Simple steps for creating your course map for us to follow:

 

Go to www.MapMyRun.com

On the left side of the page there is a Login window.  If you are not a member already, create your member account.  You must be a member to save your route.  (You can also create your route, then create your member account when you are ready to save the route.)  

If you are having us measure your course, you may use our login. It is "course@racemeasure.com", and the password is "123456". If you are not having us measure the course, I will delete your course from our account, so please don't just map one for your own use.

When you have logged-in, click on "Runs" (in the top black menu bar)>"Map a run".

Fill in city and state, click on RUn/Jog, and Event.  Click "Continue".

While in Map view, find where your run will start. Once there, zoom in (slider bar on the left side of the screen). I also change the Map Options (next to the slider bar) to show Hybrid under Map Type, as this shows street names, and satellite images. Under "Units" (second tab) I suggest "Metric (km)", if you are doing a 5K or 10K course.

Give the course a name, which is done in the window on the same bar as the distance.

Once you have found your Start area, zoom in so you can follow the shortest possible route, which means following the inside of turns.  At this point, you should know if you can use an entire road, curb-to-curb, or if you must stay in one lane only, or if you will be using only the sidewalk along-side the road.

Click on your Start (or Finish, if you want to finish in a particular spot, and will let the Start fall where it may) location.  Follow the shortest possible route the runners may take, and still be on the course. 

If you click, then want to "erase" the last click, click on the "Undo" button on the right side of the map.  It will undo a point for every click you do, so you can erase a few turns back, if you want.

The distance is shown in the upper-right corner of the map.

Once you have gotten the desired distance (REMEMBER, it is not exact, but it is pretty close.  Your length may be a couple hundred feet off of the desired distance, so keep that in mind), click on Save>Save and Complete.

If you used your own login, you must at least make the route "Public to all with link", or we can't follow the link you send us.

Copy the URL (address) it shows on the final page, and paste it into an email to us:  (info@RaceMeasure.com).  Be sure to add a note to tell us about the race, and all details so we can contact you to answer questions, and to ask some ourselves.

That's all there is to it.  Easier than the instructions would lead you to believe.