(This post was edited by flomauer on Mar 23, 2005, 11:59 AM)

That should set up a good race with Rune Hoydal, I did the event last year...oh man it was hell, but the view from the top of the Hardangarvidda Plateau on the bike and from the mountain top finish was absolutely amazing

---

Trizilla...My local bike shop a few thousand Ks away


Speed Hurts ...How fast do you want to go

No service stations during the bike leg:
This is due to the very limited parking capacity during this part of the race. The roads are small and narrow and cannot have many support cars parked side by side at the same time. The competitors will receive boxes with the necessary supplies.

---

This is from the race website. Can anyone elaborate more. Interesting approach.

Basically you rely on your support person to assist you with aid, no service etc provided by the race, the roads are narrow and exposed, the first 40 KM are basically all up hill, I used a compact chainset and a 12-27 which during the first 25km I wished I had something else to bail out on, the initial bit is a disused mountain track, photos on the web site, some fast downhills, in excess of 50mph.

The run is flat for the first 20 odd k but then goes up and up and up and up until the last 4.5km are on a mountain path, the view from the mountain path on a good day really is spectacular, but hell it is cold at the top.

Oh the swim, they take you 2.4 miles out into a Fjord and you jump off a boat to start , and boy its cold, so much so that by goggles were steaming up due to the heat being generated inside the goggles compared to the cold of the water, had a friend who refused to swim in the Fjord before the race as it was soooooo cold, he said 'race day is enough'

---

Trizilla...My local bike shop a few thousand Ks away


Speed Hurts ...How fast do you want to go

The question is why ? Does he fancy a change of style or fancy some fun (?). If he's online it would be interestingto know if this is true and why he chose this particular race. Does he already have his 05 Kona slot ?