Finland 22 June: Orimattila - Porvoo
Today we started at 8.30, at the border between Nastola and Orimattila regions; we had stopped running here on Wednesday. At the beginning we were welcomed by a friend from Nastola who had brought us a newspaper with a beautiful article about the WHR.
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Martin and I were the first runners. It is a nice start when you feel a little bit sleepy, it's a good wake-up. We did a nice 10 km and during the run we enjoyed the company of a local marathon runner who joined us to Orimattila.
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After 5 km we forgot to refill the torch, but luckily after 10 km we still had a nice flame. We were blessed by the weather gods with a rain shower - the rain was pouring the heaviest just before we reached the first meeting in Orimattila.
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The mayor gave us a warm welcome. He was accompanied by an accordion player who played nice local music. Luckily the rain stopped, so we could have the meeting outside.
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After the meeting I ran with Petr, Alex and Olesya and a local runner through a beautiful green forest with ideal running temperatures. Not as warm as it was for the last days, and we enjoyed the pristine environment very much.
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The next stop was the legendary sporting town of Myrskylä. Although there live only 2000 people here, this town has produced many nice runners - we ran with a 100 meter youth-champion, with Ari Paununen, a great 3000 meter runner and with Martin Viren, son of Lasse Viren, the Olympic Gold-winner at the 5 km and 10 km in 1972 and 1976. Together we ran to the statue of Lasse Viren were we had a meeting, surrounded by beautiful scenery.
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Afterwards we continued on the road to Porvoo, where we started yesterday. The next runner was Jatnavan who ran with a good pace again in a beautiful forrest. Svetlana, Janos and Anne also ran, whilst other runners did a second run. In Parvoo we found some nice articles about the run in the local newspapers.
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After running we went back to Helsinki where we stayed a second night. We swam in the sea and we enjoyed a nice meal made by super-cook Antaraloy.
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Distance: 71km
Team Members:
Alexey Egorov (Russia),Antaraloy Aalto (Finland), Janos Derekas (Hungary),Svetlana Gorshkova (Russia), Olesya Ilyasova (Russia), Martin Leitner (Austria), Petr Machacek (Czech Republic), Peter Zuidema (Netherlands)
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