Top Skiers In Summer Challenge At Wolf Mountain

FasterSkier · May 3, 2004

Norwegian national team skier Odd Bjorn Hjelmeset got lots of attention last summer when he broke the old record by running the most â€œup and downâ€ trips to the top of Ulvskollen (Wolf Mountain) near Skien, Norway in 24-hours (www.fasterskier.com/feature.php?id=432). Top XC and biathlon skiers from Norway, Sweden and France are this summer challenging each other in a two-person marathon running relay up and down the same mountain.

The event will take place on July 3rd. Each person on the two-person teams will run equal to a full marathon (42 kilometer) — or seven times up and down the mountain. It’s expected that each runner will use roughly seven hours on their leg.

Anders Aukland has teamed up with Hjelmeset for this unusual event.

Odd Bjorn and I are on paper the best runners but this is very tough terrain and anything can happen in an event which last seven hours for each of us, says Aukland

Note: Aukland was as a junior one of Norway’s best runners and has a 3000 meter PR under 8 minutes.

Fasterskier.com comments:

Well, will we see any American or Canadian teams in this event? It doesn’t look like the competition is open to anybody but athletes with certain credentials. Let us know if you feel qualified and want us to help you get in touch with the organizers.Â Â Â Â

We would not be surprised if there is a nice amount of prize money for the winners or top three teams.Â