The first day of Route to Christmas 2013 takes us to Sweden – and the best long distance course from 2013 according to “Course of the Year 2013″. The race in question is the Swedish Championships long distance – organized at September 22nd 2013 – and we are looking at ...

As a big thank you for all voting and nominating courses, I have the possibility to share some fantastic sponsor prizes with you! Thanks a lot to both YOU out there and the sponsors – without you this would not be possible. Below in the sponsor section the winners for ...

For the second year in a row the “Course of the Year” prize goes to Portugal O-Meeting. Rather than one of the main events at Portugal O-Meeting – the prize goes to one of the “side events” – an evening sprint in spectacular surroundings of the hilltop village Monsanto – ...

… has a central place in the Top 10 list in the 2013 edition of “Course of the Year” – with (at least) 4 courses in the Top 10. The winner in “Course of the Year 2013″ will be revealed as soon as the interview with the course setter is ...

Closing in on 800 votes – number 828, 880 and 980 will each get one of the prizes – vote now if you have not yet! Tuesday at midnight CET is your last chance to vote for Course of the Year 2013! Set up your personal Top 5 List and ...

Set up your personal Top 5 List from the nominated maps – and win prizes from our sponsors! The nominated maps have been chosen based on submissions from the WorldofO.com readers and some of the worlds top orienteers through the last weeks. Now YOU can choose “The Course of the ...

– I never even thought of running fast, just reading myself towards the next flag, cruising around the bushes, Lena Eliasson explains about her favourite course in 2013. Eliasson won the bronze medal at WOC long distance in Finland this year – but the Swedish top runner doesn’t even mention ...

– I have counted and so far this year I have set courses for about 75 trainings, Czech national team runner and Halden SK coach Eva Jurenikova answers when asked about how many courses she has set so far in 2013. Her highlight of the year on the course side ...

– It was a good course that lured you into high speed the first controls, and then became a lot trickier before you had to speed up again towards the end, Swedish top runner Gustav Bergman tells about his favourite course of 2013. The course Bergman is talking about is ...

– It kept me busy all the way and I found it challenging enough considering my physical abilities on that day, Edgars Bertuks says about his favourite course in 2013 – the WOC Middle distance. And from this interview with the Latvian World Champion middle distance from 2012, it is ...