Archive for May, 2009
Recognizing the USOF?
MTBO America supports Mountain Bike Orienteering in the United States.
As MTBO America finishes the final draft on our Bylaws, we’ve come to a disagreement regarding our views regarding the official recognition of the United States Orienteering Federation (USOF). Now we want to know you you think!
2nd Training Camp for 2009 MTBO WOC Team Training
4th EOC MTBO Championships
Mountain Bike Orienteering (MTBO) is the newest of the orienteering disciplines administered by the IOF.
The 2009 European Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships (EOC) will be held in Farum, Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 22 – 28.
This is a joint event for several championships in mountain bike orienteering. The event center is located at Birkerød, in North Zealand, 20 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Many of the forests in North Zealand were once used for hunting by the kings of Denmark and still have a vast network of roads and paths suitable for MTBO.
EOC MTBO 2009 Denmark will include Sprint, Middle, Long, and Relay championship events and include the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand, Portugal and Ukraine.
*NOTE: The United States Orienteering Federation (USOF) has never registered a team or sent a representative to this event since it began in 2006.
MTBO Race Formats (Part II)
Mountain Bike Orienteering (MTBO) in the U.S. consists mostly of Ultra-Long Distance races.
Mountain Bike Orienteering (MTBO) race formats consist of Competitive, Alternative, and Experimental. In this weeks MTBO America article, we’ll cover the finer points of Alternative race formats.
Alternative Race Formats
Alternative race formats (or sometimes referred to as Alternative Distances) are racing styles specifically marketed to attract more mountain bike orienteers (MTBO) to competitive events. These formats include (but are not limited to) Relay, X-Short, and Ultra-Long distances, and serve make MTBO events more interesting to spectators and future competitors alike.
The following is a brief description for each of the standard types of Alternative Distance race formats: