today's Oringen news has an interesting blurb about Bernt Frilén, the superstar in the 70s. looks like the male super-elites today ran the exact same course as in the 70s, got to see the course a priori, and still couldn't beat him.
http://www.oringen.com/t26.asp?p=137511&x=1&a=4361...
on a personal note, when I attended Oringen in 2004, I got a chance to visit some distant relatives in Marks Kommun. The farm where my great-great-grandmother Kronbeck was born is now owned by the Frilén brothers. what are the odds...
I should write him a letter and invite him TJOC next year.
mlewis
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