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110515 Trackrecord
Ultimate Kolmården (UK) and Kolmården Adventure Race (KAR) invited to a race the solo classes. The course was designed with the motto "Far and long". Johan has described the track as "A mental kick in the scrotum" after the victory in the premiere in 2007. This year a new course record was made by Daniel at 8:37:40 after an internal FJS head to head race. Sunday race consisted of a sprint distance and were once again an internal race within team FJS for the first place, which Emil won with Daniel right behind.

110515 Victory!
Winning the first Swedish Cup contest after a tactically well-run race. At last the last checkpoint we were three teams at the same time- Netcompetence, AXA and FJS. Immediately after the checkpoint we made a push. With a few hundred meters left to the finish the other teams dropped off and we could relax and win by 13 seconds after 4 hours of racing. It's a good feeling to win a tough duel with good resistance. The hard winter training pays off.

110310 4th place at Huairasinchi
Not the longest race, but an absolute test. Starting in the Ecuadorian Andes, Paramo, and with the finish line in the Amazonas, the contest is one of the most diverse we've raced. With a tough start due to the high altitude, it went above our expectations. But after extensive difficulties for the team during the first night, we could once again gain momentum after some recovery. Unfortunately a part of the last half of the race was cut out due to access problems. Thereby our opportunities for advancement decreased. In summary, we have made a good race even though we had higher ranking ambitions.
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110303 Huairasinchi
After a week in Ecuador we are ready to start. We do feel the altitude, but after a week of acclimatization we are more comfortable. The course of 350km will be dominated by cycling and trekking, with a total elevation gain of 10.000m. Start on Saturday, 06.30 local time.
Se our preparations in Ecuador >>
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110227 Follow us!

Follow us on facebook. For several years we have run our picture blog. From now we will use facebook as our forum. Here you will find videos, pics and info from our competitions and trainings. Now we are in Equador, preparing us for the AR World Series race Huairasinchi.

110219 Huairasinchi
The Huairasinchi race of Ecuador is a part of the Adventure Racing World Series and a qualifier for the Adventure Racing World Championships in Tasmania, Australia in October 2011. Our aim is to secure a start slot for the World champs. The race in Ecuador will be held on high altitudes. We plan to acclimatize a week prior the race in the volcano region of Quito. We expect the race to be very demanding, various and fast. With less than 3 days of planed racing time, there will be no room for mistakes. The race is known for its hard navigation. The organizers promise a course featuring “Three areas of Ecuador, including coast, mountains and the east.” We leave for Ecuador on the 26th. Follow our preparations and race here. Race webbsite>>

110208 Next stop - Ecuador!
Greetings from our high alt testings of the weekend in the Italian Alpes. We are prepering for our first race in 2011, which will be held in Ecuador. During the weekend parts of the team speedascent to 3600 meters before they had to head back for the flight home. Other parts of the team sends their regards from the ISPO-fair (alt. 50 meters...). More about the Ecuador race to come.

101230 Happy New Year!
We wish you all a Happy New Year!

101218 Race report ADAC 2010
Just when the sun rose over the Abu Dhabi City skyline the teams went off. And what a start for FJS powered by Saab! We knew they could run fast, now they proved they can paddle and swim at world class level. After the prologue the team stayed at fourth place...

Photo: Anders Burman
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Read the live reports from the race at saabgroup.com>>

101209 Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge 2010
The last pre-race day of Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge is about to end, just the Opening ceremony and the important last prerace meal remains. The technical verifications and gear check is done. And I guess that as the Arabic night falls darker the racers strive for bed as fast as possible. It will be an early, early morning. The fact that Johan Hasselmark had to withdraw cause of injury just days before the race is of course not according to plan but as adventure racers do the team just focus on what to come. John Andén will replace Johan and he says: - Feels cool, even if we not raced together the four of us before. I have raced with Emil in Svenska cupen earlier but not with Daniel and Kristin. - With a new team we all will have new roles out there. New members mean new qualities. We will focus on race as fast as possible at every part of the course and being totally exhausted at the finishline, says captain Daniel Hansson.

