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Finished the epic 'Ö till Ö' race

Magnus Svantegård — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:46:01 +0000

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".

I'm delighted...

Magnus Svantegård — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:41:42 +0000

... since I a few days ago became father of a beautiful daughter...

Everyone is feeling well!

25th year in a row...

Magnus Svantegård — Sun, 02 May 2010 08:52:45 +0000

... have I finished Tiomila. Very proud indeed.

In 2010 I ran the first relay.
Below is a video from the start in 2009.

A visual for my leadership

Magnus Svantegård — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:42:54 +0000

Just finished a leadership course with the Stronghold Group (owner of my employer Datscha). A final exercise was to create a visual leadership picture.

Here is mine! ;-)

It's all about "Doing the optional" through passion and...

Sundin: … Hard work, Commitment, Being a leader and Long term vision
Jobs: … Being Visionary and Excellence is in the details
Branson: … Reflection

Moved the site to Squarespace

Magnus Svantegård — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:15:13 +0000

I've now moved this site to Squarespace, the brilliant hosting & webplatform service. The same platform as for my blog. I now have 4 sites on the platform. It's great.

Finsihed my 24th Tiomila

Magnus Svantegård — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:21:00 +0000

The unbroken serie continues, just finished my 24th Tiomila in row.

Here is agreat movie about the 2008 version of the race (fast forward to 9,10 min).

5 weeks of surfing

Magnus Svantegård — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:35:00 +0000

Is now back in Sweden after many weeks surfing in Santa Teresa in Costa Rica. Back to 'normal life'.

Finished 2nd Ironman

Magnus Svantegård — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:37:00 +0000

Finished my 2nd Ironman distance triathlon. Click here to read more.

Back in Sweden

Magnus Svantegård — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:39:00 +0000

I'm now back in Sweden after almost a month in San Francisco for both business and pleasure.