“In the Mixed competition Team Freddan & Ankan (Fredrik Selmered and Annika Ericsson) showed that they were worthy winners, crushing previous course records as well - 10h 33 min and 15th overall.” - Ö till Ö 2013–The Swimrun Worldchampionchip "Ranked as one of the toughest endurance races in the world"– by CNN.com - December 2012 , cited from http://www.otillo.se/race-report-2013/
--Yes, we did it. We had an amazing day. Almost everything worked well from the start to the finish.
Winning this race was just in my dreams. I still believe it is a dream... This is a race that is both brutal with its cold water and bad terrain to run on but also so beautiful with all its fantastic unique islands. I can hardly believe that we beat some of the strongest teams in the sport.
We finished in 10hours and 33 min (see www.otillo.se) (our finishing time was 40min under the previous course record for mixed teams). (We got 15th place in total with just 14 mens teams in front of us out of a total of 116 teams).
Thanks everyone who cheered on us at the course or at home, especially my wife and kids (in front of the computers following the race live), to the fantastic organization of Lemmel, Andersson and all volunteers helping at all energy stations.
Thanks,
Fredrik
( Pictures by Nadja Odenhage and Jakob Edholm from the ö till ö organisation)
