The enormous interest for Vasaloppets winter week
continues to grow. When registration to the 2015 race opened at nine
o’clock Sunday morning the pressure was so great that the website
crashed. When the system re-opened an hour later, Vasaloppet and
StafettVasan were filled in less than two minutes.
- In spite of this warm winter, we can only note that the interest
for our races has reached entirely new levels which, of course, is the
best response we can have for all our work. It is fantastic that so very
many want to be active and set long-sighted goals for their training.
But, then, it is very regrettable that the technique did not make the
grade, and I offer my apologies to all who had to sit and wait this
morning. We must, quite clearly, check out and further refine the
registration procedure to meet this huge interest in a better way, says
Vasaloppet’s CEO Anders Selling.
The reason the servers crashed was that interest for the winter
weeks’ other races was very considerably greater than previously; this
meant a four times heavier load than in 2013, when Vasaloppet was filled
in 10 minutes. When the registry opened again at ten o’clock, there
were made available only start places to the most popular races,
Vasaloppet and StafettVasan, and these were then fully booked in one and
a half and two minutes, respectively.
- Naturally it’s a shame that we can’t make room for all, but
Vasaloppet has its 15,800 places and, sadly, many will miss out when the
interest is so great. In the whole winter week we have places for
68,000 skiers, so if one can consider one of the other races there is
still the possibility to be part of next winter’s festival, says
Vasaloppet’s CEO Anders Selling.
Entry registration procedures to the other races in the
2015 winter week are now moved to new dates and split up over several
days to minimise the pressure. Registration to these races is done under
“My Pages” at vasaloppet.se and opens as follows:
Tuesday 18 March at 19.00: TjejVasan and HalvVasan
Wednesday 19 March at 19.00: KortVasan and UngdomsVasan
Thursday 20 March at 19.00: Öppet Spår Monday and Öppet Spår Sunday
Friday 21 March: Registration codes for Vasaloppet and StafettVasan are sent out.
Wednesday 19 March at 19.00: KortVasan and UngdomsVasan
Thursday 20 March at 19.00: Öppet Spår Monday and Öppet Spår Sunday
Friday 21 March: Registration codes for Vasaloppet and StafettVasan are sent out.
Coming arrangements in Vasalopps Arena
Vasaloppets summer week 2014:
Friday 15 Aug: CykelVasan 30. 30 km. Start Oxberg.
Friday 15 Aug: UngdomsCykelVasan.30 km. Start Oxberg.
Friday 15 Aug: CykelVasan 45. 45 km. Start. Oxberg.
Saturday 16 Aug: CykelVasan 90. 95 km. Start. Sälen. (12,000 entries. FULL 22/09/2013.)
Saturday 23 Aug: UltraVasan 45. 45 km. Running race. Start. Oxberg.
Saturday 23 Aug: UltraVasan 90. 90 km. Running race. Start. Sälen. (1,000 entries. FULL 22/09/2013)
Saturday 23 Aug: VasaStafetten. 4.5–15.1 km. Running relay for 10 person teams. Start Sälen.
Vasaloppet winter week 2015:
Friday 27 feb: KortVasan. 30 km. Start Oxberg.
Saturday 28 feb: TjejVasan. 30 km. Start Oxberg.
Sunday 1 mar: UngdomsVasan. 3, 5, 7 eller 9 km. Start Mora ski stadium.
Sunday 1 mar: Öppet Spår söndag. 90 km. Start Sälen.
Monday 2 mar: Öppet Spår måndag. 90 km. Start Sälen
Tuesday 3 mar: HalvVasan. 45 km. Start Oxberg.
Friday 6 mar: StafettVasan. 24, 24, 14, 9 och 19 km. Start Sälen. (8,000 entries. FULL 16/03/2014)
Sunday 8 mar: Vasaloppet. 90 km. Start Sälen. (15,800 entries. FULL 16/03/2014)
Vasaloppets summer week 2014:
Friday 15 Aug: CykelVasan 30. 30 km. Start Oxberg.
Friday 15 Aug: UngdomsCykelVasan.30 km. Start Oxberg.
Friday 15 Aug: CykelVasan 45. 45 km. Start. Oxberg.
Saturday 16 Aug: CykelVasan 90. 95 km. Start. Sälen. (12,000 entries. FULL 22/09/2013.)
Saturday 23 Aug: UltraVasan 45. 45 km. Running race. Start. Oxberg.
Saturday 23 Aug: UltraVasan 90. 90 km. Running race. Start. Sälen. (1,000 entries. FULL 22/09/2013)
Saturday 23 Aug: VasaStafetten. 4.5–15.1 km. Running relay for 10 person teams. Start Sälen.
Vasaloppet winter week 2015:
Friday 27 feb: KortVasan. 30 km. Start Oxberg.
Saturday 28 feb: TjejVasan. 30 km. Start Oxberg.
Sunday 1 mar: UngdomsVasan. 3, 5, 7 eller 9 km. Start Mora ski stadium.
Sunday 1 mar: Öppet Spår söndag. 90 km. Start Sälen.
Monday 2 mar: Öppet Spår måndag. 90 km. Start Sälen
Tuesday 3 mar: HalvVasan. 45 km. Start Oxberg.
Friday 6 mar: StafettVasan. 24, 24, 14, 9 och 19 km. Start Sälen. (8,000 entries. FULL 16/03/2014)
Sunday 8 mar: Vasaloppet. 90 km. Start Sälen. (15,800 entries. FULL 16/03/2014)
Contributed by: Vasaloppet