After a summer with really successful racing in Sweden, it is time again for big races abroad. Next on the calender is the Wulong Mountain Quest in China, close to the city Chongquing. The Wulong Mountain Quest is a 4 day stage race for mixed teams of four. Each day is a 5-7 hour stage of mountainbiking, running, kayaking and rope works. The terrain is superhilly and the wether forecast shows 30-35 degrees celcius and a high humidity!
Biking in Wulong 2013
The competition is supertough, with many strong teams fighting for big pricemoney on a challenging course, including french superstars Jacky and Mimi (former Thule), 2-3 superstar NZ teams and many more. Team Haglöfs Silva will be represented by Josefina, Mattias, Robert and Scott Cole, who joined the team for this race as neither Aaron nor Björn had the opportunity to go. Last year the team managed to take 3rd place in the overall standing and the team will do their best for a strong finish also this year.
The team arrived to Chongquing today, after more than 24 hours of travelling. Tomorrow is registration and gear check and the first stage of the race is on saturday. We will try put up photos and reports from the race daily, if possible.
More information about the race: http://www.cmaar.com/eng/
When most of the team travelled far east to China, Björn stayed in the upper north of sweden. After 4 hectic days of field work, he is back in Kiruna for another weekend of Mountain Maraton. Kiruna Extreme Marathon starts tomorrow and Björn is running together with cross country skier Klas Nilsson, racing as team Haglöfs Silva/Northsport.se. The race course takes the team up to the highest peak in Sweden and the weather fore casts shows -4 degrees celsius for tomorrow at lunchtime.
www.kirunaextreme.se
Good luck to Team Silva! See you at the podium!!