Mývatn marathon 2020 - with half, 10k and trail run options

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ITG
Dec 2019
10:45am, 19 Dec 2019
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ITG
This is what we are on about.

myvatnmarathon.com

Expressions of interest, advice on accommodation, car hire or Iceland in general here.

I can host up to 7 at my place in Akureyri - priority to 700 threaders because they asked first.
Dec 2019
10:58am, 19 Dec 2019
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McGoohan
Is this the one you were all nervous about... and then won? :-)
Dec 2019
10:59am, 19 Dec 2019
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McGoohan
I love the opening pic on the link - everybody's smiling!
Dec 2019
11:19am, 19 Dec 2019
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auburnette
I would love to do this! Myvatn was one of the nicest places I've visited...loved Iceland :)
Dec 2019
11:27am, 19 Dec 2019
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K5 Gus
Is there a bad mosquito ( or similar ) problem at that time of year ?

In the photos, one of them shows loads of people running with head nets on
Dec 2019
11:28am, 19 Dec 2019
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auburnette
Yes I just noticed that! Mosquitoes from the lake? It was frozen over when we visited before :)
Dec 2019
11:37am, 19 Dec 2019
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The Mighty Fleecy
Sign me up baby!
Dec 2019
11:40am, 19 Dec 2019
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McGoohan
I noticed there's something called 'The Lava Run' on the site... Could you shed some light on what this is ITG? I couldn't work it out.
ITG
Dec 2019
12:28pm, 19 Dec 2019
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ITG
Lava run is just a trail run the evening before. About 7k I think.

I'm not sure if this is the one I was nervous about then won. I did win it by virtue of being the only competitor. You might be thinking of the jökulsárhlaup that I was nervous about then came 2nd (in the baby 13k run; the fast girls ran the 22k or 32k runs).
ITG
Dec 2019
12:29pm, 19 Dec 2019
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ITG
I had to run the half one year with the mosquito net on and off - but that is me in one of the photos (finish with my friend in a flourish - no nets at the top of the hill!)

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Come run, cheer or sight-see around a quiet little marathon around a lake in North Iceland.

myvatnmarathon.com

More info on my blog:

fetcheveryone.com/blog-view.php?id=60676

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