Visa Kivinen was the winner of the Finnish Satellite Contest 22.4.2023 via Runoff! Visa ran 23 laps on the Vihti course and claimed a place in the Big's Tennessee.
Runoff backgrounds:
The Finnish Satellite competition ended on 16.10.2022 due to a thunderstorm. We did not have a winner and we did not get a representative for the Individual World Championships in Tennessee.
As race director, I wanted to do something to make up for the disappointment of the runners. I wrote a letter to Lazarus Lake and received a quick reply. We were able to arrange a rerun for the three runners (Aro, Jumisko and Kivinen) who were left in round 33 of the satellite race.
The re-run was run on the first original route in the history of Nummela Backyard from 2019, which starts from the race director's home yard near Vihti church village, Koivissilla.
Juha Seppälä
