– The leg to the 2nd control is one of the best route choice legs I’ve seen this year, and personally I think it’s probably the route choice I was struggling with the most to decide in the last few years. These are the words of elite runner Ivar Lundanes of Ivarnational ...
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Route to Christmas: Day 9 2022
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2022 is from a night orienteering race in Norway – in foggy weather where night orienteering really gets interesting. The tip is from Terje Wiig Mathisen – and the chosen leg is the first leg from the second longest course. Terje writes: – I really liked ...
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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2022 is another leg from Czech Republic – this time we travel to exciting sandstone terrain at the Czech Championships Long. This course was nominated for Course of the Year 2022 by Matej Burda – and it is definitely an interesting course. After taking a ...
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– The best long distance I’ve ever run in Czech Republic. For this I do orienteering, Czech national team runner Milos Nykodym wrote in his map archive after running the course which is featured in today’s edition of Route to Christmas 2022. Thanks a lot to Ales Henja for the tip! ...
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New day – new country in the 2022 edition of Route to Christmas. Today we travel to Denmark and the World Orienteering Championships Sprint. The chosen leg is the second leg in both the men’s and women’s course – a leg that proved to be very decisive. The tip comes ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 5 2022
In today’s edition of Route to Christmas 2022 we travel to interesting, alpine terrain in Switzerland. The chosen leg is the 16th leg on the men’s course at the World Cup final long distance in the Davos-Klosters region, at high altitude between 1500 and 2000 masl. Thanks to Arild Andersen for ...
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New day – new country: In today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2022 we travel to Austria for the second Austria cup of 2022 back in April. The chosen leg is a long leg which was the same for Men Elite and Women Elite. Thanks a lot to course setter ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 3 2022
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2022 is from Italy! The chosen leg is the long 19th leg from the men’s class in the Italy Cup long distance race on June 5th this year – in a interesting hilly terrain. Thanks a lot to Samuele Tait for the tip! The ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 2 2022
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2022 is a very long leg from “Langløpet 2022″, a long distance race organized by Oppsal close to Oslo in Norway less than a month ago, on November 5th. Thanks a lot to Arild Andersen for the tip! After several days of rain, the ...
Read More »Route to Christmas: Day 1 2022
The 16th edition of the traditional Route to Christmas here at World of O starts with a long leg from this year’s Junior World Championships (JWOC) in Portugal. Enjoy the challenges – just like the competitors! Your job in Route to Christmas is to take a good look at the day’s leg, decide ...
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