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June 2013. 85 degrees outside. 10 degrees inside. We chose to do our summer training inside.

The time had come for my first winter endurance race, Rovaniemi 150. In 1997 I did my first road cycling race. If someone would have told me that 16 years later I would end up doing a 150km winter race…

There are a few trails I have competed on in the past that have created a soft spot in my heart as I crave to do them again, and will, with any opportunity. The Iditarod Trail is one of them…

The Rovaniemi 150 is a winter endurance race in the arctic wilderness of Lapland in far Northern Finland. It is also a qualifying race for the Iditarod Trail Invitational: the most difficult winter race in the world. 45North has sponsored…

Four years ago, some members of the MTB-Turku group got an idea. Vajosuo, one of the bogs of National Park of Kurjenrahka in Southern Finland, is a great place for challenging mountain bike rides with its duckboards and technical trails,…

We woke up to snow in Minneapolis this morning, just in time for the Monday morning commute! I strapped my prototype Wölvhammers on my feet and set out on the 13 mile commute to work. What looked like a nice,…