Weekend race recap and actifit summary

This weekend I participated in my first vertical race ever. It took place in Oslo and is 400 m elevation in 3 km. Perhaps not much for experienced vertical runners, but for me it was hard enough.

There were over 3000 people participating so I was in Oslo a few hours before to be sure that I had time to stand in line for a bus. The race started at 2 pm so it was not too bad. It was really cold though, I think the temperature was around 8 degC, but with a wind it felt a lot colder. I ran around to warm up, handed in my bag and suddenly the crowd went off. Since it was my first vertical race I did not really know what to expect and entered a non-competitive class, but I soon realized that I had to zig-zag my way up between all the people walking it for fun. (Note to self: try a competitive class next year, they start later and there is a lot less people in the slope). Here is a picture from the start line:

Here is the Strava profile of the race:

Despite some rough minutes up that hill it did not take me long afterwards to feel that this was fun and must be done again.

I include the actifit history of the day as well, despite being a few days late.