Newsletter 1

Dear racers, staff, partners and friends

In less than 3 months we will meet at the Seglarhotell in Sandhamn for our pre- race briefing. We are very much looking forward to this years race with 100 teams on the start line representing a total of 15 countries. Thank you for your endorsement of the race.

This is the first of a number of newsletters that will inform you on progress, logistics and other valuable information.

As you know we will transport all racers to the start line with a chartered boat on the 5th of September. This boat leaves Saltsjöbaden at 1230 pm. Make sure to be there. Saltsjöbaden is 25 minutes from the city center and also at the end of a public train line. There is good possibilities for long- term parking here. We will give you exact times for the train and also the exact location of the boat in the middle of August. On your return to reality after the race you will arrive in Saltsjöbaden with the same chartered boat at 11 am on the 7th of September. These times might be good to make note of if you are planning your travel to and from Stockholm.

For those who are interested we can organise hotel accomodation in Saltsjöbaden before the 5th of Septemeber at the Saltsjöbaden Grand Hotel www.helnan.info/grand-hotel-saltsjoebaden/se. We will have a special rate and booking code there shortly. This is a good place for training with trails and water all around.

Make sure you check out the rules and the mandatory equipment www.otillo.se/eng/rules.html so that you have everything with you to the start line. NO EQUIPMENT is available at the start line and teams without their mandatory gear will NOT be allowed to start.

Please let us know as soon as possible if you plan to have friends or family following you on the course so that we can plan for them in regards to accomodation and the race banquet on Utö.

If it is your first Ö TILL Ö we strongly suggest that you check out the films on our youtube site and that you communicate with previous racers through the facebook page to make sure your planning is correct. Ö TILL Ö is a difficult race where the key to success is constant movement and the correct choice of equipment to not freeze too much in the water and to not move too slow on land.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us on michael@otillo.se or mats@otillo.se

We very much look forward to seeing you in Sandhamn!

Train well,

Michael & Mats

Training partners

Join the facebook group to find training mates or if you like to share your experience from previous races. 

2010 site now open

2010-01-31 Primary changes in the race are:

• No bikes on Ornö. 16 km of beautiful running on trails and tracks instead of 16km of biking.
• Every team has a hotel room before and after the race with all meals in the dining room.
• Better transports to and from the race where you end up in the same place as where you started from.
• More prize money
• 100 teams only

See you on the start line!