Skrevet av: Niels Westphal
Dato: 15.03.2013 09:47
Arnt Ola Skjerve managed to pass Inger-Marie Haaland and won second place in this years’ Finnmarksløp. In Femundsløpet earlier this year Skjerve got the same place, only beat by Ralph Johannesen, and ahead of Thomas Wærner who got third.
However, Skjerve could not do anything against Wærner in Finnmarksløpet 2013. He crossed the finish line at 11.21 with seven dogs in his team.
Like Wærner, Skjerve started this year’s race calmly with a lot of rest. Like the winner, he took his long rest in Tana Bru, and was not part of the top until further out in the race. In Neiden 2 he chose to rest longer than most of the other mushers, and then he went straight through Varangerbotn, got some rest in Sirbma, and went straight through Levajok 2. But eventually he struggled, and on the endless Tana River, Thomas Wærner caught up to him.
-When he came I was just happy. It made me see a chance to get to the checkpoint in Karasjok. It was very difficult on the river, he said after finishing in Alta.
Even though he came in second, Arnt Ola is satisfied with the race. But the mustache is soon gone.
-Mustaches are overrated. I can’t drink, and food gets stuck in it. It is going away, he laughs.
Read more about Arnt Ola Skjerve here.