Route to Christmas: 2016
Route to Christmas: Day 1 2016
The first day of Route to Christmas 2016 takes us to Italy – to the Italian Championships Long distance in some interesting karst terrain at September 24th 2016. Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg 4 in the M21 course. Thanks a lot to Matjaz Stanfel for the tip! Please help me making Route to Christmas as interesting as possible by sen
Route to Christmas: Day 2 2016
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas takes us to a national youth competition in southwestern Norway – O-Idol. The terrain is quite tricky the first times you run there – and choosing the best route might also prove a bit difficult if you are not familiar with the terrain. You can look far ahead, but looking is easier than moving.
Route to Christmas: Day 3 2016
Today we have a 2700 meter long leg in Hungary on the menu for Route to Christmas! The race we are visiting today is the World University Championships (WUOC) Long distance – a competition which has gotten a lot of praise. The leg chosen for Route to Christmas is the 3rd in the M21E course – a tough, long leg with several route choic
Route to Christmas: Day 4 2016
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a long and decisive leg from the European Championships Long distance in Czech Republic in May this year. Today we look at the Women’s class – and the long leg to the 4th control were many runners lost several minutes. In this hilly terrain it is all about understanding quickly where you can av
Route to Christmas: Day 5 2016
Today we are travelling to Finland for a dark September night in Route to Christmas. Arttu Syrjäläinen has tipped us about a nice long leg which was common for the men’s and women’s course from the Finnish Night Champs – thanks a lot for the tip! Note that the contour interval is 5 meter, so those hills are real hills even if
Route to Christmas: Day 6 2016
In today’s Route to Christmas we are travelling to Sweden to a Long distance Swedish League event in May 2016. The leg is the 9th leg from the men’s junior elite course. The tip for this leg comes from Swedish junior Simon Hector. Hector writes that he wants to highlight this leg because it is from his home terrain in Sandviken where
Route to Christmas: Day 7 2016
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is from Swedish League event 3 in April this year – thanks to a tip by Color. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this leg (if the image is too small, you may click on it to get it larger). The leg is a long one with
Route to Christmas: Day 8 2016
Czech Republic’s sandstone paradise is the target for today’s leg in Route to Christmas. The chosen leg is the 15th leg in the men’s course at the last stage of Nice Holidays 2016, organized at August 21st 2016. “Nice Holidays” is a very nice annual event in the beautiful Czech sandstones. The event is usually sold o
Route to Christmas: Day 9 2016
Today’s edition of Route to Christmas is from the Course of the Year according to Thierry Gueorgiou – the Norwegian O-Festival long distance which was also a selection race for WOC for the Swiss team. We are looking at the 14th leg – which is also a tip from Color. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you m
Route to Christmas: Day 10 2016
Today’s edition of Route to Christmas takes us to the country which is hosting next year’s World Orienteering Championships – Estonia. The chosen leg is the second leg in the Suunto Games Long distance race – a race where several national teams were present. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may
Route to Christmas: Day 11 2016
In today’s edition of Route to Christmas we take a look at the most crucial leg in one of the most important races of 2016 – the World Orienteering Championships Middle distance. The leg in question is the 12 leg – the longest leg on the course. The long leg to control 12 is the main routechoice leg in the course – a leg where
Route to Christmas: Day 12 2016
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg 11 in the Swiss Championships Long distance in the M21E course. The tip comes again from Color. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this leg (if the image is too small, you may click on it to get it larger): Locatio
Route to Christmas: Day 13 2016
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a 3.5 km long leg (to the very first control!) in the M21E course from Danish Championships Ultralong this April. A long leg set on the island Rømø on the Danish west coast – and has a very characteristic terrain. The leg must have been a bit of a chock to the runners picking up the Map…
Route to Christmas: Day 14 2016
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas takes us to Ukraine and the Ukraine Championships Long distance in Kiev. The chosen leg is the 15th leg in the M21E course. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this leg (if the image is too small, you may click on it to get
Route to Christmas: Day 15 2016
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is from a stony and technical area in Czech Republic used for the Czech Championships Middle 2016. The chosen leg is leg number 18 in the M21E course. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this leg (if the image is too small
Route to Christmas: Day 16 2016
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg 10 in the M21E course from Swedish Championships Ultralong 2016. A long leg – where in addition to the normal considerations the athletes have to think about saving energy for a long long distance race. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and thin
Route to Christmas: Day 17 2016
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is one of the absolute highlights of the year – the long 3rd leg in the Course of the Year 2016: The 4th day of France 5 Days 2016. With the help from course setter Ludo Ruiz we have a comprehensive analysis of the leg, including comments from the athletes. Too fast and you lose control, too soft and yo
Route to Christmas: Day 18 2016
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is the first leg in the M21A course from NSW Long Championships 2016 in Australia. Andrew Lumsden has provided some introductory comments and also comments from some of the athletes. Snow Hills is the best spur gully area in Australia. The white is very fast. The ground is hard so the hills are easier to g
Route to Christmas: Day 19 2016
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a monsterleg from a night orienteering race in Halden, Norway – the third race of the Halden Day Night Cup in the 2016/2017 winter season. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this leg (if the image is too smal
Route to Christmas: Day 20 2016
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg X in the M21E course from Latvian Long distance championship 2016. Thanks a lot to Matiss Ratnieks for the suggestion and athlete interviews. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this leg (if the image is too small, y
Route to Christmas: Day 21 2016
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a leg from Poland – from the Polish Club Championships 2016. The competition is chosen based on a tip by Wojciech Dwojak; however Dwojak suggested leg 14-15, whereas leg 11-12 is suggested for route to christmas. Leg 14-15 is also shown at the boottom of the article,though. The leg is as usually f
Route to Christmas: Day 22 2016
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg 2 in the LongMiddle course from Kjempesprekken 2016 – a long distance race in the Oslo-area in Norway. Thanks to Terje Mathisen for the tip! The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this leg (if the image is too sm
Route to Christmas: Day 23 2016
Today we move from the forest into the city in Route to Christmas – for the first time in 2016. The leg is from the 5th event in Swedish League, organized at May 5th. Thanks to Fredrik Ahnlén for the tip. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this leg (if th
Route to Christmas: Day 24 2016
A long leg where no solution feels like a really good solution – that’s the type of leg we have chosen for the last day of the 2016 edition of Route to Christmas. The 3 km long leg is from Finland, from the Finnish WOC selection race Long, organized at June 26th. Thanks to Jarmo Tonder for the tip. The leg is as usually first provided
Route to Christmas 2016: Bonus Leg 1
There was another leg in the Finnish WOC selection race Long distance that was very interesting – and therefore a bonus Route to Christmas leg: Leg 5 in the H21E course from the race. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this leg (if the image is too small,
Route to Christmas 2016: Bonus Leg 2
The second bonus leg in the 2016 edition of Route to Christmas is a sprint leg from the Norwegian Championships sprint, organized in Bergen in May 2016. The chosen leg was used both in the mens’ and womens’ courses towards the very end of the course. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it
Route to Christmas 2016: Bonus Leg 3
This third Bonus Leg in the 2016 edition of Route to Christmas is from Austria – from the Austrian Championships Long 2016 organized at June 4th 2016. Thanks to course setter Martin Veitsberger for the tip! The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this leg (if t