“Corona” Training Courses
Dates: March 23, 2020 to ??
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Course Setters: Gavin Wyatt-Mair, Misha Kreslavsky, Rex Winterbottom, François Léonard, Marie-Josée Parayre, Luc Poppe, George Minarik, John Crowther, Steve Gregg, Matej Šebo, Werner Haag, Bill & Heidi Cusworth, Dennis Wildfogel
Type: Training; Streamered courses at various parks for practice/exercise during the shutdown
List of Courses
Briones Courses Joe Grant Courses Sulphur Springs Course Sugarloaf Open Space Course Las Trampas Course Sycamore Valley Courses San Francisco Course Lower Kensington Course North Berkeley Course Tilden Course Joaquin Miller Course Point Pinole Bike-O Course Annadel Course Morgan Terr. Middle Course Evergreen Valley College Bon Tempe Reservoir Arastradero Preserve (http://docs.google.com/document/d/1yaOVCRbmBdjD6UEDKpdWfl6lsQcKtqlWlOa9ry56TMc) Mississippi Bar (http://docs.google.com/document/d/1xTcRAnQBOrielO8SsVjQcQNZAOfQnq2AblNBMeFIBkc) Black Diamond Mines #2
January 30th Update
- Several East Bay parks are subject to closure due to Red Flag Warnings and extreme fire conditions. You should check here (https://www.ebparks.org/news/covid_19_park_and_trail_updates.htm) before visiting an East Bay park.
- Morgan Territory Regional Preserve (https://www.ebparks.org/parks/morgan/default.htm) has reopened. (However, be aware that the controls on some of the courses have been picked up, as noted below.)
- Big Basin State Park (http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=540) is closed because of the 2020 fire (and is unlikely to open for many months).
- Trione-Annadel State Park has reopened, but note that Gavin's course goes in an area that was closed. (Bill's & Heidi's course (http://www.navxchallenge.com/navx-annadel-maprunner-2020) stays out of that area.) You can check on the status here (https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=480).
- The other parks listed below seem to be open. East Bay Regional Parks can be checked here (https://www.ebparks.org/default.htm) (select the park at the top right of the page) or here (https://www.ebparks.org/news/covid_19_park_and_trail_updates.htm).
- Keep in mind that most of the streamers were placed many months ago, so don't be surprised if they have disappeared.
Thanks to Gavin Wyatt-Mair, Misha Kreslavsky, Rex Winterbottom, François Léonard, Marie-Josée Parayre, Luc Poppe, George Minarik, John Crowther, Steve Gregg, Matej Šebo, Werner Haag, Bill & Heidi Cusworth, Dennis Wildfogel, and our NAV-X friends, you have chances to get out of the house and run/walk some courses around the Bay Area.
Details of the courses are on the following webpages. Each page describes the courses, and provides a link to the map(s).
- Briones Regional Park – Brown and Green courses – Gavin
- Joe Grant County Park, San Jose – Three point-to-point courses & Score-O – Misha – Park open (status as of 10/16; website (https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/JosephDGrant.aspx))
- Sulphur Springs, Vallejo – One 3.9 km course – Rex
- Sugarloaf Open Space, Walnut Creek – One 3.8 km course – Rex
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Morgan Territory, Livermore – Two courses – François & Marie-Josée
Controls were removed Sunday, May 31st — new course listed below
- Las Trampas, Alamo – One 5.2 km course – Luc
- Sycamore Valley Regional Open Space Preserve, Danville – Two courses – Rex
- Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco – One course at Fort Scott – Rex
- Lower Kensington – 6 km Street-O course – George
- North Berkeley (Thousand Oaks) – 7 km Street-O course – George
- Big Basin State Park, Boulder Creek – Two courses – Misha – Park closed (website (http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=540))
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Morgan Territory, Livermore – Two (new) courses – François
Controls were removed Sunday, November 22nd
- Tilden Park, Berkeley – One 4.2 km course – John
- Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland – Two-option course – Rex
- Point Pinole, Richmond – 5.5 km Bike-O course – Steve
- Trione-Annadel State Park, Santa Rosa – Middle course – Gavin – Park open (status as of 1/15; website (http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=480))
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Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve, Antioch – Middle course – François
Control markers were removed Sunday, February 21st — new course listed below
- Morgan Territory, Livermore – Middle-style course – Matej – Park open (status as of 11/15; website (https://www.ebparks.org/parks/morgan/default.htm))
- Evergreen Valley College, San Jose – Two Courses – Werner
- Trione-Annadel State Park, Santa Rosa (http://www.navxchallenge.com/navx-annadel-maprunner-2020) – NAV-X GPS Map Trekking training course – Bill & Heidi
Note: This course will be "closed" by NAV-X at some TBD date. Check the website before going to the park.
- Bon Tempe Reservoir, Fairfax – Three Courses – Dennis
New courses opened February 20, 2021, replacing those from December event
- Arastradero Preserve, Palo Alto (http://docs.google.com/document/d/1yaOVCRbmBdjD6UEDKpdWfl6lsQcKtqlWlOa9ry56TMc) – NAV-X GPS practice course – NAV-X Team
Note: This Score-O course will be "open" throughout 2021!
- Mississippi Bar, Fair Oaks (http://docs.google.com/document/d/1xTcRAnQBOrielO8SsVjQcQNZAOfQnq2AblNBMeFIBkc) – NAV-X GPS practice course – NAV-X Team
Note: This Score-O course will be "open" throughout 2021!
- Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve, Antioch – "New" course – François
Added February 21, 2021
General Notes
- These are not official BAOC events, and we do not have park permits for these courses.
- Be careful for your safety. Tell somebody where you will be and when you expect to return.
- Be mindful of the general COVID-19 restrictions, and any specific restrictions that might apply to the parks.
Webmaster's Notes:
- These “non-events” are not listed individually on the Home page or the Schedule page, because we want to minimize the “visibility” of park usage.
- Please contact the
if any of this information is wrong.