10Mila 2013: All You Need to Know!

[Updated with LivebBlog] 10MILA countdown: One day left until one of the main highlights of the spring season for an orienteer: 10MILA. Kalevan Rasti, Halden and Kristiansand are the biggest favourites among the men –  Halden, OK Tisaren, Tampereen Pyrintö and Pan Århus the top teams among the women.

• New! We are testing a LiveBlog after all! Join in & have fun!

Relay information: Legs & leg lengths

As always in 10Mila – 10 legs for the men – 5 legs for the women:

• The men run from 7.0 km (7th leg, ungaffled) to 17.9 km (4th leg,”Långa natten” – the long night, ungaffled). All legs except for the 4th leg and the 7th leg are gaffled. The 4 first leg are run in darkness – the 6th and 7th in dawn, and the three last legs in daylight. Start is at 22:15 CET – finish at 08:34.
• The women run from 5.9 km (third leg, ungaffled) to 10.3 km (last leg). All legs except for the third leg are gaffled. Start is at 14:30 CET – finish at 18:33.
• See also PM – Up-to-date race information and 10Mila 2013 webpage

10MILA-kavlen

Damkavlen

The Teams & The Favourites

Kalevan Rasti is the biggest favourite this year with Fabian Hertner, Philippe Adamski, Jan Prochazka and Thierry Gueorgiou on the last leg. Last year’s winner Halden is tipped as the second strongest team – although last leg runner Olav Lundanes has not shown top shape lately. The last four runners on Halden are Mats Haldin, Magne Dæhlie, Marcus Millegård and Olav Lundanes. The third top favourite team is Kristiansand – 2nd last year – with Vegard Danielsen, Hans Gunnar Omdal, Martin Hubmann and Daniel Hubmann on the last four legs. 10Mila 2013 is however about a lot more than these three teams – including the outsiders more than 10 teams can win in the end. See the team setups of the three top favourites below [may be changed!].

In the women’s class, Halden is the favourite along with OK Tisaren, Tampereen Pyrintö and Pan Århus. Halden has Anne Margrethe Hausken out with injury, but still has a strong team with Eva Jurenikova and Mari Fasting on the last two legs. For OK Tisaren it is all about how good the four first runners will serve Simone Niggli: 2 -3 – maybe 4 minutes could be possible on the 10 km long last leg for the Swiss star? Look out for the Danish favourite team Pan Århus – they might very be the winners on Saturday with a very strong all-Danish team. See the team setups of the four top favourites below [may be changed!].

• Set up your 10Mila 2013 Tip here: Top 5 Men & Women
• 10Mila startlist and running order
• 10Mila videos: Get in the 10Mila mood!
• Results 2012 and Results 2011 men / women

1		Halden SK 1	22:15
1		1. Vincent Coupat
1		2. Øyvind Helgerud
1		3. Erik Axelsson
1		4. Espen Fiskum
1		5. Mattias Karlsson
1		6. Emil Wingstedt
1		7. Mats Haldin
1		8. Magne Dæhli
1		9. Marcus Millegård
1		10. Olav Lundanes

3		Kalevan Rasti 1	22:15
3		1. Kiril Nikolov
3		2. Antti Nurmonen
3		3. Simo-Pekka Fincke
3		4. Jere Pajunen
3		5. Jarkko Huovila
3		6. Hannu Airila
3		7. Fabian Hertner
3		8. Philippe Adamski
3		9. Jan Prochazka
3		10. Thierry Gueorgiou

2		Kristiansand OK 1	22:15
2		1. Christian Bøen
2		2. Mats Dahlén
2		3. Eirik Martens Svensen
2		4. Rasmus Djurhuus
2		5. Jostein Andersen
2		6. Baptiste Rollier
2		7. Vegard Danielsen
2		8. Hans Gunnar Omdal
2		9. Martin Hubmann
2		10. Daniel Hubmann

501		Halden SK 1	14:30
501		1. Vendula Haldin
501		2. Bodil Holmström
501		3. Kajsa Nilsson (FK Göingarna)
501		4. Eva Jurenikova
501		5. Mari Fasting
502		OK Tisaren 1	14:30
502		1. Andrea Svensson (Finspångs SOK)
502		2. Claire Ward
502		3. Helena Andersson
502		4. Lilian Forsgren (Chalmers OL)
502		5. Simone Niggli
503		Tampereen Pyrintö 1	14:30
503		1. Riina Kuuselo
503		2. Anni-Maija Fincke
503		3. Tytti Kirvesmies
503		4. Saila Kinni
503		5. Venla Niemi

512		OK Pan Århus 1	14:30
512		1. Signe Klinting
512		2. Emma Klingenberg
512		3. Miri Thrane Ødum
512		4. Maja Alm
512		5. Ida Bobach

Live services: How to follow the race

Unfortunately, no official LiveBlog is planned at WorldofO.com this year as the LiveBlogging software CoveritLive is now very expensive to use. I might test an alternative LiveBlog service during the night, though – check out WorldofO.com around the start of the men’s race to check it out!

• Online Web-TV (costs 100 SEK) and Web Radio (free – Swedish or Finish)
• 10Mila Android, iPhone and Windows Phone Apps
• Live GPS tracking will probably (as usually) only be available via Web TV (and not in GPSSeuranta) during the event – full tracking is usually made public after the event. Tracking is planned for all legs in both men’s and women’s relay.

• Replay of LiveBlog 2012, Replay of LiveBlog 2011, replay of LiveBlog 2010 and LiveBlog 2009. From the 2010 edition; Thierry Gueorgiou: – It feels good. We have been so frustrated so many years. Now it feels really good. There is no better feeling than running in front. It just felt like an easy training on a Sunday morning. This year we were very well prepared. It is one of the last goals of my career. So now it is only left the long distance at the WOC.
• Replay of GPS tracking 10Mila 2010

Old maps & preparations

• Old map of the 10Mila area / map 2
• 10Mila preparations in RunningWild (draw your route on a course on the old map of the area): Course 1, course 2, course 3, course 4
• Where in the World is 10Mila 2013? (Just north of Stockholm)

Old map over part of 10Mila 2013 area