Thought this super cool event deserved a thread here, for any of you interested in new kinds of Ultra-Events:
Norwegian Ultra running enthusiast Einar Hagemann is hosting an event labelled "Hagemanns primtallkalender". (In english Hagemanns prime number calender). Is a christmas calender of sorts, which start on December 1st. To compete you need to run a number of kilometres every day, equivalent to the prime numbers in ascending order. This means you run 2km on Dec 1st, 3km on Dec 2nd, 5km on Dec 3rd, and so on.
This is very managable the first week, but quickly turns into a true ultra event. F.ex. already on Dec 10th, the bar is set to 29km. Then 31km. Then 37km. You get the picture! :) As of today, Dec 17th, you need to run 59km to stay in the game. The event is a "last man standing", meaning that you stay in the mix as long as you run the required kilometres every day. Needless to say, you will accumulate a LOT of kilometres during December if you stay in this!
To give you some numbers, completing the first week only requires a total of 58km. Week 2 - however - adds a whooping 223 km - for a total of 281 for the first two weeks. To complete the entire week 3, you need another 431km this week, bringing the total to 712 if you were to last until the end of week 3 on Dec 21st. It then goes on requiring 79 km Dec 22nd, 83 km Dec 23rd, and 89 km on Christmas Eve! :) If more than 1 stay in the game after Christmas, it goes on and on. New years eve is 127 km, and then were pushing the boundaries of what you can complete in successive days:)
You are allowed to split the required distance up into several runs, but all must be completed on the same day. Or, more precicely, to count towards your Dec 17 run-requirement, the activity must be started before 23:59 on this day :)
The event is hosted in Norway through Hagemanns facebook-page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1220498728307617.
Contestants need to upload strava (or garminconnect, or other equivalent GPS-tracking evidence) of their runs every day. I do not have the total count, but I believe there were still 3 or 4 contestants still in the mix yesterday, meaning they completed yesterdays run of 53 km.
One of the remaining contestans is Norways undisputed Queen of Ultras, Therese Falk. She just completed todays run of 59km. She is having a real duke-out with Frank Løke (Norwegian ex-handball pro, who turned to ultra-running post retirement). Therese has stated she will not quit until Frank does, and they are both stubborn as donkeys (if that is even an english expression, ha!). I'll be really surprised if anyone can beat Therese in this event.
Just wanted to post this here as well - these kind of events deserve every bit of attention they can get. Super-cool covid-friendly competition, that can give a lot of people motivation! Hagemann is starting a new event with the same rules on Jan 1st (i think), and I'm sure they accept foreign entries! :) Happy running!
Norwegian Ultra running enthusiast Einar Hagemann is hosting an event labelled "Hagemanns primtallkalender". (In english Hagemanns prime number calender). Is a christmas calender of sorts, which start on December 1st. To compete you need to run a number of kilometres every day, equivalent to the prime numbers in ascending order. This means you run 2km on Dec 1st, 3km on Dec 2nd, 5km on Dec 3rd, and so on.
This is very managable the first week, but quickly turns into a true ultra event. F.ex. already on Dec 10th, the bar is set to 29km. Then 31km. Then 37km. You get the picture! :) As of today, Dec 17th, you need to run 59km to stay in the game. The event is a "last man standing", meaning that you stay in the mix as long as you run the required kilometres every day. Needless to say, you will accumulate a LOT of kilometres during December if you stay in this!
To give you some numbers, completing the first week only requires a total of 58km. Week 2 - however - adds a whooping 223 km - for a total of 281 for the first two weeks. To complete the entire week 3, you need another 431km this week, bringing the total to 712 if you were to last until the end of week 3 on Dec 21st. It then goes on requiring 79 km Dec 22nd, 83 km Dec 23rd, and 89 km on Christmas Eve! :) If more than 1 stay in the game after Christmas, it goes on and on. New years eve is 127 km, and then were pushing the boundaries of what you can complete in successive days:)
You are allowed to split the required distance up into several runs, but all must be completed on the same day. Or, more precicely, to count towards your Dec 17 run-requirement, the activity must be started before 23:59 on this day :)
The event is hosted in Norway through Hagemanns facebook-page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1220498728307617.
Contestants need to upload strava (or garminconnect, or other equivalent GPS-tracking evidence) of their runs every day. I do not have the total count, but I believe there were still 3 or 4 contestants still in the mix yesterday, meaning they completed yesterdays run of 53 km.
One of the remaining contestans is Norways undisputed Queen of Ultras, Therese Falk. She just completed todays run of 59km. She is having a real duke-out with Frank Løke (Norwegian ex-handball pro, who turned to ultra-running post retirement). Therese has stated she will not quit until Frank does, and they are both stubborn as donkeys (if that is even an english expression, ha!). I'll be really surprised if anyone can beat Therese in this event.
Just wanted to post this here as well - these kind of events deserve every bit of attention they can get. Super-cool covid-friendly competition, that can give a lot of people motivation! Hagemann is starting a new event with the same rules on Jan 1st (i think), and I'm sure they accept foreign entries! :) Happy running!