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Jan Kocbach

Jan Kocbach is the founder of WorldofO.com - taking care of everything from site development to writing articles, photography and analysis.

Route to Christmas: Day 24 2019

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At the final day of Route to Christmas 2019 we travel to Norway and take a look at two legs from the Norwegian Championships Long distance. Both legs are from the M21E course, and both are long legs in hilly, marshy terrain with some road/path options.  With this I also ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 23 2019

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For the second last day in Route to Christmas 2019 we are back to Finland. When you look at this leg you just keep searching for the easy way to solve the leg, but where is it? Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg 8 in the M21E course ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 22 2019

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a very intimidating, long leg from the Bulgarian Championships long distance. Several classes had a similar long leg, crossing several valleys in a quite steep slope. We have chosen the leg from the men’s elite class here – the leg from the 13th ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 21 2019

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a long leg from the largest individual orienteering race in the world: O-Ringen. The chosen leg is from the chasing start on the fifth and last day in the women’s elite class. The men had a similar leg which is also included in the ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 20 2019

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a 2.7 km long leg in Finland – organized in the same terrain as the first World Orienteering Championships back in 1966. The event this time was the Finnish Championships Long distance, and the chosen leg is the 6th leg in the M21E ...

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Course of the Year 2019: WOC Selection Long in Norway

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A traditional long distance course with many long route choice legs interspersed with technical orienteering is the “Orienteering Course of the Year 2019″!  The course was run by many of the world’s best orienteers, as the event was a selection race for the World Orienteering Championships for several countries. The ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 19 2019

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a special edition showcasing the winner of the “Course of the Year 2019″, the M21 World course from the selection race for the World Orienteering Championships 2019 organized in the beginning of July. The chosen leg is the course setters favourite on the course, ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 18 2019

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is another interesting leg from Czech Republic. This time we look at a quite short leg – leg 18 in the M21E course from Czech Cup Long distance organized in early June 2019. Thanks a lot to Vojtěch Netuka for the tip! The leg is ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 17 2019

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is from a very hilly terrain in northern Italy. The leg was used in both the men’s and the women’s elite classes at Coppa Italia long distance at the Viote map. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 16 2019

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a long leg from the Swiss Championships Long distance. Already early in the race the runners were met by a 2.5 km long leg in a very hilly terrain with some big valleys and many roads and paths. As always in this kind of ...

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