Fleet Footed runners Fly round Frozen Lake
Di Mattingly, and her daughter, braved snow and freezing temperatures to run the Frozen Lake HM in Oslo, Norway writes Vasen Moodley
The HM was preceded the day before by a 5k fun run on a supposedly frozen lake. In fact, due to bright sunshine all day, the race was run in slush and ankle deep icy water. Fortunately, freezing temperatures overnight froze the lake surface in time for the main event the next day. Spikes were needed to stop the runners slithering all over the lake. The entire route was on the frozen lake, with incredible snowy mountains as a backdrop. Although the sun shone bright the temperature was just 1 degree C. Despite this Di skated round in 2:21:11. The bowl of steaming goulash was a welcome reward for their efforts.
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