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The best Jukola tactics is usually to get a good start in the first part of the relay, because then the next runners will have faster runners around them when running their legs. But how high up does your team need to be after the first leg to be able to gain from the teams around you? Exactly how much faster does the field go around position 100 compared to position 200 at the second leg? Many clubs are composing their team for the Jukola relay these days – below you find some useful curves which will bring you closer to these answers.
The running times of all teams and all runners in Jukola 2007 have been analyzed to look into these questions. If you have any questions to the analysis, please add a comment below. It might not all be too easy to grasp without thinking a bit;)
Note! Some special effects are seen at leg 3 and 4 when going down into the field due to the fact that the sun goes up and runners do not need to use their headlights anymore.
