“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, NAV-X, John Richardson
Type: Training; Streamered courses at various parks for practice/exercise during the shutdown/restrictions
List of Courses
Briones Courses Las Trampas Course Lower Kensington Course North Berkeley Course Tilden Course Point Pinole Bike-O Course Annadel Course Evergreen Valley College NAV-X Arastradero Preserve (http://docs.google.com/document/d/1yaOVCRbmBdjD6UEDKpdWfl6lsQcKtqlWlOa9ry56TMc) NAV-X Mississippi Bar (http://docs.google.com/document/d/1xTcRAnQBOrielO8SsVjQcQNZAOfQnq2AblNBMeFIBkc) Black Diamond Mines #2 Coyote Hills Courses Sunol Course NAV-X Joaquin Miller (http://docs.google.com/document/d/1-aaLdHdyUbJjcL4RZyDjWCjgG-hamtdMhwkl_o0x8iY)
May 1st Update
- Bill Cusworth has placed Gavin's Annadel Corona Middle course on MapRun. He also replaced all the flagging on the course with the biodegradable flagging (https://www.presco.com/safety-marking-products/products/roll-flagging/) that Nav-X has been using for their courses. (You don't have to feel guilty about leaving this flagging in the woods—it decomposes in 6–24 months.)
- The parks listed below are currently 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, our NAV-X friends, and John Richardson, you have chances to get out of the house and run/walk some courses around the Bay Area.
General Notes
- These are training courses, not organized BAOC events. We do not have park permits for these courses.
- Be careful for your safety. You are on your own—tell somebody where you will be and when you expect to return.
- You are doing this at your own risk. Each participant assumes full responsibility (BAOC accepts no responsibility) for any and all injuries, losses, and damages that he or she incurs while attending or participating in these courses. Hazards could include steep hills and cliffs, loose rocks, occasional dense and sharp brush, poison oak, mountain lions and rattlesnakes, … and more.
- Be mindful of the general COVID-19 restrictions, and any specific restrictions that might apply to the parks.
- There are no fees for running these courses. Of course, charitable donations to BAOC are always appreciated. 😊
Open Courses
These courses are listed in the order in which they were announced (i.e., oldest to newest). Details of the courses are on the linked webpages. Each page describes the course(s), and provides link(s) to the map(s).
- Briones Regional Park – Brown and Green courses – Gavin
- Las Trampas, Alamo – One 5.2 km course – Luc
- Lower Kensington – 6 km Street-O course – George
- North Berkeley (Thousand Oaks) – 7 km Street-O course – George
- Tilden Park, Berkeley – One 4.2 km course – John C.
- Point Pinole, Richmond – 5.5 km Bike-O course – Steve
- Trione-Annadel State Park, Santa Rosa – Middle course – Gavin
See the note above about the updated status of the course.
- Evergreen Valley College, San Jose – Two Courses – Werner
- 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
- Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont – Two Courses – John R.
Added March 14, 2021; streamers removed May 19; still available on MapRun
- Sunol Regional Wilderness, Sunol – 5 km course – François
Added April 18, 2021
- Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland (http://docs.google.com/document/d/1-aaLdHdyUbJjcL4RZyDjWCjgG-hamtdMhwkl_o0x8iY) – NAV-X GPS practice course – NAV-X Team
Note: This Score-O course will be "open" throughout 2021!
Closed Courses
The following courses are considered to be closed, but the maps are still available. They are listed in the order in which they were announced (i.e., oldest to newest). Details of the courses are on the linked webpages. Each page describes the course(s), and provides link(s) to the map(s).
- Joe Grant County Park, San Jose – Three point-to-point courses & Score-O – Misha
- Sulphur Springs, Vallejo – One 3.9 km course – Rex
- Sugarloaf Open Space, Walnut Creek – One 3.8 km course – Rex
- Morgan Territory, Livermore – Two courses – François & Marie-Josée
- Sycamore Valley Regional Open Space Preserve, Danville – Two courses – Rex
- Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco – One course at Fort Scott – Rex
- Big Basin State Park, Boulder Creek – Two courses – Misha
This park is completely closed because of the fire last year.
- Morgan Territory, Livermore – Two (new) courses – François
Controls were removed Sunday, November 22nd
- Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland – Two-option course – Rex
- Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve, Antioch – Middle course – François
Control markers were removed Sunday, February 21st — a new course is listed above
- Morgan Territory, Livermore – Middle-style course – Matej
- Trione-Annadel State Park, Santa Rosa (http://www.navxchallenge.com/navx-annadel-maprunner-2020) – NAV-X GPS Map Trekking training course – Bill & Heidi
- Bon Tempe Reservoir, Fairfax – Three Courses – Dennis
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.