“Went well for me mind. It’s going well,” writes Petter Northug in a message to news. The incident has not taken the old ski king’s mood, but there was definitely a change in plans when Team Aker Dæhlie and Team Janteloppet were to have a test race on the holiday island of Mallorca on Tuesday morning. Several of the world’s best cross-country skiers – with Northug and Astrid Øyre Slind in the lead – had already gone calmly on roller skis for two hours and 40 minutes. “Warming up,” as Slind calls it when news talks to her on Tuesday evening. After the relatively long, quiet part of the training session, they were to have a test run up the Sa Colabra climb, known to many who have been on a cycling holiday in Mallorca. Got a choice Slind tells news that they had “pumped in gels and caffeine”. But before they could start, the police showed up. – We got two choices. Either jump in the car and drive home, or a 200 euro fine and a trip to the police station, she says. WORLD CHAMPION: Astrid Øyre Slind was on the Norwegian team that took WC gold in the relay in Planica. Photo: Terje Pedersen / / NTB They chose to drop the test run on the ground where they have also tested their form several times before, without objections from law enforcement. According to Slind, most of the gang were supposed to stake the hill. But Slind and Petter Northug were to fight a separate duel in skating. – The duel consisted of him not beating me by more than two minutes and fifteen seconds. I thought it was small, but I was ready for the challenge, says Slind. The hill is 9.4 km long and has a total ascent of 668 metres. According to Slind, the race time is normally around 40 minutes. BETTING FAR: Petter Northug hopes to approach the best in long-distance running this coming winter. Photo: Geir Olsen / NTB – Have been good Now the two Trønders have to wait until the police don’t show up to possibly hold the test. That is unlikely to happen at this gathering. – We follow the local police’s recommendations until the return journey, says manager Joachim Aurland in Aker Dæhlie to news, and emphasizes that it was a good training day nonetheless. – It must be said that we have been good at showing consideration and letting cars pass, and staying on the right, says Slind. She instead ran a hard session on Tuesday afternoon. Roller skis on the Autobahn It is not entirely unusual for Norwegian cross-country skiers on roller skis to attract the attention of the police at gatherings around the world. In 2011, Tomas Northug was stopped by the police when he skated on the Autobahn in Germany to get petrol for a car that had run dry.
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