Helsinki – Scottish runner leads after 2hrs
Paul Hart leads in Helsinki after 2hrs
At the 2hr mark, Scottish runner Paul Hart (#35) is leading the pack with 23.79 km. Paul is obviously off to a fast start, looking to make the GB team qualifying distance for the World Games. While I’m sure plenty of Scots will be cheering him on, it is important to remember that this is a 24hr race – so we have another 22hrs to go – and there are no prizes for leading the field in the early hours… Paul will have to be careful to pace himself to make the most of the full 24hrs or risk his speed and distance plummeting as the race draws on.
Another British runner, Mark Cockbain (#97) is also in a front position, currently in 13th position after 2hrs with 21.06 km. Mark is an experienced Ultra runner, and tends to favour long distance races like the Spartathlon & Badwater. Everyone here wishes him well.
William is off to a good start and sticking to his pre-race plan of keeping his speed down even in the early stages. In ultra-distance races, there is never a great deal of difficulty with running fast at the start of the race – but what really matters is the average speed maintained throughout the event. William will be using a run/walk strategy from the very beginning of the race to deliberately keep his speed down in the earlier stages, aiming to continue at roughly the same pace throughout the entire race. William will be focusing mainly on maintaining a good run throughout the 24hrs as
William - in training a few weeks before Helsinki
this will be his last event before the 1000 mile race in Athens a little later this year. Even though William is keeping a careful eye on his speed to avoid running too fast to early on, he is currently among the higher positioned runners being in 17th position out of a field of 99 male starters, and having also run 21.06km (at the time he was about 2 seconds behind Mark Cockbain for approximately the same distance, and as I write is around 2.5 km behind race-leader Paul Hart).
More after the 3hr mark.
All the best,
Shaun
III Endurance 24h ultrarun 2010
Results at 2hrs
Male
Bib# / Name / Nationality / Laps / Distance in km / Race-Time
35 Hart Paul SCO 61 23.7924 1:58:29
28 Klasila Janne FIN 61 23.7924 1:58:53
85 Soikkeli Jari FIN 59 23.0124 1:58:46
29 Salomaa Kari FIN 58 22.6223 1:58:58
89 Talvitie Tapio FIN 57 22.2323 1:59:39
120 Pohjola Ari SWE 56 21.8422 1:58:45
30 Baier Andreas GER 56 21.8422 1:59:00
49 Ekegren Timo FIN 56 21.8422 1:59:32
27 Heerman Mikael FIN 56 21.8422 1:59:58
92 Tomppo Jari FIN 56 21.8422 1:59:58
102 Dørum Lars Christian NOR 55 21.4522 1:59:22
123 Kukko Jyrki FIN 55 21.4522 1:59:33
97 Cockbain Mark GBR 54 21.0622 1:57:53
100 Tarascio Vincenzo ITA 54 21.0622 1:58:15
34 Sørstad Gjermund NOR 54 21.0622 1:58:36
122 Skogman Torkel SWE 54 21.0622 1:59:04
36 Sichel William SCO 54 21.0622 1:59:20
60 Jumisko Juha FIN 54 21.0622 1:59:27
39 Bøgevig Peter DEN 53 20.6721 1:58:08
72 Morishita Yukio FIN 53 20.6721 1:58:35
74 Mäntyniemi Timo FIN 52 20.2821 1:58:01
