Left, Right or Straight (30.09.25) Today we will look at a Leg 7-8 from the Long Distance race at the regional championships on September 21st in Östergötland (H21 class), Sweden. Organiser Motala AIF OL. It seems that the runnability in the forest was quite difficult. Even on this leg, the route to the right, via the road, was competitive. Few athletes chose it, since on such a long leg it usually doesn’t pay off to make such a detour. But everything depends on the speed you can maintain in the forest. Let’s look at the routes of the leg winner Olof Ljunggren (4:21 for 660 meters — about 7:00 min/km) and John Kinnander , 4th on the leg (4:49 for 940 meters — 5:08 min/km). John eventually finished 7th overall, and 4th place on this leg was one of his best splits of the race. Yes, he lost 27 seconds. But his way to the road was not ideal either — I think it was possible to reach the big road junction faster. Overall, John’s total time loss to the race leader was ...