We were fortunate to be in Forshaga on a day the city had a race scheduled. The E-18 Loppet was a 6.5 K (4 miles) race on the new section of highway e-18.
Fredagen den 9 juni invigs den nya E18-sträckan väster om Karlstad med en löpupplevelse över 6,5 kilometer.
I should mention that the race STARTED at 7:00 pm. Seems a bit late to someone from midwest America, but it never realy gets dark in Sweden during the summer. Honest! Swedes also know how to do a loppet (race)!! To warm up before the race they had about a 20 minute dance party for stretching and loosening up. Ah, Sweden! What a wonderful country.
The girls did great and I was so happy to be running a race in Sweden with my children.
Here are some pictures of Bret (52), Cora (15), and Neva (13)
Here are the Blackfords ready to conquer the loppet ..
And here are the girls getting ready ...
Here are the official race results (from http://e18loppet.se/ )
