobile phone to get you information.
• You will be given an A-Z Street map of Edinburgh, and a Lothian buses route map to navigate from park to park. Bus timetables and mini route maps are on most of the Bus Stops. An adult day ticket can be bought on the bus for £5.50 or you can use your contactless card or phone and TapTapCap (one card/phone is needed per individual but this caps your fare at £5.00/per day). Ask the driver about equivalent tickets for juniors. Qualifying over 60 bus passes and under 21 bus passes can be used.
• Winners will be the first team in each category back at Registration having collected all the controls? Prizegiving will take place as soon as the first 3 teams in each category have finished. (TBC).

Total distance covered will be very approximately 20 miles.

Good Luck and remember to get your entries in soon as there is a limit of 100 teams for this event.

Read more about Course lengths and Difficulty here

Entries on RaceSignUp will open on Weds 19th February at 21;00, link here. First time users will need to create an account.

Entries will close at 23:59 on 21^st May or when the 100-team entry limit has been reached, whichever is the sooner

Fees £30 per team

• Local: For pairs of seniors where any team member has lived in Edinburgh, as an adult, for > 3yrs.
• Visitor: For pairs of seniors where neither team member has lived in Edinburgh, as an adult for, >3yrs.
• Family: 1 or 2 seniors plus up to 4 Juniors under 16yrs old.

Notes

1. Seniors are anyone aged 16 or over on the day of competition.
2. Under 16yrs on the day of competition must be accompanied by an adult team member at all time and enter the Family category.
3. There will be prizes for the top placings for both Seniors and Veterans (M/W 60+) in all categories

On the entry form please enter/select

• The name YOB and contact details for one person in the team
• The names and ages of the other team members
• Team name (one or two words please)
• Club name and BOF/SOA membership number if one team member is a member of an orienteering club
• The category entered (as above)
• Dibber number (one per team) or SI dibber Hire (free of charge). SIAC will not be enabled.
• Any other comments/queries

NB For changes after entering (eg partner swapping or team exchanges), please contact email hidden; JavaScript is required.

Registration for Team sign-in and the collection of Edinburgh A-Z, Lothian buses route map, hired SI dibbers and event goodie bag will be available, and preferred, on the Friday evening at a venue TBC.

There will be no EOD or late entries after the closing date

Limited registration from 9am-9.30am on race day at assembly, follow signs from Hermiston Park & Ride

Mass Start at 10:00, event closing time 16:00 (TBC)

• Toilets will be open in Oriam (10-minute walk from Registration) or visit the Gyle or Hermiston Gate retails parks on the way. Public toilets will be in or near parks: 1,3,4,5,6 and signs at each start will give the location at each park.
• There are Cafés in both Oriam and in Courtyard Marriot West hotel on the Heriot-Watt Campus