Route to Christmas: 2018
Route to Christmas: Day 1 2018
BOOM! Off we go with a 3 km long leg from one of the finalists in “Course of the Year 2018″: The Finnish Championships Long – a race which has been praised by many readers the last weeks! Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg 9 in the M21 course from the Finnish Champs Long 2018 – enjoy! The leg is as usually first
Route to Christmas: Day 2 2018
A crazy long leg for today’s edition of Route to Christmas: 4.7 kilometers along the straight line, and with several athletes running more than 6 kilometer on this single leg. Without paths. That’s orienteering! Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg 17 in the M21 course from Norwegian Championships Ultralong 2018. [PS! No tips
Route to Christmas: Day 3 2018
In today’s edition of Route to Christmas we travel to Switzerland and to the European Championships Long – one of the highlights on the international orienteering calendar this year. The chosen leg is leg 25 in the M21 course, the decisive leg for the overall victory where several top runners lost significant time. Can you make the rig
Route to Christmas: Day 4 2018
In today’s Route to Christmas we travel to interesting continental terrain in Czech Republic. The chosen leg is leg 10 in the M21 course from Czech Championships Long 2018. This is not he longest leg in the course, and there are others which have more complex choices, but it is also nice with some shorter legs with a clear question to get
Route to Christmas: Day 5 2018
Today we travel to the World’s biggest multiday orienteering event – O-Ringen in Sweden. O-Ringen’s day 4 was pointed out as one of the best courses of the year by several in “Course of the Year 2018″, and the long leg from 11 to 12 in the men’s elite class is definitely a very good candidate for Route to Christm
Route to Christmas: Day 6 2018
Today we have a real challenge for you in Route to Christmas! The leg is not too long, but the terrain is tricky, complex karst-terrain with many depressions. Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg 13 in the M21E course from Coppa Italia in Cansiglio. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and
Route to Christmas: Day 7 2018
In today’s edition of Route to Christmas we travel to Spain, to the Costa Calida Long World Ranking event. The chosen leg is not the longest leg on the course, but rather a leg where we have some valleys making it interesting to consider different routechoices off the straight line. For the 7th day in a row the leg of the day is from a cours
Route to Christmas: Day 8 2018
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is the first sprint leg this year, after several requests. We choose one of the most deciding legs on high level this year, the 8th leg from the WOC sprint in Latvia – which was equal for both men and women. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and thin
Route to Christmas: Day 9 2018
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is one of the highlights of this season: The longest leg from Course of the Year 2018 – the World Cup Final Middle distance in Czech Republic. A very interesting leg in very interesting terrain. The chosen leg is leg number 19. Head over to the article with interview with the course setter to learn more
Route to Christmas: Day 10 2018
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a leg from the “Sprint course of the year 2018″, the Junior World Championships Sprint in Hungary. Both men (leg 6) and women (leg 5) had the chosen leg. 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 i
Route to Christmas: Day 11 2018
Slovenia is known for its tricky karst terrain – but in today’s leg in Route to Christmas we take a look at a very different Slovenian terrain. This terrain contains of steep slopes which invite to some nice routechoice challenges. Today’s leg is the second leg in the SEEOC (South East European Orienteering Championships) Long an
Route to Christmas: Day 12 2018
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a nice long leg from the Norwegian Championships Long distance in southern Norway. The chosen leg is the 9th leg which spread out the runners quite well. What would you choose? The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this le
Route to Christmas: Day 13 2018
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is another one from Italy- this time from the Coppa Italia Long distance race in Trentino in October. The chosen leg is the 11th in the Men Elite course. This is based on a tip from Mikkel Lyskjær – thanks a lot for the tip! The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a loo
Route to Christmas: Day 14 2018
Today we have a very special leg from the Norwegian Youth championships for 14 year old in Route to Christmas. A very tricky leg for the young runners – really something to grow on! What would you do with this kind of challenge in unknown terrain? Thanks to Arild Andersen for the tip – and to Snorre Veggan who has a nice write-up (in No
Route to Christmas: Day 15 2018
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a course from the women elite class of the Czech Champs Long distance. This is a leg in a typical continental terrain (we already had a leg from the men’s class here earlier). The question is the same as often in this type of continental terrain: Climb the hills or run around? The leg is as usually f
Route to Christmas: Day 16 2018
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg 9 in from the Men 21 course from Beograd Open 2018. 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): Location You find other maps from the area in omap
Route to Christmas: Day 17 2018
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a long leg from one of this year’s best long distance courses: The Swedish Championships long distance. The chosen leg is the 7th leg which was suggested by Ruslan Glebov in the interview made with Glebov in relation to Course of the Year 2018. PS! I still need some good legs with good GPS-data (GPSs
Route to Christmas: Day 18 2018
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a sprint leg – this time from one of the most important sprint races of the year, the European Championships Sprint in Switzerland. The chosen leg is used both in the men’s and the women’s class – for the men it is the leg to control 7 and for the women the leg to control 5. The l
Route to Christmas: Day 19 2018
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a really intricate sprint leg from Czech Republic – which includes some interesting bridge crossings. The chosen leg is leg 5 in the M21 course from a World Ranking race in Plzen in May 2018. Thanks a lot to Ales Henja for the tip, including links to relevant information about the competition. The l
Route to Christmas: Day 20 2018
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is from the Baltic Championships Long in Latvia near the city of Rēzekne on the Tartaks lake map. This is fascinating terrain, and a great course with many nice and long route choices made this a day to remember. The chosen leg is the 19th leg in the M21 course. Big thanks today to Janis Tamuzs for the tip
Route to Christmas: Day 21 2018
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is from the recent Guangdong Historical Road Orienteering Championships where some of the World’s best sprint orienteers have been gathered for a test ahead of next years’ World Cup races in China. The chosen leg is the 3rd leg from the WRE race in Sanjiang. Sanjiang is an ancient village with t
Route to Christmas: Day 22 2018
There are some legs where it seems impossible to find any really good solution, where you have to choose between several tricky and tough options. Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is one of those – a long leg from the District Champs Long for the Stockholm area in Sweden. Thanks a lot to both Simon Hector and Gustav Bergman for the tip
Route to Christmas: Day 23 2018
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is an interesting sprint leg from Euromeeting in Denmark in September. With the first ever Sprint WOC coming up in Denmark in 2020, there was big interest for the sprint-focused Euromeeting this year, with many top runners on the start. Thanks to Johan Aagaard for the tip (always several tips from Aagaard f
Route to Christmas: Day 24 2018
Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a long leg in Swiss alpine terrain – leg 5 in the M21 course from Swiss Champs Long distance. Thanks to Julian Bleiker and Peter Clerici 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 to