We are working on getting the best possible conditions for the race, which means with favourable wind conditions 3-4 days before the race, we will be able to start in Stockholm/Kungsängen and the finish will then be in Uppsala if the ice situation is good.
Vikingastafetten (relay)is new this year. Four pepole can share the race, there will be four distances; Skarholmen-Krusenberg, Krusenberg-Sigtuna, Sigtuna-Kungsängen and Kungsängen-finish. If the race starts in Kungsängen The four strecthes will be redefined.

What´s important

• Vikingarännet 80 km, Vikingaturen 50 km and "kortisen" 20 km, will run as soon as there is thick enough ice between Uppsala(Skarholmen) and Stockholm. We have two preliminary dates, 14th or 21st February 2010. The finish will be decided depending on the wind conditions 4-7 days before the race.
• You can read about the conditions of the ice on our home page. We can decide approx. 2 weeks ahead whitch weekend the race will be run. That decision is preliminary. 3-5 days before the race, we make the final decision whether it should go or not the following weekend.
• Skaters with or without pikes/poles will be separated.
• We will try to avoid running the race on the same dates as other skating races.
• How to get your number label you will be able to find on our home page.
• We recommend you to use public transport to the start in Uppsala and from the finish in Stockholm.
  The public transport will provide extra rides and we will have special buses going from Cityterminalen in Stockholm. More information later.
• The earlier you pay, the lower registration fee. Please use the facilities we provide for paying via internet.

Signing up for Vikingarännet and Vikingaturen 2010
Preferably, you should do this on our home page www.vikingarannet.com where you can sign on using the information provided there. Make sure that the information you give us is correct including the spelling. We are using the details you provide when we send out information to you. When you have registered on our home page you can pay via internet.

Please note that you are not registered until we have received your registration fee.

The registration fee
Up to 31st December 2009 the fee is SEK 400.
From 1st January 2010 until the last Monday before the race, the fee will be SEK 450.
If you have a team for "Vikingastafetten" (4 people), the fee is 800 SEK.
The days before the race the fee will be 550 SEK.
You will find more information about that fee on our homepage the week before the race.
If you pay at the starting point the fee is SEK 600 for both Vikingarännet and Vikingaturen. You have to decide which race to run at the starting point.
This does not include transport to the start.
The fee for Vikingarännet "kortis", 300 SEK, can only be paid at the start.

Name and address
When you register, you give permission for all your details to be published at Vikingarännets home page.
Vikingarännet has the right to use your details in send outs in co-operation with our sponsors and other partners we co-operate with and use labels with your name and address on.

Vikingarännet "kortis", short race
Vikingarännet short race is 20km long. It will run the same day as the main race.
The starting places will be at Vikingarännet's start and finish and in Sigtuna and it will also finish in these places.
Price:SEK 300.
You register at the starting point and receive a receipt of start.
You recieve a diploma when you finish when showing your receipt of start. The course is cleared from snow and marked.
The equipment should be the same as for Vikingarännet.

Vikingastafetten (relay)
From 2010 you can skate Vikingastafetten, The course is the same as the normal race, but divided in four distances, Skarholmen-Krusenberg (23km), Krusenberg-Sigtuna (20km), Sigtuna-Kungsängen (22km) and Kungsängen-finish (15km).
We would like the names on all four people that take part and one is the contact person.

Start
Vikingarännet 2010 has a competition class, a non-competitive class and a team competition. A licence is required for competitive skaters. This class starts at 8.00 am.
The individual time registration also starts at 8.00 am for participants without pikes/poles.
For participants with pikes/poles, the time registration starts at 8.30 am.
All participants should have started approx. 10.00 am.
Further information regarding the start can be found on our home page.

Date of the race
The race is most likely to take place either 14th or 21st February. Follow the news and the icereports on the first page.

Transport
We will not provide any transport to the start of the course. We recommend you use public transport to the start in Uppsala and from the finish in Stockholm.
The public transport will provide extra rides.

Ellenius Buss AB provides buses from Cityterminalen to the start in Uppsala. The buses depart every 15 min. between 6.30 am and 7.45 am. Traveling time approx. 1 hour. The charge is 100 SEK. Information is shown on the screens in Cityterminalen.
If you want to prebook, send a E-mail to office@elleniusbuss.se and wait for an answer. The answer is your busticket and guarantees a place on the bus. Latest booking this way on internet is 13th February 12am. Please state name, departure time and number of people.
You can also get a busticket at the Centralstation on Saturday 13th February.
Pay with cash when you board the bus.

After the race, there will be buses for transport back to Uppsala from 1pm, every 45 min, price SEK 100. You are not able to prebook these.

Safety and Ice reports
Vikingarännet will carry out detailed supervision concerning the safety of the ice along the course. Primarily in order for snowploughs to be able to drive out on the ice, we have a rule-of-thumb that the ice should be at least 15 cm thick. If we do not need to use heavy snowploughs on the ice, and the ice is of such good quality that the safety is not affected, a smaller thickness may be permitted.
We do not check the safety of the ice outside the course. You take part at your own risk.
Up-to-date information about the ice, the land passages and other things will be available on our home page as soon as there is ice to report on.

