FL500: Who will be "Rookie of the year"?

Jørn Sødahl Kvam (34) fra Åndalsnes og Mikal Lanes (36) fra Vadsø kniver om flere høyt hengende priser i FL500.

Jørn Sødahl Kvam (34) from Åndalsnes, Norway and Mikal Lanes (36) from Vadsø, Norway are competing over several highly regarded prizes in FL500.

They are fighting over several higly regarded prizes – Norwegian-Championship-Longdistance-sleddogracing; winner of FL500 and Rookie of the Year. Rookie of the Year wins a tent with a oven given by naturmagasinet.no worth 16 500 Nkr.

Before Jørn Kvam singed out from Karasjok he said that he was wondering if his dogs would be able to keep up their speed. During the leg to Jergul he will try to get a good position for the last leg, Jergul-Alta.

Mikal Lanes (picture) had a good speed out from Karasjok, but said to Finnmarksløpet that he had some problems with one of his lead-dogs.

-It is a bit mentally worn, he said.