Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a 3.5 km long leg (to the very first control!) in the M21E course from Danish Championships Ultralong this April. A long leg set on the island Rømø on the Danish west coast – and has a very characteristic terrain. The leg must ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 12 2016
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg 11 in the Swiss Championships Long distance in the M21E course. The tip comes again from Color. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 11 2016
In today’s edition of Route to Christmas we take a look at the most crucial leg in one of the most important races of 2016 – the World Orienteering Championships Middle distance. The leg in question is the 12 leg – the longest leg on the course. The long leg to ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 10 2016
Today’s edition of Route to Christmas takes us to the country which is hosting next year’s World Orienteering Championships – Estonia. The chosen leg is the second leg in the Suunto Games Long distance race – a race where several national teams were present. The leg is as usually first ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 9 2016
Today’s edition of Route to Christmas is from the Course of the Year according to Thierry Gueorgiou – the Norwegian O-Festival long distance which was also a selection race for WOC for the Swiss team. We are looking at the 14th leg – which is also a tip from Color. ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 8 2016
Czech Republic’s sandstone paradise is the target for today’s leg in Route to Christmas. The chosen leg is the 15th leg in the men’s course at the last stage of Nice Holidays 2016, organized at August 21st 2016. “Nice Holidays” is a very nice annual event in the beautiful Czech sandstones. The ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 7 2016
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is from Swedish League event 3 in April this year – thanks to a tip by Color. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this leg (if the ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 6 2016
In today’s Route to Christmas we are travelling to Sweden to a Long distance Swedish League event in May 2016. The leg is the 9th leg from the men’s junior elite course. The tip for this leg comes from Swedish junior Simon Hector. Hector writes that he wants to ...
Read More »Last chance to suggest nominations for “Achievement of 2016″
See an overview of the suggestions for nominated athletes below. Monday December 5th at midnight CET is the last chance to suggest a nomination for the Orienteering Achievement of 2016. Suggested athletes and achievements as of Sunday evening (through Facebook page, intro-article and e-mail) are given in the table below in arbitrary ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 5 2016
Today we are travelling to Finland for a dark September night in Route to Christmas. Arttu Syrjäläinen has tipped us about a nice long leg which was common for the men’s and women’s course from the Finnish Night Champs – thanks a lot for the tip! Note that the contour ...
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