Sometimes there are distances, heights, times that seem to be unbeatable and therefore show the limits of human performance. Like the 10 seconds in the 100 meters which were beaten by American Jim Hines in 1968. Or the 9 meters in long jump. Mike Powell holds the world record, 8,95 Meters, since…

Vasaloppet Winter Week is over. Happy faces everywhere after 10 days and 55,000 participants in 10 races. Last Sunday the legendary Vasaloppet completed the winter race period. It was again a high performance day, not only for skiers but also for organizers and partners.

Today will be a long day for the mika:timing / EST team. Probably the longest day of the year. It will be more than 24 hours. Stafettvasan, the relay race, and the premiere of Nattvasan, the night race, keep everybody busy. Until Saturday morning when the last Nattvasan skiers reach the finish line…

„I just want to make it!“ – That is motto and motivational mantra of Joerg Krause for Vasaloppet on Sunday. „I will be so proud about reaching the finish line. This will be something I can feed on for a very long time“, says the cross country enthusiast. Joerg is almost a neighbor of mika:timing in…

Almost none of her team members knew that she was considering a start at the Tjejvasan, the Women’s Race of Vasaloppet Winter Week. Susanne Nix had kept her plans to herself. She was going to make that decision short-notice.

At 5 in the morning the alarm went off for the team of mika:timing and EST. It was still dark outside. The temperatures were around minus 10 degree Celsius when the experts went to work, to test every single system.