Jukola 2011: All you need to know!

21:55 CET on Saturday more than 1500 men head into the forest – nearly 9 hours earlier at 14:10 CET nearly 1100 women start their relay. The Jukola relay is the highlight of the season for many runners – here you find all the information you need about the  Jukola and Venla relays.

Live TV/results/tracking/startlists

• Live TV feed:  Finnish language – Swedish language (via YLE, from 12:55 CET – 18:00 CET and from 21:45 CET – 09:00 CET)
• Live results Venla: server 1, server 2, server 3, server 4,
• Live results Jukola: server 1, server 2, server 3, server 4
• Live audio (speaker sound)
• There is GPS Tracking (for 20 teams) on all legs. However, live GPS Tracking will only be shown on the TV feed – there is no separate tracking offered. On some legs there will be little tracking shown so that later runners will not see the forking etc.
• Startlists: Jukola – Venla
• Jukola webpage and competition information
• LiveBlog (via WorldofO.com – see bottom of this page or direct link in separate window here)
• Mobile version of the WorldofO.com LiveBlog
• Twitter hash tag for Jukola relay: #jukola (directly included in LiveBlog)

Map and terrain

The competition terrain consists of several wide hills (from 30 to 40 meters). Most of the terrain has a lot of small details, and in some parts there are young pine forests with limited visibility. Fields, forest roads and paths offer different route choices. Above the map from Jukola 1992 is shown. This map overlaps most of the Jukola 2011 embargoed area, except for some areas to the south.

The 1992 Jukola map with course can be  found from omaps.worldofo.com:

• Old map 1, old map 2
• Browse all old Jukola maps in omaps.worldofo.com
• Use of 3DRerun for pre-race analysis for Jukola 2011 (via o-training.net)
• HeadCam video from neighbour map – learn what the forest looks like (via o-training.net)
• See also article about forking in Jukola relays (via o-training.net)

Jukola 2011 is organized close to Hamina, not far from the Russian border. Below you see the embargoed area for Jukola 2011.

Jukola video

Take a look at this Jukola 2010 compilation video to get you in the Jukola mood:

Venla relay

Start: 13:10 CET (14:10 local time)

Leg	Length (km)	Estimated time (min)	Changeover time	Climb (m)
1	6,8 – 6,9	46	13:56	140
2	6,1 – 6,2	42	14:38	120
3	5,1 – 5,2	33	14:11	125
4	8,4 – 8,5	56	16:07	180
Total	26,7	2 h 57 min		565

• There is forking on all legs

Selected teams who have submitted their running order (may still be changed – will be updated here by Saturday 12:00 CET):

2 Ulricehamns OK 1  

1	Anna Nilsson Simkovics
2	Ida Bobach
3	Helena Lidhage
4	Maja Alm

4 NTNUI 1  

1	Hanne Növik
2	Bodil Holmström
3	Line Hagman
4	Mari Fasting

5 IFK Lidingö SOK 1  

1	Ines Brodmann
2	Annica Gustafsson
3	Signe Söes
4	Annika Billstam

Top Teams last year:

1	3	Tampereen Pyrintö	FIN	3:07:12	Anni-Maija Fincke	59:32
2	1	Ulricehamns OK	SWE	+4:46	Simone Niggli	1:01:49
3	4	Halden SK	NOR	+7:39	Anne Margrethe Hausken	59:14
4	21	NTNUI	NOR	+8:00	Mari Fasting	1:06:04
5	7	IFK Lidingö SOK	SWE	+8:26	Annika Billstam	1:04:36
6	8	Sävedalens AIK	SWE	+10:29	Emma Andersson	1:04:46
7	5	OK Linne	SWE	+13:18	Inga Kazlauskaite	1:08:38
8	17	SK Pohjantähti	FIN	+13:29	Heini Wennman	1:07:37
9	20	Konnerud IL	NOR	+14:24	Marianne Andersen	59:36
10	15	Bäkkelagets SK	NOR	+14:44	Heidi Östlid Bagstevold	1:03:32
11	6	Turun Suunnistajat	FIN	+17:41	Vroni König-Salmi	1:09:16
12	23	Lynx	FIN	+17:48	Karoliina Sundberg	1:04:18
13	14	Angelniemen Ankkuri	FIN	+19:33	Maria Rantala	1:03:26
14	36	Tampereen Pyrintö 2	FIN	+20:16	Heidi Haapasalo	1:05:14
15	9	Domnarvets GoIF	SWE	+20:24	Lena Eliasson	1:20:55
16	148	Rastikarhut	FIN	+20:54	Elli Haapamäki	1:09:58
17	25	Kalevan Rasti	FIN	+21:42	Aija Skrastina	1:08:09
18	13	Tullinge SK	SWE	+21:48	Jenny Lönnkvist	1:09:06
19	49	IFK Moras OK	SWE	+22:37	Eva Svensson	1:09:51
20	22	Koovee	FIN	+22:48	Merja Rantanen	1:00:51

