Monday, 17 August 2015

Kiruna - Thursday 6th August 2015

Another early start and another SAS flight, North to Kiruna, well inside the Arctic Circle. My race, the Tierra Arctic Ultra, is run in conjunction with the Fjallraven Classic; 2300 backpackers from 25 nations, so the registration is a hectic place but the small counter for the Ultra has no queue ! 

The place is buzzing, I engross myself in it and bump into Michel who led my trip on the Kungsluden Trail last year, he is guiding a group on the Classic. 

Time flies, I pitch my Nordisk Telemark (it feels at home in Scandinavia !), sort my kit, dine out and then set numerous alarms; I am paranoid about missing the bus at 4am, it's the only way of getting to the start of the race !

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