This is the thread from reports from the Jukola relay. Jukola starts at 3 p.m. (HDT) on Saturday and finishes around 10:08.

-- Michael (meglin@juno.com), June 15, 2001

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Michael here..the race is underway and the first info we've heard is that it is going slower than expected. Onewscosmos reports that after about 8 km, the men are about 3 minutes slower than expected.

-- Swampfox (wmikell@earthlink.net), June 16, 2001.

Michael here again...Last year we could follow Jukola like via a Finnish radio station (Swedish speaking). They're apparently providing live coverage again this year! So, I've connected to http://www.yle.fi/extrem/ and am waiting for reports.

-- Swampfox (wmikell@earthlink.net), June 16, 2001.

Michael here again....the real audio from the radio coverage leaves a bit to be desired. But, I could tell that they were talking about orienteering. I thought I heard that Bjorn Eriksson (?) from Jarfalla (?) might have lead after one leg....but, I could be wrong.

Nope. I got it wrong. I'm listening now and learn that Jan Troeng from Storvik won the first leg with Hans Mard finishing in the same time. I think Mard is from Jarfalla and Eriksson is from Halden.

-- Swampfox (wmikell@earthlink.net), June 16, 2001.

Michael here (still) ... The Jukola results page has first leg results. But, my connection doesn't seem to be doing so well. Onewscosmos has a report, but it is in Finnish only. While I don't know a thing about Finnish, I think I can make out some of the info.

I think they might be saying that after the first leg Delta and Halden are close to the lead. Bakkelaget is 2 minutes back. Lidingo is 3:20 back.

-- Swampfox (wmikell@earthlink.net), June 16, 2001.

Michael again...I took a short break and now I've got a big list of results from the first leg. Taking a look at some of the teams we usually follow...

IKHP 1 is 56th about 3 minutes back and 2 seconds ahead of Lidingo's second team. Lidingo 2 was one second ahead of IF Thor.

Kenny Walker Jr, running for Cambridge Sports Union finished 465th about 19 minutes back.

-- Swampfox (wmikell@earthlink.net), June 16, 2001.

Michael again...we're getting news (rumor?) that Halden has taken the lead somewhere on the second leg.

-- Swampfox (wmikell@earthlink.net), June 16, 2001.

Time to go out for another O' training session. So, I'll leave the Jukola for a few hours.

-- Swampfox (wmikell@earthlink.net), June 16, 2001.

Here is the place to follow English language Jukola coverage:

http://www.onewscosmos.com/jukoladb.asp

-- Swampfox (wmikell@earthlink.net), June 16, 2001.

Michael here...back from training. It looks like they're out on the sixth leg. How did the fifth leg look?

Halden is in the lead ahead of a Finnish club Turun Suun*. Lidingo 1 is in 7th, about 3:30 behind. IKHP is 19th. Turun Suun* second team is looking good. They are 27th. I think Raymond's son is running the last leg for them.

I don't see my favorite team, IFK Lidingo 2. Maybe they dq'd?

-- Swampfox (wmikell@earthlink.net), June 16, 2001.

Still Michael...I see what is going on. I was looking at just the to 130 teams for the fifth leg. IFK lidingo 2 has dropped back and is not in the top 130 any more. IF Thor is not there either.

-- Swampfox (wmikell@earthlink.net), June 16, 2001.

Mook here now... IF Thor lies 156th after 5 legs while the leaders are now out on the 7th and final leg. Turun Sun* leads by roughly a minute over Halden going into that leg.

-- Swampfox (wmikell@earthlink.net), June 16, 2001.

Third is Kalevan RAsti, then 4th and 5th together are Turun Met* and Malungs. IFK Lidingo is 6th... Meanwhile looking at the standings after 5 legs: IKHP 2 has dropped from sight while their first time lies 19th following the Devil Runner's run.

-- Swampfox (wmikell@earthlink.net), June 16, 2001.

Mook here... 3 teams within 5 seconds with 1km to go... and the winner is...

-- Swampfox (wmikell@earthlink.net), June 16, 2001.

Mook again... We think TuS won! With Tu.Met. 2nd followed by Halden.

-- Swampfox (wmikell@earthlink.net), June 16, 2001.

Thanks to the http://www.onewscosmos.com/jukoladb.asp website, the results are projected. The photos are so sharp, I really get a feel for what the event is all about. Missed the live reports (dinners each evening with newlyweds).

-- mean gene (gmw@ku.edu), June 17, 2001.

Late Breaking News...Today we learned that Magnus ran the third leg at Jukola. He apparently ran disguised as "Bobby Östberg" from OK Hedstrommen. "Bobby" ran 1:43:51 for the 13.2 km leg. That's definetly a decent race.

-- Michael (mike_eglinski@kcmo.org), June 18, 2001.

Magnus...hmmm, that name sounds so familiar. I remember a couple of years back at a training camp here in Laramie, there was some Swedish dude who ran *really* slowly. Could it have been the same person?

-- Swampfox (wmikell@earthlink.net), June 18, 2001.

Kenny Walker, Jr. took some photos at Jukola. Check them out:

http://snygga-skor.mit.edu/o-photos/summer2001/010618/small/

-- Michael (mike_eglinski@kcmo.org), June 19, 2001.