Follow the live reports from FJS powered by SAAB at the Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge >>

101129 Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge 2010 - More than 60 teams from 20 countries will compete in the prestigious adventure race competition Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge (ADAC). The fourth edition of the annual contest has assembled a line-up of World Cup class. Competition is expected to be cruel. FJS participated in the contest in the first edition in 2007 and will now be on the starting line in 2010 as FJS powered by SAAB
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100918 Emil Swedish Champion - Finally a victory after several second and third places this season. Emil in pair with Aaron Prince from Team Silva/Gerber made a very good race without any major mistakes and could after 8 hours and 46 minutes cross the finish line as Swedish Champions.

The swedish champions 2010
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100906 FJS Runners up in Ö till Ö - Daniel learned to swim properly a few months before the race started and Johan can still not swim right. Anyway, by adjusting our tactics based on our conditions we managed to give the favourite team Red Bull Ironman, including Jonas Colting and Gordon Byrn a real fight the whole way from the start to the very last kilometer of the race. As expected, we could not match the two world class triathletes in the swimming sections, but we did not lose more than we could catch up on land in the terrain. We battled neck to neck trying to get ahead of each other and finished, after 9 hours and 13 minutes, 3 minutes behind Red Bull Ironman.
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100828 2nd in Polar Adventure Race - It was 24 exciting hours of battle until the finish line of Polar Adventure Race. FJS, in team with SWECO Karlstad finished as runners up, only one minute after team Silver/Gerber.

Team FJS/SWECO Emil, Kristin, Fredrik och Tomas.
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100823 Victory in BAMM - Daniel and Kristin won the elite mixed class of the classical mountain marathon Björkliden Arctic Mountain Marathon and were ranked as number 6 overall.

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100802 Icebug24 - Daniel and Kristin won the mixed class in Icebug 24 last weekend and was the 4th team overall among the 40 teams, including the world rogaining champs of 2008. The participants in the annual 24 hour mountain rogaining competition in Hemavan was facing difficult weather conditions this year, with persistent rain and fog. Swampy mountains and flooded rivers forced the teams to re-analyse their original tactics.

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100720 Explore Sweden Atlantic to Baltic - FJS finished third in Explore Sweden 2010. The team finished the last day of the competition strong and took five hours at Sweco in the last section. Unfortunately it was not enough to pinch second place after a long and eventful journey from the Atlantic to the Baltic Sea. Silva Gerber made a strong race and took the victory.

Photos live reported from the race>>
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100614 LAMM - Daniel and Kristin took a last minute flight to the Scottish Higlands to compete in the Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon, a 2-day mountain orienteering event that takes place each year in different locations in the Scottish Highlands. They finished 2nd in the Elite Mixed class after the strong adventure racers Helen Jackson and Anthony Emmet. The emphasis of the LAMM organiser is always on providing challenging routes in classic high mountain country and they succeeded also in this year with thousands of satisfied participants.

100416 Hestra adventure race - After a strong race of Emil, in team with John Andén (Ulricehamn) the team ended up in third place in the first National Cup race of the season. The contest was a positive message that the winter training has been managed well.

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100416 The other side of the story - The winning team Team Salomon Suunto give their version of the battle in Borneo in the Salomon Sabah Adventure Challenge.
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100407 FJS runners up in the Salomon Sabah Adventure Challenge - The eleventh edition of the Salomon Sabah Adventure Challenge in Borneo presented a nail-biting finish this year. After a great stage victory of FJS by Kristin Larsson and Daniel Hansson on the final MTB rogaine orienteering, a nervous countdown started while waiting for the leadership team, Team Salomon Suunto to cross the finish line. After nearly 30 minutes, Michael Maddess and Jeremy Ritchey has still not turned up. But with only one minute left before the total victory would had ended up with FJS, Team Salomon Suunto cross the finish lines as winners of the Sabah Adventure Challenge 2010. Daniel and Kristin finished 2:nd overall after three days of racing, one minute after the guys but well ahead of the second mixed team.

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