MapRun League

Welcome to Southampton Orienteering Club's 2026 MapRun League. The League will run between April and September, with your best four results out of six counting towards the league. A new event will be added at the start of each month, and you have until the end of the month to complete it. Events will stay open beyond that date, but will not count towards the league. A social will be organised for one Thursday each month - come and run with others and then stay for a drink. There will be 50 points for the winner of each event, 49 for second-placed, etc., with everyone who participates getting at least one point.

Enter the league through Racesignup. After entering (or at the start of the month if entering in advance), competitors will receive an email from Racesignup containing a PIN code to unlock the event and a link to download a PDF map to print.

MapRun is a form of orienteering where you use a mobile phone app to record whether you have successfully navigated your way around a course and your times. There won't be any flags or physical controls, but you will receive positive confirmation from the app that you are in the right place. Please see the MapRun website for more info. The MapRun app is available for free on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. There are also versions of the app that you can run on a Garmin or Apple watch.

The League is being coordinated by webmaster [at] socweb.org (Dave Currie). Any queries, let me know.

League guidelines:

• Your first attempt counts for the League (but you are welcome to do it more than once and try to improve).
• Avoid looking at the maps and planning your route before you start. Part of the challenge is to plan your route under time pressure!
• No studying the tracks of other people before you run. That is cheating!