Around Ladoga by Denis
The marathon chart
Misha Gavrilov explains Ivo tips about Russia`s roads
Marathon participants (from left to right):
Ivo Misen, Andrey Efimov and Lana Konovalova (Vladimir), Andrey Alekseyevich Mikhailov, Dmitry Paskov, Michael Kamentsev, Alexey Lavelin, Mikhail Gavrilov (Moscow), Denis Sablin, Nikolay Petrovich Panchenko, Yury Borodulin, Alexey Kozhedoub
Last preparations
Yury Borodulin
The same people + Vitaly Korovkin (left)
Yury Borodulin
Let`s go!
As the weather is fine the group sticks togetter
Checkpoint1. Cafe in Issad. Misha Gavrilov, Denis Kavelin
Checkpoint2. Past river Svir
Checkpoint2. The group approaching a checkpoint
Checkpoint2
ÊÏ3. Vidlitsa. Volodya Pashkov to the left
The Baltic Star on Ladoga shore
The Karelian morning. It`s worth come here to see it.
Pitkyaranta
Sortavala. Nikolay Petrovich and Alexey Kozhedoub
Molodezhnoye lake. 600 km. Nikolay Petrovich and Michael Kamentsev
Molodezhnoye lake. 600 km. Denis Kavelin
Finish 800 km. Yury Borodulin
Finish 800 km. Yury Borodulin
Around Ladoga by Ivo
Anya Kononova is stamping itinerary lists with "Velopiter" stamp
The start was good
Murmanskoye highway. Lana is ahead
Checkpoint1. Andrey looking through the route
Murmanskoye highway. Keep riding
Murmanskoye highway. The weather meanwhile got quite poor
Lodeynoe Pole. Over the hot soup
Lodeynoe Pole. Lana
Checkpoint2 and our volunteers
Moving into Karelia
Olonets. Regular assembly
Turn to checkpoint3
Checkpoint3. Ladoga in the evening
Checkpoint3. Dima`s drying his clothes
Checkpoint3. Volodya Pashkov is marking cards
Checkpoint3. By the campfire
Man-made waterfall in Lyaskelya
Lyaskelya. Vitaly and frontier guards
Vitaly è Andrey Alekseyevich
Vitaly
Vitaly
Marketplace in Sortavala
Checkpoint in Lakhdenpokh'ya
Karelian log-path, but not for us
Karelian earthroad, that`s for us
Karelian earthroad
Karelian shop
Andrey Alekseyevich on the earthroad
600 mm. ÀÀ, Àlexey Kazhedoub, Michael Kamentsev
Karelian Isthmus. Warming in Dutch
Indoors cafe in Pervomayskoye
Finish. The warm and tasty place
Íome chat-in about marathon results.
Íome chat-in about marathon results.
Íome chat-in about marathon results.
Around Ladoga on checkpoint 600 km
Anton Buchenkov preparing checkpoint flag
Setting up the flag
The first rider. Ìisha Gavrilov at 600 km checkpoint
Ìisha is eating
The second rider. Yury Borodulin at 600 km checkpoint
Yury Borodulin
The russian exotics. Checkpoint mark on the pillbox
The russian exotics. Checkpoint mark on the pillbox
But I came earlier
First impressions
Group striptease
Still life - the randonneur`s dream
Nikolay Petrovich is here too
Nikolay Petrovich, Anton
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