Sat Dec 19, 6:00 PM - Sat Dec 19, 9:00 PM

Fort Myers Country Club

3591 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers, FL 33901

Community: Fort Myers

Description

Northline Navigation is proud to present the Fort Myers “O” Christmas Lights!

Event Details

WHO – Fort Myers and Southwest Florida area runners, walkers, friends, and families. No experience necessary!
WHAT – Nighttime Holiday Orienteering Race, RIOYO (“Run It On Your Own”)
WHERE – Fort Myers, FL (Start/Finish is in the parking lot of the Fort Myers Country Club)
WHEN – Course opens Friday, December 19, and closes Sunday night, January 3, 2021
WHY – Why not?
HOW – Locate as many of the holiday light displays as you can, in any order, using just a map and/or compass… AT NIGHT! Checkpoints are located at houses and establishments with AWESOME CHRISTMAS LIGHT DISPLAYS. A smartphone app running silently in your pocket tracks your score and keeps time and results. This is a navigation race — no GPS navigating allowed! While this race is timed, there is no cut-off time — you can take as long as you like.
HOW MUCH – Adults are $20, accompanied kids are free. The course map will be emailed to pre-registered runners as a PDF for self-printing the night before the event window opens. Registrants after December 19 will have an immediate download link.
OVERVIEW
Nighttime Orienteering Race, which will take place for TWO WEEKS beginning Friday night, December 19, and closing Sunday night, January 3, 2021. The race must be run AT NIGHT!
This is a unique event that respects everyone’s personal space in the era of COVID-19 social distancing, allows us to all run (or walk, hike, shimmy, Prancercize, etc) the same course, and then compare results (and routes)… except, not all at once.
How it works — You will receive a PDF course map to print at home (ideally in COLOR), and instructions on how to download and install the scoring app, UsynligO. You can go ANY TIME during the TWO WEEK Event Window to RIOYO (“run it on your own.”)
Click here for video tutorials on UsynligO installation and usage.
When you’re at the start location and launch the UsynligO app to begin the activity, the clock is ticking and you’ll travel to as many checkpoints marked on the map as fast as you can. The triangle symbol is the Start, and the double circle symbol is the Finish, and they’re in the same place near where you parked. Checkpoints are marked as circles at specific light displays. When you arrive at a checkpoint, the app (

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