Route to Christmas: Day 15
Posted by Jan Kocbach, 15 Dec 2007@8:00
Todays leg is from the unofficial Norwegian Youth Champs 2006 (Hovedløpet) in Norway – north of Trondheim. Leg 14 in the oldest category – H16 – is chosen. This leg is not exceptionally difficult nor long – but it is interesting to note how it is attacked by the coming Norwegian Orienteering Elite.
First take a look at the map without routes – and think about how you would attack this leg (if the map is too small, you may click on it to get it larger – click again outside the map to close it):
Then you can take a look at how the runners who have drawn their route choice solved this leg:
Source: Routegadget at this location.
After the race we tested the routes and found that straight (pretty much the green route) was the fastest, but in-race and after-race are two different things!