Finished the epic 'Ö till Ö' race
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 10:46PM It took a year of preparation but yesterday evening we reached our goal; to finish 'one of the toughest 1-day races in the world', the Swedish 'Ö till Ö' challenge. A truly amazing adventure in the Stockholm archipelago (from Sandhamn to Utö).
"Teams of two race together from island to island (Ö TILL Ö). The teams swim between the 19 islands and run on them. The total distance is 64 kilometres of which 10 km are swimming and 54 km are running."
All in all, an epic event that I'm very proud to have finished. Not to to mention the fact that we finished as team 32 out of 73 with a time of just over 13 hours.
Exhausted but delighted team of Martin Johansen & me.
More about the race
A great summary of all ones feelings in this race is found here;
http://www.urban-ninja.co.za/index.php/2011/09/o-till-o-report/
Photos from 2011: http://www.flickr.com/photos/otillorace/
Yes, the race was created under the influence of alcohol and came out as a bet... ;-)
A video from the event in 2010.
Finally
I believe that Financial Times got it rigth; "Endurance is the new golf".
