Future Events
Wed 8 Dec - Tue 14 Dec
MapRun - Ulverston South
Near: Ulverston, full details...
Wed 15 Dec
Kendal Night Urban Event
Near: Kendal, full details...
Sun 26 Dec
Turkey Race 1 - Torver Low Common
Near: Torver, full details...
Almost all events have courses for beginners (please read the event details).
Full list of all future events
Lakeland Warrior Weekend - 4th/5th December
Now open to LOC and Warrior members
A chance to run international standard courses on new maps including some new terrain. These three races were originally intended for M21E/W21E with a numbers limit of 80. It's now looking like there will be 30-40 spare runs in each race, so entries have been opened to LOC / Warrior members of any age class.
- Sat 4th Dec - PM Middle Distance Bessy Bank
- Sat 4th Dec evening - Night YMCA Lakeside - CANCELLED
- Sun 5th morning - High Dam. The Sun LOC run at Lakeside will not now take place.
The details (30/11/2021) are attached here.
Unfortunately the Night event as scheduled on Saturday 4th is cancelled because of severe storm damage in the YMCA woodland area and there have been minor changes to the other events of the Weekend generally.
Information is also on SI Entries or Masterplan Adventure.
Virtual Orienteering
MapRun and Permanant Courses
Press here to go to LOC MapRun menu
Maprun is an app which runs on both Android and Apple mobile phones and GPS enabled tablets. It can be downloaded free of charge.
There are now multiple versions:
MapRunF the original app
MapRun6 the latest app Both of these will work on your phone.
MapRunG for using maprun on a Garmin Watch.
The LOC courses are normal orienteering courses except that there are no physical markings on the ground identifying the location of the control sites. The mobile device will ‘beep’ at each site.
Success at British Night Championships
27th November 2021 at Cleeve Hill
LOC runners have been successful at the British Night Championships
Congratulations to:
- Charlie Somers-Cocks 1st on W60.
- Emily Turner 2nd on W18.
- Anne Edwards 3rd on W21
- Christine Robinson...
Success at MTBO World Masters!
Charlie Somers-Cocks recently participated in and won 4 gold medals at the Mountain Bike Orienteering World Masters event in Portugal - an amazing achievement ! Charlie has sent the following report on the activities.
Lakeland Warrior Weekend - 4th/5th December
IMPORTANT UPDATE - PLEASE READ
The details (30/11/2021) are attached here.
Unfortunately the Night event as scheduled on Saturday 4th is cancelled because of severe storm damage in the YMCA woodland area and there have been...
FIGHT CLUB - Night training
To be provided by Martin Bagness
When Tuesday or Thursday evenings - the first session may be on Thursday this week.
Tough, technical, forest / woodland, 4.0 or 2.5km ish.
I will be heading out most weeks and can put out luminous...
LOC Autumn Coaching - Saturday 20th November
An opportunity to brush up on techniques
To be held on Saturday 20th November from 10.00 – 12.30.
Venue - Summerhouse Knott, Finsthwaite.
There will be an LOC group with Carol McNeill & the LOC coaches.
More details on Coaching.
...Beginner?
What is Orienteering?
Orienteering is a sport that combines map reading and running. Competitors have to find their way between a series of checkpoints, called controls, as quickly as possible. There’s no set route between the controls, so you have to decide which way to go and then find your way there without getting lost.
You take part individually, and you don’t get to see the map with the course on it until the race starts, so you can’t plan your route or check out where the controls are in advance. The fastest person to visit all the controls in the right order is the winner.
Read More - Your questions answered
Some Useful Videos - Get Out & Go
British Orienteering Race Calendar - www.britishorienteering.org.uk/page/event