ITI350 SKI - FINISHER
Anchorage skier Lars Danner has crossed the finish line in McGrath today at 17:28.
By finishing the ITI350 Ski Race, Lars starts an elite ITI club: he is the first racer to finish the ITI350 in the three different categories.
Lars completed the ITI350 Bike Race in both 2015 and 2016, then finished the ITI350 Foot Race in 2018.
But, as many athletes can appreciate, the ITI ski race may be an even tougher race and there were only 5 skiers crossing the start line across both distances this year.
Why so little racers braving the ITI?
Lars gives a very good insight into why the ITI Trail presents many challenges for skiers:
http://larsdanner.blogspot.com/2019/01/
After reading this, or if you have ever attempted to ski on the Trail before, you will probably look at ITI Veteran Lars Danner with renewed admiration.
We sure do.
Congratulations Lars on a fantastic race again this year and on breaking a brand new record too as the first Multi-Discipline ITI350 Finisher.