Tough Viking performed the World's Northernmost Obstacle Race in Finnish Levi

Official race video: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/swlc8ntb1iumucl/AACVs2S3ZjCFzONCUI89ojOSa?dl=0. You can use this video freely in your media.

Official photos: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/09wsivjwzh6cmxk/AACcUcppu9D2QnwmdFr2xnxda?dl=0. You can use this photo material freely in your media. Please acknowledge photo credits.

The track included tough climbs, deep snow, cargo net climbing, carrying logs, running up and down the super pipe, climbing over massive walls and huge wooden coils and running up a 5m high ramp made out of snow. Two obstacles were designed by the Finnish Defence Forces including a physically and mentally challenging, over 10m long Quinchee snow tunnel. At the end of the race the participants jumped into an arctic ice water tank!

The results and fastest times / 5km: http://toughviking.fi

• Women: Antonia Haga – 40min 23s
• Men: Heikki Hihnala – 33min 55s
• Race pair (combined time of two participants): SBC Levi – 1h 21min 7s
  • Tuomas Uusi-Illikainen
  • Keijo Alila
• Team (4 fastest times of a team included): The Pullinki Riders – 2h 45min 56s
  • Mika Rahja
  • Heikki Iivari
  • Heikki Perälä
  • No name
  • Ilpo Heikka
  • Janne Ojakoski

Press releases, photos and videos: http://tinyurl.com/mmrnvpx.

Media Enquiries and interviews: tuukka.josefsson@toughviking.fi / m. +358 40 844 3636

Tough Viking in a nutshell:

• The toughest obstacle race in the Nordic countries
• 9 Tough Viking races will be organised in the Nordics in 2015, 2 of which in Finland:
  • Arctic Tough Viking Levi, Finland on 14 March 2015 – high res race map: http://tinyurl.com/k6y4lv3
  • Tough Viking Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland on 5 Sept 2015 - high res race map: http://tinyurl.com/p766qnp
• Race videos from previous races
  • Kaisaniemi, Helsinki 6.9.2014: http://tinyurl.com/mwoeyp4
  • Djurgården, Stockholm 30.8.2014: http://tinyurl.com/lwa8yfv

//Tuukka Josefsson

Partner and race enthusiast
Tough Viking Finland

Aleksis Kiven katu 52-54 a
00510 Helsinki
Finland

tuukka.josefsson@toughviking.fi
Mobile: +358 40 844 3636