Monsterleg! 4.5 km long! Today’s Route to Christmas is the longest leg in this years travel through the orienteering world. I choose a Saturday for it as I guess you all have some extra time for Route to Christmas in the weekend. Todays leg is leg number 34(!) in the ...

Todays we are visiting a new country in Route to Christmas: Moldova and the Moldavian Championships long distance organized on May 14th. Compared to the legs we have seen the last few days, this leg does not have the same technical challenges and analysis possibilities, but one of the nice ...

Todays leg in Route to Christmas is a celebration of the winner of the Course of the Year 2011 which was announced today. Thus we visit France for the second day in a row – and some of you might already be familiar with this leg. The course in question ...

Todays leg in Route to Christmas is one of the nominations for Course of the Year 2011 – featuring Thierry Gueorgiou and Marc Lauenstein – two of the runners nominated for The Orienteering Achievement of 2011. Thanks to Benoit Cochey for the tip. We have headed over to France – ...

Today we travel to Kongsberg, Norway – to a long and interesting leg from the last day of the traditional Kongsberg Pinseløpet. The leg we focus on in today’s Route to Christmas is leg 3 in the H40 course. Thanks to Terje Mathisen for the tip. As a bonus for ...

Today’s Route to Christmas takes us to Ireland to the last race of the 2011 LongO series at Tollymore organized in March this year. Over 80 orienteers enjoyed fair weather and endured tough courses as you can read about here. To set you in the mood for today’s Route to ...

For today’s leg in Route to Christmas we are back in Europe – to a long leg in hilly terrain in Switzerland. Todays leg in Route to Christmas is leg 14 in the Men Elite course from the first day of the Swiss O-week 2011, organized at July 31th 2011. ...

In today’s Route to Christmas we are traveling all the way to New Zealand – to a very interesting, open terrain south of Auckland on the map Ngapuriri. Todays leg in Route to Christmas is leg 8 in the Red 1 course. The leg is as usually first provided without ...

In today’s Route to Christmas we are moving north from Austria to Germany. Todays leg is the 4th leg in the German Championships long distance in Bad Harzburg, Germany – close to the area which will be used for WMOC 2012 in Bad Harzburg. Thanks to Christian Gieseler for the ...

Todays leg in Route to Christmas takes us to beautiful Austrian terrain – to the JEC 2011 in Arnoldstein, Austria. In the Bulletin the runners were met with the following warning: – You are on the way to the largest rock fallen area in the Alps. So be careful in ...