In today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2025 we travel all the way to New Zealand! Here we offer a long leg from the JWOC trials and South Islands Championships in February. On this leg there were lots of different alternatives chosen by the runners – showing “a rainbow across ...

For the second day of this years’ Route to Christmas 2025 we have chosen a very interesting leg from the Norwegian Championships Long distance. This is a long leg towards the end of a tough long distance race – with several bigger hills that you have to choose how to ...

The 19th edition of the traditional Route to Christmas here at World of O starts with a long and interesting leg from the Czech race INOV-8 CUP organized in north-eastern Czechia in early September. Straight or around – climb or not? Enjoy the challenges – just like the competitors! Your job in Route to Christmas ...

Today we offer a bonus leg in Route to Christmas 2024 – a second leg from the World Cup Final long race. This course was already featured on Day 19 – but the leg to control 13 was interesting enough to make a bonus leg. Especially with this being the area for next year’s ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is a long leg from the Finnish Championships long distance. This course is one of the Top 10-finishers in Course of the Year 2024. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is from the long distance race Langløpet, organized this November in the Oslo-area. Thanks a lot to Arild Andersen for the tip! This was a mass start event with some big stars on the start line – including Kasper Fosser and the Norwegian Junior ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is a quite short leg from the middle distance of the Maximus O Meeting in Spain, organized this February. Here is the terrain description from the bulletin: This terrain offers a fascinating mix of pine and oak forests, enabling high running speeds while demanding ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is from one of the Top 10 courses in Course of the Year 2024: The World Orienteering Championships Sprint, organized in Edinburgh, Scotland this July. The chosen leg is one of the decisive legs – the leg to the 15th control in the men’s ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is a 4.8 km long leg from the Swedish Championships Ultralong. Thanks a lot to Per Forsgren of the course setting team for the tip along with analysis! Note that this was a mass start race – and here is what Per had to ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is a long leg from the long distance race at the World Cup final in Finland – which was also the pre-WOC for next years’ World Orienteering Championships.  The chosen leg is the 3rd leg on the men’s course – one of the ...