The Fossavatn Marathon in Iceland
January 2, 2009
Looking at the working schedule in my job I discovered that if I leave my home on April 30 and come back on May 6, I need to ask for only one day off. Then, looking in the Internet at all cross-country races I saw that there was in Iceland on May 3 the Fossavatn Marathon. Read more....
IAWLS 2009 General Assembly, Lienz, Austria, January 17, 2009
February 11, 2009
Moonlight marathon in Italy on February 7, 2009
June 4, 2009
Some weeks ago we started with 4 persons from SC Villingen / Black Forest to participate Moonlight classic Marathon in Italy near Bozen. Read more....
June 9, 2009
The No. 1 Swede, Richard Lovik
June 12, 2009
During the 2008 season Richard Lovik (SWE) obtained his second, third, fourth and fifth Worldloppet Masters and became the foremost Swede. Read more....
Meeting with WL Secretary General Angelo Corradini
June 17, 2009
On January 24, 2009 (the day before Marcialonga) IAWLS president Hannes Larsson and president-elect Jacek Jaskowiak met Angelo Corradini in his office in Cavalese. Read more....
The Tenth Stamp
June 23, 2009
Because of my tight professional schedule I usually participate only two or three times a year at Worldloppet Races. Read more...
Ground Travel
June 29, 2009
Story on Vasaloppet 2006 contributed by Boris Petroff (FRA)
Mora, 5.05 AM: the town is dead! Not a living soul in view. I had never seen that. It’s almost disquieting.Read more....
Response from Vasaloppet on our open letter
July 4, 2009
We received the following response from Vasaloppet on our open letter and we appreciate the comments. We intend to provide some further comments once we have heard from our members: Read more....
Small boy’s big challenge!
July 19, 2009
One may wonder whether Worldloppet has a future, noticing that children often prefer surfboarding (if not computer games) to the tiresome XC skiing. We intend to publish some articles showing that there is a new generation on the way and that the Worldloppet circuit includes some interesting children’s races. Read more....
Follow-up on our letter to Vasaloppet
July 29, 2009
Following our Open Letter to Vasaloppet and Vasaloppet's answer, we think it is timely to carry out an opinion poll amongst our members about Vasaloppet's start system. We would like you to participate by going to http://vagle.info/iawls/ and add your opinion to the poll.
The No. 1 Australian, John Miller
August 26, 2009
In February 2008, at La Transjurassienne, John Miller obtained his fourth Master and became the foremost Australian. Read more....
17th Edition of 100 km Rucksacklauf Black Forest / Germany.
by Thomas Huber
September 27, 2009
Saturday 14.02.2009 was for many skiers the day of winter 2009. After 2 years cancellation, the 17th edition of the traditional 100 km Rucksacklauf could start again. Read more....
The No. 1 Worldloppet Lady
October 3, 2009
Blanka Nedvedická (CZE) obtained her 6th WL Master at Bieg Piastów in March 2009. Read more....
The Lapponia Week 2009
by Hannes Larsson
October 23, 2009
I had heard enthusiastic descriptions about this event over a number of years, by skiers from France, Germany, Italy, USA and many other countries, but paradoxically, I hade never experienced it myself. Read more....
Enquiry on Vasaloppet's start system
collected and edited by Lars Vagle
November 29, 2009
Vasaloppet is one of the worlds most popular skimarathons and attract thousands of skiers each year. Still there have for many years been complaints about the bottleneck at the start. Read more....
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