2500 skiers already registered to Finlandia-hiihto 2010

At the moment there are already 2500 skiers registered to 2010 Finlandia ski marathon. Last year there were 850 registers in the end of October.

The enthusiasm for cross-country skiing shows good rising. Finlandia ski marathon events from 27th February to 28th February 2010 will be the 37th year in Finlandia´s history.

Under the leadership of Jukka Lehtinen Hollolan Urheilijat-46 have done the inspections for the routes and racetrack preparation while waiting for the coming snow.

In spring 2009, both classical and free styles were decided to race in 50 km route. Earlier race was 62 km in classical, has been shortened in recent few years due to lack of snow.

Finlandia ski marathon organizers goal is to have 6000 skiers participating in 2010. Last year 5186 skiers participated to the competitions.

The favourite route again is 50 km which has 1561 skiers registered at the moment. The second favourite route is 50 km free style with 506 skiers registered. 32km classic, 389 registers, 20km for women and under 16 years junior races, 44 registers at the moment.

Finlandia ski marathon is in cooperation with ski halls and ski tunnels in Finland. Registered athletes to Finlandia ski marathon will get discount in entrance tickets to these locations. The ski tunnels are located; Ylläs-hall in Helsinki, Jämin Snow-world in Jämijärvi, Vuokatti skitunnel, Leppävirta, Paimion Finnfoam in Paimio and VahterusRing in Uusikaupunki.