Equipment
Ice prods are compulsory.
A backpack is not compulsory, but as the services are limited along the course we recommend you to take one. This makes it easier for you to take along drink, food and a change of clothes. Please see  Services. Pikes/poles are allowed. Please use these carefully so not to cause any injury to other participants. If you use pikes/poles you start a bit later.

Insurance
If you sign a cancellation- and accident insurance with your registration, your registration fee will be repaid if an illness of accident occur and you can´t take part. The insurance costs is 110 SEK and is paid on top of the registration fee. If you can´t take part, please contact Folksam, +4687728740 or send an E-mail to folksam.sport@folksam.se. You must be able to produce a doctors certificate and also a receipt of the paid registration fee and insurance.

The Course
The course will be marked. If there is snow on the ice, you follow the ploughed track. Otherwise, the course will be marked with coloured canes. It is important that you keep to the marked course. It is only there that we can guarantee that the ice is safe. Officials from Vikingarännet will be on duty along the course.

Land passages (where it is necessary to go along the shore, e.g. to avoid weak ice)
You will have to take off your skates at Erikssund, Kungsängen and normally at Roparudden as well. If Vikingarännet runs closer to Stockholm than Hässelby, there will be a walk pass Hässelby Powerstation. There are also other places where a short walk over land can be necessary.

Major cracks (in Swedish "råkar")
The complication which it is most difficult to foresee in the ice conditions is the major cracks which can occur. Large variations in the temperature increase the risk of major cracks occurring. A special group of assistants from Vikingarännet will be supervising the pass-over places across these cracks. Please follow the instructions from these assistants.

Cut-off times
No skaters will be allowed to be on the course after dark. We shall therefore "put a rope across the track" at certain places. The places and times will be decided in connection with the choice of course. Transport will be available for the participants stopped at these cut-off points.

Services
Along the course we will have medical services, toilets and fluids available.
Please bring along your own food and drink. At the finish drinks will be provided. Please take along your own mug. We like to reduce the use of plastic mugs.
For further information please visit our home page.

Result and prizes
After the race, the result will be published on our home page.
Everybody who finishes Vikingarännet and Vikingaturen gets a plaquette. Other prizes will also be given out.

Services along the course
At all the service stations along the course, beverages will be provided and some light food, medical care, technical service and toilets.

If we are forced to cancel.
You can follow the development on our home page or our administration phone 00 46 8 556 312 45.

Final information to participants in Vikingarännets competition class, Ladies and Men.

General
The competition is for individuals

Licence
Membership in a registered club and a valid licence issued by The Swedish Skating Association is necessary for the elite competition. www.skridsko.se . You can also by a one time license for 50 SEK where you pick up your starting bibs. Accident insurance is included in the licence.

Placing of number labels
Number labels shall be clearly visible on the chest. This is to make the scanning of the data chip in the number labels possible.

Change of clothes
There are limited facilities for changing clothes at the start. Clothes that are in a plastic bag marked with starting number and left at marked spot at the start will be transported to the finish. The organizer is not responsible for valuables.

The course
The final course will be settled when the condition of the ice is known, the course will be presented on our home page www.vikingarannet.com . The preliminary course is planed to start at Skarholmen continuous to Lårstaviken and Gorran with the finishes at the beach in Kungsängen.

Possibly land paths
Stavsund 10m, Erikssund 1.500 m, Roparudden 300 m and Kungsängen 300 m. We recommend that shoes are used for these land paths.

Service stations for the skaters will be at Krusenberg, Sigtuna, Kairobadet (Upplands Väsby) and the boat club in Kungsängen.

Ice cracks
If there are ice cracks at the competition track you will find warnings signs with the letters "Svag Is" (Thin Ice) 100m in front of the crack. The quality of the crack passages is varied and they can also be covered with a temporary bridge.

Starting time
The competition class starts at 8am.

Transport
Please follow our advice on transport. Read more on our home page.

Prizes
Special prizes will be given to some participants.

Non-completion of race
It is vital that competitors who do not complete the race inform one of the race officials immediately. Transport has been arranged for competitors to get back to the finish from each of the service stations.

Result
The results will be present at the finish area and will also be available at www.vikingarannet.com.

Time keeping
All competitors completing the race will have their time registered.

Marking of the distance
Distance will be marked at every kilometer.

Seeding
In case of a large number of participants, the organiser has the right to seed the starting field.

Enquires
Swedish Skating Association can answer any enquires. Tel: +46 8 6996100,
Fax: +46 6996184, E-mail: sweskate@skridsko.rf.se

Equipment
All types of skates can be used. All participants shall have ice picks. In the competition class ice pikes and poles are not allowed but can be used in the open class.

Competition rules
A competition umpire ensures applicable parts of International Skating union rules are followed.

Other
New information or changes can be found on our home page www.vikingarannet.com