Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a nice long leg from the Norwegian Championships Long distance in southern Norway. The chosen leg is the 9th leg which spread out the runners quite well. What would you choose? The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 11 2018
Slovenia is known for its tricky karst terrain – but in today’s leg in Route to Christmas we take a look at a very different Slovenian terrain. This terrain contains of steep slopes which invite to some nice routechoice challenges. Today’s leg is the second leg in the SEEOC (South East ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 10 2018
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a leg from the “Sprint course of the year 2018″, the Junior World Championships Sprint in Hungary. Both men (leg 6) and women (leg 5) had the chosen leg. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a ...
Read More »Last chance to suggest nominations for “Achievement of 2018″
More than 30 different athletes have been suggested for “Orienteering Achievement of 2018″ – along with great background stories highlighting the achievements. See an overview of the suggestions for nominated athletes below – 21 in the men’s and 13 in the women’s category. Monday December 10th at midnight CET is the ...
Read More »Course of the Year 2018: World Cup Final Middle
A very technical middle distance course in Czech Republic is the “Orienteering Course of the Year 2018″! The course really challenged the competitors – both with tricky orienteering, challenging routechoices and tough climbs and downhills. To top it off, the area is truly spectacular, with big sandstone “rock citys” setting the ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 9 2018
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is one of the highlights of this season: The longest leg from Course of the Year 2018 – the World Cup Final Middle distance in Czech Republic. A very interesting leg in very interesting terrain. The chosen leg is leg number 19. Head over ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 8 2018
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is the first sprint leg this year, after several requests. We choose one of the most deciding legs on high level this year, the 8th leg from the WOC sprint in Latvia – which was equal for both men and women. The leg is ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 7 2018
In today’s edition of Route to Christmas we travel to Spain, to the Costa Calida Long World Ranking event. The chosen leg is not the longest leg on the course, but rather a leg where we have some valleys making it interesting to consider different routechoices off the straight line. For ...
Read More »Who did the Orienteering Achievement of the Year 2018?
So many great orienteering achievements in 2018! Suggest a nomination for the Orienteering Achievement of 2018 and win great prizes! Remember that we are not necessarily looking for the best orienteer/team of 2018 – but rather the best achievements. There is one class for men and one for women – juniors ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 6 2018
Today we have a real challenge for you in Route to Christmas! The leg is not too long, but the terrain is tricky, complex karst-terrain with many depressions. Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg 13 in the M21E course from Coppa Italia in Cansiglio. The leg is as ...
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