Vasa Bike & Vasa Swim Festival-New events in August
2009-07-29
With still plenty of summer left in China, Nordic Ways starts out the fall season with 2 brand new events. Vasa Bike & Vasa Swim Festival, held on August 29th is a kind of “2 in 1” contest where participants ride their bikes in the morning and do open water swimming in the afternoon.
These 2 fun events take part in Jingyuetan Park just outside of Changchun. Jingyuet...[More]
Introducing the Chinese Challenge in 2009
As you might have noticed, another category has been added to the horizontal link bar on Nordic Ways website. Under it lays information about a new and exciting four discipline contest introduced to China in 2009 by Nordic ways.
On August 29th 2009, two new competitions will be held for the first time ever which are included in the Chinese Challenge 4 discipline concept. The new bike race Vasa Bik...[More]
Local Zhang Zhenlong winner of Grassland Marathon 09
2009.7.7
With the impressive time of 2:26:33, a young runner from Wulanchabu called Zhang Zhenlong won the second Grassland Extreme Marathon held in Xiwuqi on Monday. 13 minutes later, silver medalist Tony Orvain from France came in followed by Jiang Yongliang from Huhehaote.
Except for many local participants, many nationalities such as South Africa, Australia, Sweden etc where represen...[More]
Wang Lei and Lu Taotao winners of Genghis Khan MTB 2009
2009.7.6
Bikers got a tough last day in Genghis Khan MTB adventure. They had to fight in tough uphill parts against strong head wind and rain storm.the weather went from cloudy to windy rain storm during the second hour in to the 85 km race and some participants got showered several times. The wind was the toughest to fight against though, and it can be very strong on the grasslands.
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2 Stages finished for Genghis Khan bikers
Two sunny days has given the bikers perfect weather for their first two days in Genghis Khan MTB Adventure which started on Friday July 3rd from Nadamu Arena. About 200 bikers has come from 22 different countries to participate in this race which is held for the 3rd time..
The winner of the 1st Stage men’s 48km race, Kasper Overgaard Nielsen belongs to the Danish TAC – Tianjin Adventure Club whi...[More]
Registration for Birkebeinerrittet China open now
2009-6-29
Working closely with Birkebeinerrittet in Norway which is an official member of the Mountainbike World Cup, Birkebeinerrittet China organized by Nordic Ways is held for the second time in 2009 and has found a new home in Yakeshi, Inner Mongolia.
The track with its highest point of 870m is according to Nordic Ways track consultant, Norwegian Emil Unaas, even tougher than the 91km long ra...[More]
Bikers prepare for Inner Mongolia MTB race
Many people have been using these last days to sign up for the Mountain Bike race in Inner Mongolia. Two good bikers that are coming to Inner Mongolia is Feng Kuan Jie and Piers Touzel, 1st and 2nd place in this years Huangshan MTB Festival. Maybe we will see a replay of their duel from spring...
With us on this trip is also a bit over 30 people from TAC - Tianjin Adventure Club. Some doing...[More]
42km Grassland Marathon back on!
Due to more interest showed for the 42 Km in the recent time, it has been decided that the 42km of Grassland Marathon actually will be held on July 6th 2009. The full distace was cancelled in the beginning because of low interest, but as we will now have this distance, we hope that you who were interested before still are and that you will consider participating.
We are sorry for the short notice ...[More]
