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Tough finish at Blodslitet

Saturday I ran the traditional long-distance race Blodslitet in Fredrikstad. It was as usual a high class event, and the start-field was really good this year. The 25 km long course had common start, and the winner Emil Wingsted used 2.33.In the beginning it was 3 forked loops of 4…
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km each. I ran as planed with good control, but could maybe have been more offensive in some parts. Out on the 13 km long last common loop I was 2.40 behind of a group of 8 runners lead by Anders Nordberg. On the longer leg to the 1st control I caught up Audun Weltzien, Jonn Are Myhren and some other runner who had went out a little minute before me. To the 5th control we did a mistake on the beginning of the leg, and was caught up by a group led by Tomas Dlabaja. We were now more…

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