World of O News
One of the great classic races is the WOC classic in the USA in 1993 – won by Danish Allan Mogensen. The map is called ‘Surebridge mountain’ – and it is one of the maps featured in the sleeping project “101 Orienteering Maps you should run on before you die”.
Here is the description from “101 Orienteering Maps you should run on before you die”:
The WOC Classic race held on Surbridge Mt. map is still considered as one of the technically hardest WOC Classic courses ever. Allan Mogensen, the winner of the race seems to have an almost ‘love/hate’ relation to the area: “I loved this whole area mainly because of the huge amount of details – rocks, contours and thickets spread all over the map. And it was a great feeling to run the WOC having 110% faith in the perfectness of the map.” – but on the other hand, Allan explains: “the technical challenges were very high, not just because of the amount of details, but more because of the stony ground, which I really didn’t like. It was not my cup of tea. I had a lot of respect for the terrain and could really never push myself 100% physically. To me, it was one of the biggest technical challenges ever.”
No webroute today:)
