Day 14 in Route to Christmas takes us to Denmark – and a long leg with many route choice options. The chosen leg is leg 25 in the M21E course from the Danish Championships Long organized at September 13th 2015. Denmark is country number 14 in this year’s Route to ...
Read More »Last chance to suggest nominations for “Achievement of 2015″
See an overview of the suggestions for nominated athletes below. Monday December 14th at midnight CET is the last chance to suggest a nomination for the Orienteering Achievement of 2015. Suggested athletes and achievements as of Sunday evening morning (through Facebook page, intro-article and e-mail) are given in the table below in ...
Read More »2.500 Euro worth prizes for luck voters: Check if you won!
15 sponsor prizes to be given away! A big thank you all for voting and nominating courses for “Course of the Year 2015″ – in the end the World Champs Long distance course won the “Course of the Year 2015″ overall. Read on to see if YOU won a prize ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 13 2015
A leg in the gold mining area of the Australian Championships Long 2015 is the most suggested leg for Route to Christmas this year – this should be perfect entertainment for a Sunday in December. Most of the deep erosion features were made by high pressure water jets which washed loose ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 12 2015
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a classic hilly, continental route choice leg from Austria. We have now traveled through 12 countries, and are half way to Christmas. The chosen leg is from the Austrian Championships Ultralong – and the same leg was ran both in W21E and in M45. ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 11 2015
Today we visit Finland for a night orienteering leg – and this time we take a look at the women’s class. The chosen race is the Finnish Championships Night organized at September 26th 2015 – and the chosen leg is the 5th leg. Even with the strong headlamps available today, night orienteering is a ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 10 2015
Day 10 of Route to Christmas takes us to a long leg in the Russian Championships in a terrain which looks like a lot of fun to run in: Areas with big stones makes the orienteering tricky in parts. 10 Days – 10 Countries: Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, France, Czech Republic, ...
Read More »Who did the Orienteering Achievement of the Year 2015?
Suggest a nomination for the Orienteering Achievement of 2015 and win great prizes! Remember that we are not necessarily looking for the best orienteer/team of 2015 – but rather the best achievements. There is one class for men and one for women – juniors can also be suggested, the same ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 9 2015
Today’s leg is an absolute gem from France: France is a country with lots of interesting technical orienteering – this is also a perfect stage for interesting route choice legs. In today’s edition of Route to Christmas we visit the Nationale Sud-Est 2015 race organized on the Mazayes map in Clermont-Ferrand. The race ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 8 2015
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is the major leg of “The Course of the Year 2015” – the M21 course in the World Championships Long distance in Scotland. Accompanying today’s Route to Christmas is an analysis of the leg by World Champion on this very course Thierry Gueorgiou – and ...
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