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Weekend in Fredrikstad (Norway)
Blodslitet, the ultralong race with the longest history, celebrated its 40th anniversary last weekend. This race was an idea of young norwegian student and it grew up from 12 runners in 1968 to more than 1800 in 2007. It is astonishing that this race isn´t so famous abroad (for example…
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in the Czech Republic). Recently all ultralong races lose popularity and runners prefer shorter courses. And so well-known organization PWT decided to support this and probably other such races. Why Park World Tour? Probably because they always try to help orienteering as a sport. They didn´t think up the park (sprint) race to reduce orienteering race, but to enrich orienteering and bring it closer to ordinary people, I believe.I ran my first Blodslitet last year, when Jonn Are invited me to visit his homeland. I love Norway and I couldn´t decline. And it was a great experience, real tough orienteering…
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