Ultimate String-O
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Topic created by DSevon on Tue Sep 27, 2011 at 3:18 pmFor the upcoming Scout event at Washington Crossing on Oct 29th, we've been kicking around the idea of having an Ultimate String-0 for the youth to run (plus anyone else who wants to). Can anyone provide some guidance on how one of these is set up (length, number of controls, etc)?
Our intent is to ask the Scout units who participate to provide a donation, which will be based along to the Juniors. -
Reply by Guy-O on Tue Sep 27, 2011 at 4:17 pmI suggest contacting the leading USA proponent of the format, Rick Worner...
wornerkohn AT aol DOT com
I also think Fred Reed, Scott Thatcher and/or the CASD team set one up at the 2010 Interscholastics / Flying Pig. -
Reply by FredR on Fri Sep 30, 2011 at 10:16 pmGuy's right--I did help set up a string-O at flying pig a few years ago. Since it was a one-time thing and we were just making things up, I'm not sure how much it's worth as "guidance"--but here are a few things I remember:
- We used an open but treed area just beside the finish and food so that we could get more "walk-in" traffic.
- I seem to recall the winning times were under a minute for some top juniors, if that helps for length.
- The course was marked with streamer tape and had lots of direction changes, but was otherwise open for fast running.
- For the "entry fee" (a couple dollars I think), the runner got three chances to run, with the best time counting. We tried to come up with some way to handle that part with epunch (overwriting the entry only if it were faster), but someone volunteered to just keep the times on a sheet of paper, which I think worked well. The runner would keep the same epunch (we just gave our rental chips if needed) for each run and the person on the computer would just call out the time which was then recorded on the sheet.
- Because it mostly comes down to how fast people can punch a control box, the stands took a beating. The more stable you can make them, the better.
Fred
