"What would be your top 5 "have to make the trip at least once in a lifetime" type races?"
That's a topic over at Mary's log on Attackpoint.
Without giving it much thought. My top 5 include 3 that I've already done:
Oringen Swedish 5-Days - 10,000+ orienteers. Nice weather (if you're lucky). Nice terrain (if you're lucky).
Tio Mila - ideally you're running a night leg. Cruddy weather makes it an extra special experience. (Jukola is runner-up).
Forested sand dune terrain - it doesn't make much difference where you run on this stuff. It is fun.
Here are the 2 that I haven't (yet!) done:
Venice Street O' - Amazing setting. The orienteering looks interesting and challenging.
Czech Sandstone terrain - sort of like Venice without the tourists and water (i.e. Amazing setting with good orienteering).
Back to okansas.blogspot.com.
You should add Jukola's 1st leg. Starting a night race with 1450 other runners was an unforgettable experience.
ReplyDeletePlus if O-ringen is up there mostly because of the 10000+ runners then Jukola has some 40000 in the competition centre enjoying the race.
you also should run the 24h Relay in Thueringen / Germany wich is held every two years.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.24h-ol.de
Both are good ideas.
ReplyDeleteMichael
I've visited Venice twice but both were before I orienteered. Wonderful city and so many sights. After hundreds of years of foot traffic, it would be hard to follow the elephant tracks there.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd rather do Venice than tramp through the woods with 10K+.
I did the summer groove adventure race up on Lake Michigan and they had forested sand dunes. Interesting but was done on USGS maps so it doesn't count I guess.
Jukola is 10times better then 10mila!
ReplyDeleteI haven´t thought this one over yet for myself - but at least I´ve already done your "Top 5" (including 1st leg at both Tiomila and Jukola as suggested above, while my Jukola had a mere 700 runners on the start line).
ReplyDeleteI know a lot of folks prefer Jukola to TioMila. I put TioMila higher. I like that there is more night orienteering. I like that it has more legs.
ReplyDeleteMichael
Venice - at the time of my experience there were no floods - there was even sun, so I was really lucky! Interesting, nothing special comparing to Grand Bazaar in Istanbul!!
ReplyDeleteAbout Check terrains: http://picasaweb.google.com/andrazokb/EKa1822608#5214822026121911506
not bad, but try Slovenia:
http://picasaweb.google.com/andrazokb/Treningi#5277072649579519938