Gotland Grand National
On Wednesday morning, I am leaving for "the world's biggest enduro race", the Gotland Grand National. The web page is in Swedish, but you can try to run it thru a translator.
The race takes place on the Swedish island Gotland. I am racing in the 50+ class, which has 426 participants. There are a total of 2595 racers, split between 2 races. The pros start around noon, while all the hobby riders start around 9 o'clock. In the hobby classes we usually are 1700-1800 starters so it is a lot of bikes out there. The track is approx 22km long and we race for 3 hours. My goal is to go 4 laps which I have done the last 2 years. Any other Gasgas riders going? |
Of course! I've started preparations for my seventh Gotland Grand National. It really is a great weekend. I am racing in the 40-49 class #2221
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It was my fifth race at Gotland. I did my first in 2011 at the age of 51. I race in the 50-65 year class and finished as no 328 out of 398 racers in my class this year. As you understand, I am not among the top guys, but having fun anyway.
Everything went as planned, and I did my 4 laps in a slightly better time than last year. The new bike behaved well, no problems there. The track was dry and fast this year, so most people had a better speed than before. |
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Can we get some pics/videos form the local media by any chance ? |
If you do a search for "gotland grand national 2015" on youtube you will find sime different videos. you can have a look at this one that show helmet camera footage from one of the Racers in the first start (where I was). Approx 800 Racers started together.
https://youtu.be/n6q3Ftbh7GY Sent fra min GT-I9295 via Tapatalk |
great effort dude.A heap of bar banging at the start!
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New Grand National competition in Finland 26-27 May 2017.
http://en.nordicsportevent.se/evenemang/evenemang-vgn |
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