New format for big Oevents

Several years ago the IOF and other National federations and brand organizations were looking for an Orienteering different formats. Could be OCity Race Euro Tour (OCRET) the newest one with Long Course at urban skyline with a different landscape mixed with classic orienteering in the forest. This is the way of the last weekend event in Bilbao City Race in the way of Spanish Orienteering Federation FEDO.

The different formula was applied on different ways and locations for urban Orienteering PWT Park World Tour (mainly for Elit runners) , MOV Meeting Orienteering Venezia(all kind of runners), OCRET always in different cities all around West Europe.

What are we waiting for get this kind of Oevents only urban orienteering (sprint, middle and long for mat)or anything else discovering cities and new countries for orienteering but not only West Europe all around europe and if we could it around the world?.

In that way WWOP World Wide Orienteering Promotion have got reach all around Europe and even parts of the world giving a travel offer enjoying the Orientering Sport in a touristic way forest and urban oreinteering. This is the oldest way of Opromotion in Spain Started at end 80's and beggining of 90's.

All we have enjoyed with all urban landscapes and river skyline of Bilbao and we have it remember moments with my track and comments [Spanish] and images At MY Photo Gallery or Other Galleries

Do you think is the best format for a multiday event mix urban orienteering with forest orienteering or always we need to separate the different landscapes and distances? 

Where I did my personal record of controls?

A lot of contours broken and lost into the sand of Guardamar. All these controls crossing the sand and contours only 150 controls and beach forest near to you refilling your shoes with warm and white sand. This feeling or sensation to lose your mind out of the map and wasting time to arrive the last control . It was only an old sensation for O.leyend runners like Minna Kauppi as JWOC 2002 winner.
January 2005, It's way back in time to O.remember

The old World record of an orienteering linear course was overcome several times in the next years.
The new records were passed. And certify this. How can manage to get my personal WorldRecord,
Just Training long courses. What About your record never get out the limits of mind and body.

MAP:(a pic from new World Record)  Organizer WEB PAGE

This is the last World Record 250 controls and again in Spain, North Catalonia, Port del comte LLEIDA. FEDO article PHOTOS and VIDEOS

This Time long enough to have a record from Spain at de edge of Pyreenes. Roger Casal and Esther Gil the best Spanish OLeyends all times were there to overcome the Limit and the friends Emili and Nuria (photos).

Where is my lost contour?

This the new blogger focused on the mapper lonely. About the topic "lost contour". I ever think about orienteering vs. cartographic world when you are coming into professional way of the map maker. The best cartographers at least one time on the cartographer's live have lost one contour. One of best know Portuguese Ocartographer have lost one contour for an important WRE O-race in Spain but, he cannot notice that kind of error, even if organiser or Event Advisor feel this lack of presence. We are humans and need an automatic process to avoid errors. I have found this lost contour several weeks ago, but today I have found my first lost contour in a british rules mountain marathon map. I am really needing this kind of tools to avoid that mistake (not only block the contours) I need a checker for a contour intervals. Not only standards for orienteering also for all kind of maps.

Thank you MJ & JM for your professional approach! (The best Spanish OMap makers!)