Simple steps for creating your course map for us to follow:
Go to www.MapMyRun.com
Near the middle of the page, on the left side, there should be 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.)
When you have logged-in, click on "Map new run", which is in the second blue bar from the top of the page. Use the Pro version.
Near the center of the top of the map window, there is a text box where you can put the address, city and state (or, just City and State, then move the map around to find your course area). Click "Enter".
Set your options. I turn off the "Auto-Recenter Map" and "Show Map Markers" options. Under "Units" (second tab) I suggest "Metric (km)", if you are doing a 5K or 10K course.
You then can choose to show a Satellite View, instead of a Street View. I like the Satellite (or the Hybrid) View once I have found my course area.
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. You won't see any indication that it noted your first click, if you have turned off the "Show Map Markers". Don't worry, just click at the next spot on your 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 to my profile.
Give the course the name you want to have on your Certification (for instance, My Race 5K).
Don't change the rating, unless you really want to.
Click the descriptors that describe your course, and fill in the other required fields.
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.