205 Controls!

Marc completed a new world record for most controls in an orienteering course, 205 controls over 27 km. Sandra completed the women’s version, which was 150 controls over 21.4 km.

This event was put on by the Golden Club, a club that gives donations to the Swiss National team in hopes to support the runners to greater and bigger success. This annual event is held in February and is usually a long orienteering mass start race for club and national team members only, followed by a dinner all together. I had the luck of being invited despite not fitting the criteria. Thanks Tom for the invite, it was a lot of fun and an experience finding 150 controls!

A news report can be found here! (in German)

There were 4 map exchanges for the men, and 3 for the women. The women did not complete the first map.
Here are the maps!
Map 1.


Map 2.


Map 3.


Map 4.


Our personal experience can be seen in our training diary, just click on the link that says “Marc's training” or Sandra’s training”

Enjoy!