Jukola Relay Kytäjä-Jukola 2010

Hyvinkaa, Finland
Jun 19–20, 2010

Next entry deadline: May 15, 2010

Type: Orienteering - World

event website

added by: Miikka

Online broadcasts by the Finnish national broadcasting company YLE (not sure, if they work outside Finland online. They quarantee the broadcast afterwards all over the world, but haven't seen anything about the online)
Venla-relay
Jukola-relay
or
YLE Sport web castings

Jukola relay is one of the biggest orienteering contests in the world. There are 14,000 - 15,000 partisipants every year. About 1,000 teams in the Venla relay and 1,500 Jukola teams take part to the competition every year. The relay has become more and more international during the last years. The proportion of the international teams is about 20 %. The majority of the foreign teams come from Sweden and Norway. The competition centre gathers totally a crowd of 30,000 - 40,000 people. Among them, one can distinguish orienteers, trainers, media, family members and the audience. When we add another 1,200-1,500 organizers, you can imagine how massive organization is needed to arrange this event. Most people spend the whole night in the competition centre, in and outside of the thousands of tents.

Kytäjä Jukola 2010 will be a challenging orienteering race. Time differences between the top teams will be big. An average mistake will be bigger in this terrain than in other terrains. The competition terrain is wilderness which is partly divided by forest roads. The terrain consists mainly of steep hills which alternate with marshy dells. There are almost no paths in the terrain instead there are few forest roads and ski tracks which make running easier. Lots of forestry have been made in the terrain in the 70s and 80s. These areas are now in a good shape for orienteering, however, kilometer paces will be slower this year than in other Jukola relays in the 21th century.

Start times
Venla relay 19th June at 2:00pm local time
*New York, US at 7:00am
*San Francisco, US at 4:00am
*London, UK at noon
*Sydney, AUS at 9pm

Jukola relay 19th June at 10:55pm local time
*New York, US at 3:55pm
*San Francisco, US at 12:55pm
*London, UK at 8:55pm
*Sydney, AUS at 5:55am (on Sunday)

Some maps of the Jukola 1981 known as "Mud Jukola" which was located partly in the same area as in 2010.

Kytäjä area in the Kansalaisen Karttapaikka

Hyvinkää weather

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69.8		speedy (log)
67.9		martin(uk) but where to watch World Cup?!
55.9		Tundra/Desert Omega Moscow 2, Leg 3
34.5		Bernard arriving in Finland on the 25th :-(
33.0		cedarcreek
		Miikka (log) Sure
		Terkelsen (log) LS-37 1
		Hirppa (log) LS-37 1, 3rd leg
		Pertsa
		Tuxi
		Ifor (log) Hope we get a Bok team.
		Orhi (log)
		Sanni
		jleh (log)
		Swedesport
		gg (log)
		Myyrä (log)
		mood (log)
		matti. (log)
		TereseO ofc. :)
		Ptr (log)
		Akhilleus (log)
		Nixon (log)
		Lin
		Focus (log)
		All-in (log)
		zeizei (log)
		JoS (log)
		Päivi (log)
		Nails project 20?
		Runodk
		camel (log) project elf
		Hapardi (log)
		Hämis (log)
		gmci
		Ken_peeters (log)
		forsbergskan (log)
		thomasvdk
		loefaas (log)
		Sebba (log)
		Theo Mapper
		Matikka (log)
		Sanna
		jusbet (log)
		Karhunpoika (log)
		olsoran (log)
		backi
		schnitzer (log)
		Jethro (log) with a team of Scottish M50's
		naomi (log)
		OJ (log)
		Lillen (log)
		Hedis (log)
		sophiek (log)
		Shminty (log)
		imbjorgul
		torbensfunk (log)
		jwolff (log) If you plan to do Jukola once, this is the one
		RobB (log)
		Craney (log)
		Keith (log)
		Honkie (log)
		Ralph (log)
		mike g
		Malla (log)
		Steffen (log) Team entered
		simon (log) Breizh team, second time
		ikd
		JennyJ (log) with SYO
		Dixie (log)
		Ryan the Lion (log)
		Philipp
		rachael (log)
		Leakie
		Oestlin (log)
		Cat T (log)
		jde (log)
		AG (log)
		GraceE (log)
		MinnaR (log)
		siriulv
		Jakob (log)
		kungen1
		JessH (log)
		pforma (log)
		Hanu (log)
		o-pia (log) Hopefully we'll get a team :)
		vijurks (log)
		Elle
		murraystraining (log)
		jed (log)
		twosome (log)
		the_latvian (log)
		andzs (log)
		Ruhis (log)
		IanW (log)
		Jon X (log)
		Fraser P (log)
		ndobbs (log)
		slowphil (log) I think with JOK rather than SLOW
		lost jokes (log) :D
		Bommy T (log)
		jet (log)
		jayne (log)
		daveabrams (log)
		roar (log)
		A.Le Coq (log) as spectator, this time
		Jagge (log)
		Turskis As an organizer
		bubo (log) Entered in a team of "old men" so it´s going to happen... (tough terrain, ran there in 1981)
		Shallot (log)
		Cambas (log) for Liettuan Lerpat
		jonm (log) with JOK
		Ged
		TyrTom (log) Team O-Ringen
		mm-ha (log) Just as spectator and photographer
		Merc (log)
		cherry WAAHEY!!! first ever jukola. can't wait
		Ledas (log)
		Lard (log) Forth Valley! Forth Valley!
		Hobitas (log)
		ol8 (log)
		sp (log)
		the Joker (log)
		ShaunTheSheep (log)
		petrine (log)
		mcqueen (log)
		lorrieq (log)
		falcon (log)
		CillinC (log) We might have a club team
		Orienteered Love to, just depends on work not getting in the way!
		driesvdk If I find a nice Finnish Club
		eoinmcc (log)
		conör leaving cert : (
		Mr O-memes
		Julia (old log) (log)
		Ant Squire (log)
		A smith (log)
		Uncle JiM (log)