At the end of February, the corona situation is unfortunately accelerating, and it appears that at the original time of the Bodom Trail, 7-8 May, restrictions on the organization of events still apply. However, we are confident that summer will wipe out the viruses. Thus we will take a five-week delay: the new time for the race is Friday – Saturday, June 11-12.
Since it is not dark at night in June, Bodom Night will be run as a separate race on Saturday 16.10. That’s when we’ll hopefully get to celebrate properly the end of the season and defeating the epidemic!
15.-16.10. will also serve as a backup time for the entire event if we can’t organize it in June.
We assume that the restrictions on events will be gradually lifted as the epidemic eases. We are preparing for a max amount of 500 people simultaneously in June, similar to last autumn as restrictions started to get stricter.
To make all runners fit, 12/21km will be divided into three parts: Friday 11.6. an evening race from 6pm to 10pm and on Saturday a morning group with departures from 9.30am to 10pm and an afternoon group that departs from 1:30 pm to 2pm. A maximum of 450 runners will be admitted to each group. The start will be rolling in groups of about 20 people at 1 min intervals, following the practice that worked well last autumn.
Registration opens on Monday 15.3. at 18:00. Those who moved their entry from 2020 to this year will be sent an email on Monday 8.3. with a request to confirm their participation. Please confirm your participation before the start of the public registration. At the same time, choose one of the three starting groups. There are different pace groups in all three groups. The start of the elite group is on Saturday 12.6. at 1:30 p.m.
We will inform about other precautions related to the corona closer to the event. If the restrictions on events are significantly stricter than in the scenario presented above, it will be difficult to organize the competition in a meaningful way. Then we will have to move the whole event to October. The transfer will be announced latest about two weeks in advance, when the authorities publish the June restrictions on events. The decision can be made earlier if it seems obvious that the restrictions in June are still too strict to host the event as planned.
Read also: Registration instructions