Jukola relay

Start: 21:55 CET (22:55 local time)

Leg	Length (km)	Light	Estimated time (min)	Changeover time	Climb (m)
1	11,4 – 11,5	light/dusk	68	23.03	290
2	11,3 – 11,4	dark	68	00.11	275
3	13,5 – 13,6	dark	79	01.30	350
4	8,2 – 8,4	dusk/light	48	02.18	180
5	8,4 – 8,6	light	47	03.05	190
6	10,4 – 10,6	light	58	04.03	260
7	15,5 – 15,7	light	85	05.28	370
Total	79,4		7 h 33 min			1915

• There is forking on all legs
• 21.42 CET Sunset
• 02.39 CET Sunrise

Selected teams who have submitted their running order (may still be changed, will be updated here by Saturday 12:00 CET):

14

Kristiansand OK 1

1. Christian Bøen
2. Mats Dahlén
3. Isak Bergman
4. Jostein Andersen
5. Martin Hubmann
6. Baptiste Rollier
7. Daniel Hubmann

6 IL Tyrving 1  

1	Martin Ivarsson
2	Jostein Nörbech
3	Björn Ekeberg
4	Anders A Tiltnes
5	Jim Öystein Nybråten
6	Torbjörn Sagberg
7	Audun H Weltzien

9 OK Linne 1  

1	Josef Nordlund
2	Jan Troeng
3	Mats Troeng
4	Rassmus Andersson
5	Oskar Sjöberg
6	Tomas Stenström
7	Mattias Millinger

Top teams last year:

1	3	Halden SK	NOR	8:32:41	Olav Lundanes	1:38:44
2	2	Kalevan Rasti	FIN	+7:07	Thierry Gueorgiou	1:32:17
3	11	Vaajakosken Terä	FIN	+17:42	Jani Lakanen	1:40:08
4	25	Lynx	FIN	+22:57	Roman Ryapolov	1:45:55
5	67	Paimion Rasti	FIN	+24:13	Kim Fagerudd	1:37:25
6	16	IL Tyrving	NOR	+24:37	Audun Weltzien	1:37:12
7	5	Vehkalahden Veikot	FIN	+25:48	Tero Föhr	1:42:39
8	7	Delta	FIN	+26:29	Valentin Novikov	1:34:17
9	13	OK Linne	SWE	+26:38	Henrik Löfås	1:41:35
10	17	Angelniemen Ankkuri	FIN	+26:42	Aleksei Bortnik	1:43:03
11	28	Tampereen Pyrintö	FIN	+27:38	Jarkko Huovila	1:40:40
12	23	Halden SK 2	NOR	+27:44	Jon Pedersen	1:43:29
13	29	Bäkkelagets SK	NOR	+33:36	Carl Waaler Kaas	1:34:53
14	46	Kristiansand OK 2	NOR	+34:28	Jon Duncan	1:40:12
15	15	Turun Metsänkävijät	FIN	+34:39	Scott Fraser	1:38:02
16	6	Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna	SWE	+34:50	William Lind	1:36:09
17	35	Hiisirasti	FIN	+36:56	Sergei Detkov	1:41:32
18	4	IFK Göteborg	SWE	+39:40	Francois Gonon	1:46:26
19	32	Göteborg Majorna OK	SWE	+48:20	Andreas J Johansson	1:48:10
20	18	IFK Lidingö SOK	SWE	+52:42	Fredrik Johansson	1:50:49

LiveBlog

World of O will again follow the Jukola and Venla relays with the popular Live Blog – and give you all the action and analysis as it happens. Join in on the fun – and contribute with your comments. I need some extra moderators/admins to get through all of the night – please send me an email at jan@kocbach.net if you have the opportunity to help out! I can assure you that you’ll have more fun than watching alone.