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Training Suggestions for the Courses at Storck Park
- If possible have a map for everyone in the group. That way everyone can practice keeping the map orientated or set to the terrain, moving their thumb on the map to their current location and noting features on the map along your route. Try letting everyone in your group have a chance to choose the route to a control.It’s helpful to have a way to gauge how far you expect to travel between two points on the map. One way to do this is to pace by counting steps.The parking lot at Stork Park is close to 100 meters. So to figure your paces for 100 m start at one end of the parking lot and count every other step, right or left foot. The important thing is to take normal size steps that you would take on a trail. For me a 100m would be about 70 paces.
- Another way is to have a visual idea how far 100m is. So to look down the parking lot to get a picture how far 100m is. So now you have an idea of how far a 100m is, cut that in a quarter. I like to use 25m because I can usually see that far through the woods and I can count that high, So how many paces is or how far does 25m look. Now you can double or triple that if needed on the course. But it’s far safer to pick your direction of travel find something 25m away on the map and go to that and then go another 25 meters to the next landmark. A lot can go wrong in a 100m.
- Another quick guide is the control circles on the map is around 75m.