Engadin Skimarathon  2010

April 11, 2010

The weather was close to perfect.  Although the temperature in the morning was quite low (-12°C in Maloja), it was going up quickly in the rising sun. Snow conditions were good although the speed was far from excellent. Such is the nature of the spring snow. Sometimes it gives you a perfect glide or can be “blunt” the other day.
With the participation of Dario Cologna the gold Olympic champion, the elite guaranteed the highest sport level.  In spite of that, the race was one of the slowest in the last decade with winner’s time 1:36:58.
The organization of the race was traditionally very good. Front waves were less crowded than in past years thanks to the introduction of Elite C group that helped to decrease the number of skiers per wave. Back start groups were a bit tight with few bottlenecks on the course which suggests that organizers should continue to re-arrange the start dividing it into smaller waves.
The overall impression remains  very good and Engadin Skimarathon is certainly one of the most enjoyable events in the WL series.
The total number of finishers was 10361, 9282 in the long race and 1079 in the half marathon which makes ESM the 3rd biggest Worldloppet race.

Some results of IAWLS members:

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