Jukola 2013 this weekend

[Spookster]

Pack of 8 (with Murray in it) have got away, 1 minute lead.

[JK]

Pack have closed gap from 60 to 10s though.

How's your sprint Murray

[andypat]

7th not too shabby for a sprint specialist!

[Spookster]

Leg 1:

1 Andreas Kyburz 69:50
7 Murray 70:09
32 Jonny 71:10
34 Mark 71:13
44 Kris 73:29

Great runs by the Brits

[bewildered]

How does it work, does the incoming runner pick up the next map? Is there gaffling?

[ER]

The incoming runner picks up the map and there is gaffling.

Brilliant performances and great entertainment.

[Ant W]

Incoming runner picks up next map: ask Riina Kuuselo, who ran a great leg in last year's Venla then accidentally took the wrong map...

[JK]

Ouch - what happened to the team whose map she took?

BTW looks like SJ and Charlotte of OK Ravinen are doing Jukola as well as Venla in OK Ravinen 3.
OK Ravinen 2 (with Nick) is DQ

[Ant W]

They had to wait for a new map...

[Tatty]

Scotland 96 - Murray 7 on Leg 1
GG & Mharky in SNO 1 - 13
Kris in Lillomarka1 - 25
Doug in Turun Met - 25
Jonny Crickmore & Rich Robinson in Ravinen 1 - 47
Duncan Coombs in Tyrving 2 - 53
Bristol, Ravinen 2 (Nick Barable, Will Gardener), Lillomarka 2 (Spongy) both DSQ'd
Other GBR teams still out

[Spookster]

Another win for Kalevan Rasti, by just over 2 mins. They were never outside the top 7 places at any intermediate control or handover - impressive, in a race with 1600 teams.

96th for Scotland is a great result! (and they were 1 second ahead of KR towards the end of Murray's leg 1 )

[andypat]

Team Nope Banter finished in a creditable 316 place with a steady run from Zombie Tupac picking up 6 places

[The Loofa]

super run from young Street on leg 3 for SNO2. Gained 34 places up to 15th.

[ba-ba]

Street very excited about 'driving the train' on leg 3 and almost ensuring he'd be in contention on the W21E courses of the future when he fell on a stick. All the mentions of Murray over the commentary kept me awake when trying to get some kip. Great to watch the entire Venla on the screens, lots of nerves out in the forest on last leg it looked! Great to see Cat popping up at the front of the pack at each TV control on after Tio and NORT
A rogue contact lens then a dead E-S**t brikke did for Brizzle (and assorted hangers on) - crossed the line in 308th, which was 3 places higher than the start number.

[Big Jon]

a dead E-S**t brikke did for Brizzle.

Strange - as the organisers checked each brikke before the start as part of runner check-in procedure. It must have died during the race..... or perhaps wasn't used correctly?