Checkpoints and registration

All six rou­tes start from Par­til­le Home Guard hall, and you will pass seve­ral check­points along the way. You must sign in at each check­point. Sig­ning in ser­ves both as proof that you have follo­wed the rou­te and as a safe­ty mea­su­re – this way we know that eve­ry­o­ne is accounted for and that no one has been left behind. Here’s how it works, from regi­stra­tion to the finish line.

Register when you arrive

When you arri­ve at the Home Guard hall, you regis­ter your par­ti­ci­pa­tion. You have alre­a­dy regis­te­red and paid onli­ne – or you can regis­ter on the spot and pay via Swish or in cash.

If you arri­ve on Fri­day to stay over­night, you can regis­ter then. If you arri­ve on Satur­day, you regis­ter in the mor­ning upon arri­val, and if you arri­ve on Sun­day, you do so on Sun­day mor­ning. You only need to regis­ter once – once you’ve done so on one day, you don’t need to do it again.

Safety briefing

Befo­re the start, the march gene­ral will hold a short safe­ty bri­e­fing at the Home Guard hall. Atten­dan­ce at the safe­ty bri­e­fing is com­pul­so­ry. See the time­ta­b­le for when it is held for the dif­fe­rent rou­tes on the vari­ous days.

The 40 km on Saturday starts with a bus transfer

If you are wal­king the 40 km on Satur­day, you must board a trans­fer bus imme­di­a­tely after the safe­ty bri­e­fing to take you to Tuve Ice Rink. The­re is no time for anyt­hing else between the safe­ty bri­e­fing and the bus trans­fer, so make sure you have used the toi­let before­hand and bring eve­ryt­hing you need with you to the safe­ty briefing.

Each bus can car­ry 50 peop­le. As soon as a bus is full, it will depart for Tuve. The last bus lea­ves from the Home Guard hall at 7.00 am.

Start

The 40 km race on Satur­day starts at Tuve Ice Rink. All other races start at the Home Guard hall. You are con­si­de­red to have star­ted once you have chec­ked in at the first check­point, which is loca­ted at the start.

Checkpoints along the route

The­re is a check­point eve­ry ten kilo­metres along the rou­te, and you must check in at each one. Here you will find cold water and fruit juice, as well as hot water for a cup of cof­fee, tea or hot choco­la­te. The­re are pick­les and some­ti­mes a tasty tre­at. If you are wal­king the 40 km rou­te, you can also get help with sore feet at one of the later checkpoints.

Finish

You cross the finish line at the Home Guard hall. To be counted as having finished, you must sign in one last time at the final check­point the­re. Wit­hout this, the march is not recor­ded as completed.

Toilets

Access to toi­lets vari­es between the routes:

• 40 km on Satur­day: the first two check­points are rela­ti­vely clo­se to pub­lic toi­lets, and the­re is a por­tab­le toi­let at the final checkpoint.
• 40 km on Sun­day: the­re is a por­tab­le toi­let at each checkpoint.
• 20 km on Satur­day and Sun­day:

the only check­point along the rou­te does not have a por­tab­le toilet.

Regard­less of the rou­te, it is wise to bring your own toi­let paper – espe­ci­al­ly on the 20-kilo­met­re rou­tes, whe­re the­re are no toi­lets along the way.