Future Events
Sat 30 Oct
Coaching - Russland Beeches (TBC)
Near: Rusland, full details...
Wed 27 Oct - Tue 2 Nov
MapRun - Grange-over-Sands
Near: Grange, full details...
Wed 3 Nov
Ulverston North Night Urban Event
Near: Ulverston, full details...
Almost all events have courses for beginners (please read the event details).
Full list of all future events
Sprint Race 3 - Brockhole
Part of September 2021 Sprint Series
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.
Save the new date - LOC Fifty (2nd) Anniversary Party
Lakeland's much postponed 50th Anniversary Party has a(nother) date! Please make a note of the new date in your 2022 diary: Friday 1st July 2022.
It should be a great party with dinner and a...
British Orienteering Long Distance Championships and Junior Home Internationals
British Orienteering Long Distance Championships
Congratulations to Laura Brown who won the W16 silver medal at the recent British Orienteering Long Distance Championships on the sand dunes of...
LOC Autumn Coaching - Saturday 30th October & 20th November
2 days for an opportunity to brush up on techniques
Saturday 30th October, 10.15 – 12.00 (approx)
Rusland Beeches (TBC) focusing on Relocation
I would say 99% of us need to practice staying calm and thinking clearly with a process - especially at...
Heather Heppenstall - 2021LiaD
Lakes in a Day Ultra, Caldbeck to Cartmel, 50 miles, 4000m climb
I decided I wanted to challenge myself and get back in to some longer races again after having the kids. Pre kids (Chris and) I had done a certain amount of adventure racing and mountain marathons...
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