The runner chosen for February is Lukás Barták from Slovakia. I have seldom seen a happier winner than Lukás Barták after getting Slovakia the silver medal on home ground at the last leg at the World University Orienteering Champs in 2006 (see pictures of the team below). 16th and 13th ...

The runner chosen for May is Daniel Hubmann from Switzerland. Hubmann turned professional before the 2007 season, and was by many thought to be the favorite among the Swiss men in the major competitions this season – as he fought a tight fight with Thierry Gueorgiou for the overall World ...

The runner chosen for January is Céline Dodin from France. The World of O Wall Calendar has only one runner from each of 12 selected countries – and why not choose Thierry Gueorgiou for France, you might ask? Well, french orienteering is more than Thierry – others deserve some attention ...

The World of O Wall Calendar 2008 is a free download high-quality PDF-file which you can print out and hang on the wall. It contains all international competitions from World of O Calendar (as of January 5th), along with chosen pictures from World of O Runners from 2007. This preview ...

Another small bonus leg – this time from the “Lang-SM” in Toppwald at september 23rd 2007 – the leg is leg 12 for the category HE. First take a look at the map without routes – and think about how you would attack this leg (if the map is too ...

Just a small bonus leg from this years Norwegian Champs long distance at September 13th covered at December 22nd. The main thing here is not the route choices in themselves, but rather what happens when you are really tired (after the long leg covered on December 22nd and 17 more ...

To celebrate the last day in this years “Route to Christmas”, I have chosen a really long leg from the Norwegian Champs in night orienteering with several different distinct route choice options. Organizers were NTNUI orienteering, and the venue was Trondheim north in Norway. The leg chosen is leg 4 ...

Todays leg is from Switzerland – and the competition is the 5. National Chuderhüsi at september 22nd 2007. The chosen leg is leg 12 from the men elite course. A long leg, where the main challenge is to avoid climbing while still not running to far. First take a look ...

Todays leg is a really long and interesting leg from this years Norwegian Champs long distance at September 13th in the Hamar region north of the Norwegian capital Oslo. For runners not used to Nordic terrain, one these legs will definitely be a real challenge! First take a look at ...

Todays leg is from the 2. Austria Cup 2007 at April 22nd 2007. The chosen leg is leg number 12 in H35, which is also very similar to leg number 13 in H20E/H21L. It is a long leg with quite a few route choice alternatives. The difference between the different ...