Next the first skiing Olympic medals at the Beijing Olympics will be handed out over the weekend. Almost at the same time, it is decided whether the ultra-skier will do Teemu Virtanen 24-hour skiing world record.
“It’s a bit of a problem [olympialaiset], but this has gone with my work. I will explain and do interviews for Viaplay, and this was a free weekend about them, ”says Virtanen.
The company at Virtanen, 54, in Lahti, will be based at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium this weekend. The departure is tentatively on Saturday 5 February at 11 am Finnish time, ie the contract is over on Sunday 6 February at 11 am.
Virtanen leaves a small reservation that the Departure Time may be a little earlier or even on a Saturday night. The reason is the weather situation.
“I get excited. It’s a shit that would be super good. Rain is promised for Friday, which would be a good thing [ladun tekemisen kannalta]if it is frosty at night. If not go down, will the ski harden. This is now small, ”says Virtanen.
Rain or sleet is promised for Sunday morning.
“The rain is not so bad. I’m more afraid of sleet or snow because snow is like glue. A tough track can withstand water. ”
To the Olympic Stadium a separate track will be built for Virtanen’s use, as the Olympic Stadium will be used by amateur skiers in the winter and will also be open during the record attempt. Virtanen will test the trail around the treadmill on Friday. He has seven pairs of skis with him.
The record company has two supervisors at all times, as any record is sought to be entered in the Guinness Book of Records. There are also some tighteners, but Virtanen also skis a lot.
Virtanen has two goals: to break the current record of 472 kilometers and to ski the first 220 kilometers in less than 10 hours. The latter is related to the ultra-skiing race Nordenskiöldsloppet, which is just 220 kilometers long and a 10-hour undershoot would be considered quite an undershoot of the ghost line. Nordenskiöldsloppet has been skiing at its fastest in 11.44.43.
Virtanen strives to ski 480 kilometers in 24 hours. It requires an average speed of 20 kilometers per hour, meaning every kilometer should be delayed by three minutes. For the first 12 hours, however, he plans to ski a little harder than 20 miles an hour.
“End according to what you can handle,” Virtanen ponders.
“Sometimes I think the pace is pretty wild. It does not allow any relief and cannot take a good break. The heart rate is high all the time. ”
However, Virtanen is confident, because the training has gone well and there have been no health problems. He lists three things that will determine the success of a record test.
“Weather conditions, there will be no injuries as well as absorption of fluids and energies. The weather is the most important thing. ”
Current The world record for 24-hour skiing is from Pietarsaari Hans Mäenpää in the name of 2018. Last winter a Norwegian Eirik Asdøl reached 476 kilometers, but this is an unofficial record. In addition, Asdøl used mixed technology. Virtanen, like Mäenpää, postpones the push all the way.
Virtanen’s own record is 433 kilometers in 2010 – it was a world record at that time.
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