Orienteering is a great way to exercise both your body and your brain.
It is a bit like Park Run. With Park Run you challenge yourself physically by completing a 5km course. The challenge is principally against yourself … to keep turning up and to maybe even improve (or not slow down too much). Of course, for some there is the added challenge of competing against the other competitors that have turned up.
With Street-O you challenge yourself by trying to score as many points as you can in a 45 minute time frame. You score points by going to “controls”, the location of which are shown to you on a map that you carry with you. So you get the physical challenge of trying to keep moving for 45 minutes and the mental challenge of trying to work out which controls to visit and the best way to get to each of those controls all while keeping track of where you actually are. Like Park Run, the challenge is principally against yourself although there is the added thrill of competing against other competitors if that is your thing.
