Route to Christmas: 2017
Route to Christmas: Day 1 2017
Route to Christmas 2017 starts with a Boom: A 2.5 kilometer long challenging leg in mountain terrain from the Norwegian Championships Ultralong – a course which recently placed 4th in the “Course of the Year 2017″ contest. The chosen leg is the 6th leg from the women’s elite course. The men also had a similar leg, but the w
Route to Christmas: Day 2 2017
Today we are moving over to a long and decisive leg in the Swiss Alps. Fantastic nature and high altitude may make it tricky to do the right choice – can you take the right choice at Route to Christmas Day 2? The chosen leg is the long leg from the 11th to the 12th control in the M21E course from World Cup Final Long 2017, organized in Grin
Route to Christmas: Day 3 2017
Today we travel to Finland and the Finnish Championships Long for Route to Christmas. The leg in question is the first leg – right out from the start in the middle of an alpine hill. 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 4 2017
Today we are traveling to Portugal in Route to Christmas. The course we consider placed third in “Course of the Year 2017″, and is definitely a very interesting course with lots of challenges: Aguiar da Beira Orienteering Meeting Long. The chosen leg is the 7th leg – a quite long leg with several routechoice options. The cours
Route to Christmas: Day 5 2017
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is “a long way from anywhere” – and probably one of the most spectacular legs we have seen in competitions this year. The 3rd leg in the longest course in the Western Canadian Orienteering Championships Long 2017 does simply look amazing. What a leg! On the competition page, the organizers
Route to Christmas: Day 6 2017
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas takes us to a long leg in beautiful Karst-terrain in Italy – to the Italian Championships long distance in the Belluno-area. 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 i
Route to Christmas: Day 7 2017
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg 14 in the H17-20 course from JWOC Long – thanks a lot for Simon Hector for suggesting the leg and providing lots of analysis! 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 cli
Route to Christmas: Day 8 2017
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a real classic from the past year – the longest leg in the World Championships long distance in Estonia. The leg is chosen based on a tip from Aigars Kokins – who points out that even if this leg has been analyzed at WorldofO before, it is worth a revisit as one of the really interesting legs
Route to Christmas: Day 9 2017
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is from the largest orienteering race in the worldo: O-Ringen. The chosen leg is leg number 6 from O-Ringen stage 3 in the Men Elite course. Thanks to Simon Hector for another good suggestion for this year’s Route to Christmas. Hector writes the following about the leg: The terrain was pretty tough, so
Route to Christmas: Day 10 2017
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg 14 in the M21E course from the Slovenian Championships Long distance. Thanks a lot to Matjaz Stanfel for the suggestion – and for preparing the material 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 im
Route to Christmas: Day 11 2017
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is something quite a bit different from what we usually see. Instead of long leg in untouched nature, we travel indoors to multilevel indoor-orienteering in Stockholm Indoor Championships 2017. The reason for introducing this leg in Route to Christmas is to let people understand that this kind of orienteering
Route to Christmas: Day 12 2017
Today we are travelling to the World Championships 2019 area in south-eastern Norway. Today’s leg is a long leg in terrain which according to the WOC 2019 organizers is very relevant for WOC 2019 – and the leg itself has also been suggested by the WOC 2019 organizers to be part of Route to Christmas. The leg is the 9th leg from the Men
Route to Christmas: Day 13 2017
In today’s edition of Route to Christmas we travel to Czech Republic – to a long and interesting leg at the Czech Championships Long distance. Here you get the chance to consider both climb, path/roads and vegetation. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would atta
Route to Christmas: Day 14 2017
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a sprint leg from the World Cup/Pre-WOC in Lavtvia this summer. The chosen leg is the 20th leg in the men’s 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 ge
Route to Christmas: Day 15 2017
In today’s leg in Route to Christmas we are travelling north in Norway to a long leg in a tricky, stony mountain-type terrain in the Oppdal area, south of Trondheim. Enjoyable leg in enjoyable terrain! The course in question is the Men Elite course from O-Festivalen – the largest orienteering race in Norway. The terrain is Oppdal is ch
Route to Christmas: Day 16 2017
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is the second Slovenian leg in this year’s Route to Christmas. The leg was a part of M21E long course at traditional March event Lipica open 2017. According to Ivan Nagy who suggested this leg, the terrain of Veliki dol is one of the nicest mapped orienteering areas in Slovenia. Thanks to Nagy for
Route to Christmas: Day 17 2017
Today we are moving to Denmark in Route to Christmas – to a terrain which is described as epic/legendary by Johan Aagaard who suggested the leg (thanks!). The chosen leg is the 24th leg in the H21 course from the Danish Championships Ultralong . The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think
Route to Christmas: Day 18 2017
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is from the “Course of the Year 2017″ – WOC Middle in Estonia – and the leg is chosen by the course setter Sven Oras. He has chosen the 19th leg in the Men 21 course as his favourite. Oras says about the course and leg: – This course wasn’t designed with many route choice
Route to Christmas: Day 19 2017
In today’s edition of Route to Christmas we are travelling to Finland and the world’s largest orienteering relay: Jukola. We are joining around 1400 runners at the 6th leg in the relay – a long leg between control point 13 and 14. The leg is suggested by Tobia Pezzati, who writes: – I think the leg 13-14 of the 6th leg of
Route to Christmas: Day 20 2017
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is from one of the Swiss Testrace X, organized in one of those green Swiss forests where you have got to fight hard in the green forest and run really fast when you are on a path or road. Thanks to regular reader “Color converter” for the excellent tip. Color converter writes about the leg: –
Route to Christmas: Day 21 2017
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a very complex leg from the World Military Championships Long distance organized in Finland. The leg in question is the first leg, where the runners were thrown into an interesting routechoice problem. Thanks to regular reader “Color converter” for another excellent tip. The leg is as usual
Route to Christmas: Day 22 2017
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas takes us to Italy and the Dolomites – to a relay called “Relay of the Dolomites”. The relay is a 5-person relay combining different age groups and men/women. 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 (i
Route to Christmas: Day 23 2017
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas from the Legends-class in a tough, long night orienteering race organized in the Oslo-area in Norway in October this year: The Harry Lagerts final race. In the middle of Nordmarka at dead of night, in a rough forrest terrain, shrouded in mist and rain for the occasion. Thanks a lot to Mathias Benjaminsen
Route to Christmas: Day 24 2017
The final leg in the 2017-edition of Route to Christmas is a more than 3000 meter long leg from the ultralong distance race Blodslitet in Norway last October. The leg has been suggested by Oleksandr Kratov, who says “I didn’t run this leg, but still I think it is one of the best long legs this year”. The leg is as usually first
Christmas Orienteering
Christmas is a perfect time for orienteering – take a look at some of the nice “Christmas special” orienteering courses here. Have you got your own “Christmas special” or “New year special” orienteering course? Why not post it as a comment below? Julugglan» See map in omaps.worldofo.com Snögubbekorr