Geiranger – From Fjord to Summit ( no, Geiranger - Frå fjord til fjell) is a sporting event in the village of

Geiranger Geiranger is a small tourist village in Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county in the western part of Norway. It is in the municipality of Stranda at the head of the Geirangerfjorden, which is a branch of the large Storfjorden. The nearest ...

in the municipality of

Stranda Stranda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stranda. Stranda consists of three smaller villages and one larger central villag ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...

county, Norway. The event was started in 1994 and consists of the Geiranger Half Marathon, the

Dalsnibba Dalsnibba is a mountain in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Geiranger valley, about south of the village of Geiranger and the Geirangerfjorden. The lake Djupvatnet lies directly to the so ...

Cycle Race, the

March, and the Dalsnibba Minithon. All of the competitions begin at sea level at the

Geirangerfjord The Geiranger Fjord ( no, Geirangerfjorden) is a fjord in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located entirely in the Stranda Municipality. It is a branch off the Sunnylvsfjorden, which is a branch off the Storfjorden ...

, and all (except for the Minithon) end on top of the mountain

, at above sea level. The annual event draws about 400-500 participants.

History

Of a total of , the first is a part of the

Norwegian national road 63 Norwegian County Road 63 ( no, Fylkesvei 63 or ) is a Norwegian county road in Møre og Romsdal county and a very small part in Innlandet county, Norway. It begins at Norwegian National Road 15 along the lake Langvatnet in Skjåk Municipality in I ...

, which was built in 1889 and received a gold medal for excellent road engineering at the World's fair in Paris in 1900. The best time for Geiranger Half Marathon is 1:26:42, which was set by

Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet (; born 27 October 1987) is a Spanish professional sky runner, trail runner, ski mountaineer and long-distance runner. He is a six-time champion of the long-distance running Skyrunner World Series and has won some of the most ...

in 2019. For women,

Anita Håkenstad Anita Håkenstad (born 19 February 1968) is a Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races and cross-country running. She now competes in mountain running. Her highest place from the IAAF World Cross Country Championships was ...

has the record with 1:46:19 set in 2006. For the Dalsnibba Cycle Race, Alf-Roger Holme has the record with 1:07:01 for men and Frid Harstad got 1:29:02 when she was the fastest woman ever. For racing bicycle,

Lars Kristian Johnsen Lars Kristian Johnsen (born 28 August 1970) is a Norwegian former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'esti ...

has the time 1:06:43 and for women, Hanne Trønnes finished with 1:34:34. All four bicycle records were achieved in 2006. The Geiranger Half Marathon was one of the first

Fell running Fell running, also sometimes known as hill running, is the sport of running and racing, off-road, over upland country where the gradient climbed is a significant component of the difficulty. The name arises from the origins of the English sport o ...

event in Norway when it started in 1994. In 2003, the

Skåla Opp Skåla may refer to: * Skåla (Møre og Romsdal), a mountain in Volda municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway * Skåla (Vestland), a mountain in Stryn municipality, Vestland county, Norway See also

* Skála, a village in the Faroe Islan ...

was started and is today the biggest in Norway.

References

External links

Geiranger - From Fjord to Summit
{{DEFAULTSORT:Geiranger - From Fjord to Summit Duathlon competitions Stranda Sports competitions in Norway