Tiomila
Encyclopedia
Tiomila or 10 Mila is an orienteering
race held annually in Sweden
since 1945. It is a 10 man relay which includes both night and daytime legs. The women's race consists of 5 daylight legs.
Tiomila attracts club teams from all the major orienteering nations. In 2008, both the men's and the women's race consisted of about 350 teams. In 2010, there were 361 womens teams, and 359 mens teams.
The name means "ten [Swedish] miles
" (100 km) and refers to the total distance run by each team. The actual distance however varies from year to year.
Orienteering
Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...
race held annually in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
since 1945. It is a 10 man relay which includes both night and daytime legs. The women's race consists of 5 daylight legs.
Tiomila attracts club teams from all the major orienteering nations. In 2008, both the men's and the women's race consisted of about 350 teams. In 2010, there were 361 womens teams, and 359 mens teams.
The name means "ten [Swedish] miles
Norwegian/Swedish mil
A mil is a unit of distance, most often used to measure geographic distance, very common in Norway and Sweden. Today, it measures by definition 10 kilometres, but earlier in history it had different values....
" (100 km) and refers to the total distance run by each team. The actual distance however varies from year to year.
Upcoming events
- 2011 Tullinge, Stockholm
Start of Tiomila 2011 Men Women