This was our fourth Marka24, and from pre-race planning we hoped that this time we would manage to get all 24 controls within 24 hours. It certainly seemed a much more realistic proposition than on our previous attempt last year, when we sacrificed a place on the podium in a wild attempt to visit all controls.
We set off at a good speed, and then picked up the pace… We were flying along. After about 3 hours this proved not such a good idea and probably affected the rest of the race. Nevertheless, we struggled on in true adventure spirit and at least managed 23 of the controls, the 24th suddenly seeming less important early on Sunday morning. Fortunately, that was good enough for a second place. Even if we had managed that 24th control, we wouldn’t have beaten Sigve and Andreas, who won by a clear margin, taking all 24 controls in a time of 21 hrs 5 mins… impressive stuff!
Foto: Petter Eid Bjerke
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