Route to Christmas: Day 13 2015

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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 ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 12 2015

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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. ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 11 2015

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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 ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 10 2015

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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, ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 9 2015

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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 ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 8 2015

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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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Course of the Year 2015: WOC Long distance!

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A fantastic long distance course in Scottish wilderness takes the honors as “Orienteering Course of the Year 2015″. The men’s course in the World Orienteering Championships Long distance wins with nearly three times as many votes as the World Cup long distance in Tasmania in second place – a massive victory!  ...

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Midnight Dec 7th: Last Chance to Vote!

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Orienteering Course of the Year 2015: Tonight at midnight CET is the last chance to vote for the best course in 2015. Vote here before Monday December 7th Midnight CET! Note! The voting does currently not work very well on mobile – there may also be issues in some older ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 7 2015

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A 3200 meter long leg in Lithuania is what meets you in Route to Christmas on December 7th. The chosen leg is the 2nd leg in the H21E course from Pavasario Taure (Spring Cup) organized at April 25th 2015. Help me! Have you got good ideas for Route to Christmas? I’d really like ...

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