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by **sylv** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:34 am

Start number Club Race Finish time

Great Britain: BÃ¤verstam, Dan 3191 Great Britain Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 06:39:27
Mantoni, Tue 6447 Great Britain Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 07:13:15
Jarratt, Kieren 5289 Great Britain Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 09:20:42
Murray, Roger 4537 Great Britain Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 10:37:59
Beullard, Eddy 4448 Great Britain Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 10:45:12
MÃ¥rtenson, Henry 3349 Great Britain Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 11:20:47
Pilegaard, Stine 11377 Great Britain Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 11:22:10
Allen, John 9011 Great Britain Ã–ppet spÃ¥r -
Fearnhead, Simon 1920 Great Britain Ã–ppet spÃ¥r -
Gustafsson, Henrik 3562 Great Britain Ã–ppet spÃ¥r -
Lithander, Carl Johan 3378 Great Britain Ã–ppet spÃ¥r -

France: Garde, Sylvain 3248 France Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 06:59:28
Montgermont, Daniel 12269 France Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 07:58:03
Heussler, Jean-Luc 3477 France Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 08:06:34
Schoeffler, Pierre 1427 France Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 08:22:30
Bismut, Philippe 3280 France Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 08:27:07
Michoux, Franck 4446 France Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 10:45:13
Angles D'Auriac, Francois 11225 France Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 11:04:30
Magnaval, Jean-Louis 11234 France Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 11:23:36
Fourcroy, Paul 13014 France Ã–ppet spÃ¥r -

New Zealand: Ardern, Rodney 9482 New Zealand Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 08:29:09
Brunton, Jerym 3474 New Zealand Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 09:47:06
Whiu, Glenn 142 New Zealand Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 10:41:01

(Sweden): Hansson, Jan-Olof 2733 Danderyd Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 07:05:46
Fredrixon, Christian 4118 Stockholm Ã–ppet spÃ¥r 10:23:59

by **Tamar** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:13 pm

Blimey Sylv - your'e a bit of a hero - way faster than most others!

by **sylv** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:56 pm

And don't I just look like a cute Smurf ? :wink:

[img]http://wasa.griffel.se//pictures/063/size/3/7103215.jpg[/img]

by **sylv** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 9:51 am

To be honest though, we raced the "oppet spar" or open event, which anybody can enter. The elite race was held the following week, this past sunday, with a lot more international entrants. The winner took only 3h51 which is astonishing - more than 23km/h. Apparently it was even colder than the minus 23 we had, and three people died of heart failure.

French entrants at the elite event:

Finish time Position
Verjus, Serge 04:30:58 277
Medard, Claude 04:57:15 776
Paget, Alain 05:04:21 981
Millet, Guillaume 05:37:04 2150
Pagnier, Gerard 05:37:34 2177
Blanc, Jerome 05:38:15 2216
Pagnier, Bertrand 05:57:55 2953
Moreau, Patrice 06:09:05 3348
Chastan, William 06:21:03 3804
Falcy, Jean-Pierre 06:47:43 4853
Petroff, Boris 06:48:37 4896
Ecarnot, Jean-Paul 06:56:27 5214
Montgermont, Daniel 07:09:48 5692
Larsson, Hannes 07:33:56 6576
Ligeois, Gerard 07:40:48 6841
Goacolou, Frederic 07:42:38 6896
Lenerand, Lucien 07:47:57 7116
Paillier, Francois 08:20:27 8139
Martin, Vincent 08:23:26 8240
Claver, Dominique 08:29:38 8459
Martingay, Yves 08:33:09 8564
Goacolou, Yvan 08:38:20 8708
Ferry, Michel 08:45:48 8940
Reilhan, Jean-Pierre 08:49:12 9037
Turlan, Patrice 09:25:34 9903
Ferre, Alain 09:25:45 9905
Cazaly, William 09:27:12 9939
Pialot, Christian 09:41:43 10236
Gely, Francis 09:46:04 10336
Chapat, BÃ©rnard 09:57:11 10529
Goursaud, Patrick 10:02:34 10609
Robinet, Pascal 10:02:34 10610
Belluc, Jean-Paul 10:16:26 10811
Michelle, Robin 10:29:58 10987
Morgant, Marc 10:38:50 11091
Luce, Joseph 11:01:52 11277
Beaucher, Jean-Philippe - -

by **Elliot M** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:43 am

3 died? good grief!

by **sylv** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 1:41 pm

Well one died in the coach to the start. He was over 60 though.

by **sylv** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:41 pm

I'm doing the race again this year. Got to beat the boss this time.

Just been for a long weekend in Sweden for training. Didn't all go to plan, first we missed the plane on Thursday night and had to stay in bloody Luton to catch the following morning one. Then I had a sort of gastrentis all weekend which I've just been out of now, still feeling tired though. So didn't do all that much skiing, but it was a good break (from cycling!). Temperatures around minus 10-12, chilly but not too bad.

Going back for a 42km seeding race mid-Feb, then the race proper on 5th March. Am hoping to cut 10% off my time mainly by using more of the fastest diagonal technique which our lovely teacher Karin demonstrated how you should start from the hips.

The closest thing I can think of to train my legs for this (mostly thighs and adductors) is climbing up stairs, so as my office has moved to the 26th floor I will be trying to do a couple of those a day :wink:

by **sylv** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:22 am

The race is this coming Sunday 5th March.

If you have nothing else to do on Sunday morning you can follow the progress of the race here whilst having breakfast:

http://www.resultat.vasaloppet.se/VasaW ... &year=2006

(Sylvain Garde, number 6911)

The race starts at 7am (English time, 8h Swedish time). My aim is to finish in 6h25 (6h59 last year), but most importantly to beat my 51 year old Swedish boss who did 6h39 last year and has trained like a demon this year (he's in Sweden skiing as I speak).

Hoping to reach the following checkpoints (UK time) at:

Smagan 7h59
Mangsbodama 8h52
Risberg 9h35
Evertsberg 10h29
Oxberg 11h27
Hokberg 12h07
Eldris 12h49
Mora 13h25

But the start might be slower because there will be 6,000 people in front of me (more than 10,000 in total) and the race starts with a tough 3km climb where there will be traffic jams.

If the snow is good the top guys can expect to finish in less than 4h ...

Course profile:

[img]http://www.vasaloppet.se/wps/VasaCMS/bilder/banprofil/banprofil_salen.gif[/img]

by **Jon H** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:38 am

That will be a very big breakfast if we start and finish at the same times as you. :lol:

Good luck Sylv.

by **sylv** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:27 am

a brunch ...

it's a bit grey on the startline today

[img]http://mora.vasaloppet.se/Startbild/kamera.jpg[/img]

hope temps are around minus 5 on sunday

by **Elliot M** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:06 am

best of luck Sylv!

Do you have a sponsorship web page this year?

by **sylv** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:56 pm

Thanks. I haven't done the charity thing this year sorry. But I'll make a good donation if I beat the boss :wink:

by **Elliot M** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:05 pm

How did it go Sylv?

by **sylv** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:36 pm

Yes good thanks!
Let me know if you're interested and I'll email you some Pdf reports & pics.
Proof I did it! :

[img]http://wasa.griffel.se//pictures/083/size/3/7342766.jpg[/img]

by **Dr Frigo** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:38 pm

Doing it again this year, the open event end of Feb this time.

This year the emphasis (considering I've done zero specific training) will not be on beating the boss, but enjoying the race at a more sedate pace, stopping for hot blueberry drink at food stations, taking photos, trying to chat up the few Swedish women I can keep up with ...

And maybe do an evening about it at the ACC club later on.

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