41 Hansen Lars-Uffe DEN 52 20.2821 1:58:10
84 Siljander Ilpo FIN 52 20.2821 1:58:12
98 Batzoglou Vagelis GRE 52 20.2821 1:58:58
26 Vennikas Peeter EST 52 20.2821 1:59:02
38 Hartikainen Reima SWE 52 20.2821 1:59:12
80 Perttilä Petri FIN 52 20.2821 1:59:54
67 Lietzén Petri FIN 52 20.2821 1:59:55
46 Steenberg Thomas DEN 51 19.892 1:58:06
114 Liljegren Mats SWE 51 19.892 1:58:08
31 Tanaka Katsuhiro JPN 51 19.892 1:58:50
54 Henttu Jussi FIN 51 19.892 1:59:01
37 Andersson Mikael SWE 51 19.892 1:59:12
40 Dirksen Jakob Bork DEN 51 19.892 1:59:34
64 Lahti Markku FIN 51 19.892 1:59:45
44 Kronborg Nielsen Tom DEN 51 19.892 1:59:46
90 Teirikangas Jukka FIN 51 19.892 1:59:55
59 Ikäläinen Keijo FIN 50 19.502 1:58:15
94 Welling Petri FIN 50 19.502 1:59:21
116 Norström Tommy SWE 50 19.502 1:59:22
53 Haka Sakari FIN 50 19.502 1:59:34
33 Heskestad Per Audun NOR 49 19.112 1:56:44
42 Hansen Rene Vang DEN 49 19.112 1:58:07
56 Honkanen Mikko FIN 49 19.112 1:58:17
62 Koivu Tapio FIN 49 19.112 1:58:17
47 Anttila Hannu FIN 49 19.112 1:58:28
104 Nossum Erik NOR 49 19.112 1:59:33
68 Lindholm Tero FIN 49 19.112 1:59:48
50 Feldt Mikael FIN 49 19.112 1:59:57
66 Leskelä Jyrki FIN 48 18.7219 1:57:41
55 Holma Harri FIN 48 18.7219 1:58:38
61 Jääskeläinen Kari FIN 48 18.7219 1:59:06
107 Dahl Johan SWE 48 18.7219 1:59:28
109 Hällstorp Georg SWE 48 18.7219 1:59:44
121 Sjölund Kent SWE 48 18.7219 1:59:53
58 Ignatius Antero FIN 48 18.7219 2:00:05
99 Baxevanis Constantin GRE 47 18.3319 1:58:03
63 Kuikkaniemi Mikko FIN 47 18.3319 1:58:09
101 Andersson Frode NOR 47 18.3319 1:58:16
106 Andersson Hans SWE 47 18.3319 1:58:37
76 Nugent Sean FIN 47 18.3319 1:59:03
86 Sukanen Jarno FIN 46 17.9418 1:56:57
57 Hyvönen Timo FIN 46 17.9418 1:57:40
93 Uusitalo Reino FIN 46 17.9418 1:57:43
103 Frykholm Geir NOR 46 17.9418 1:57:46
113 Larsson Björn SWE 46 17.9418 1:57:46
81 Pietinen Ari-Pentti FIN 46 17.9418 1:58:32
118 Palmqvist Bertil SWE 46 17.9418 1:59:46
77 Näreaho Antti FIN 46 17.9418 2:00:04
95 Ylä-Nikkilä Pekka FIN 45 17.5518 1:57:42
71 Manni Erkki FIN 45 17.5518 1:57:52
119 Pelander Bo SWE 45 17.5518 1:58:33
70 Lundström Tom FIN 45 17.5518 1:59:06
96 Hottas Christian GER 45 17.5518 1:59:45
110 Joyce Patrick SWE 44 17.1618 1:57:28
52 Haavisto Ville FIN 44 17.1618 1:58:09
43 Hornbech Christensen John DEN 44 17.1618 1:58:16
82 Rantanen Kari FIN 44 17.1618 1:58:25
91 Toiviainen Timo FIN 44 17.1618 1:58:49
65 Lehtola Jani FIN 44 17.1618 1:59:11
45 Steen Nielsen Jörgen DEN 44 17.1618 1:59:29
125 Peltoniemi Kari FIN 43 16.7717 1:56:41
48 Arjanne Sampsa FIN 43 16.7717 1:57:25
69 Liukkonen Mikko FIN 43 16.7717 1:58:12
112 Koplimäe Sigvard SWE 42 16.3817 1:57:17
108 Forsström Mikael SWE 42 16.3817 1:57:56
124 Höytö Petri FIN 41 15.9916 1:58:44
73 Mustonen Eero FIN 41 15.9916 1:59:20
79 Patova Kari FIN 39 15.2116 1:59:23
117 Nyström K-G SWE 36 14.0414 1:57:58
87 Syväniemi Martti FIN 36 14.0414 1:58:46
115 Manning Stefan SWE 35 13.6514 1:57:24
83 Saukkonen Kalevi FIN 35 13.6514 1:58:36
88 Sällylä Tapani FIN 31 12.0912 1:59:27