Birkebeinerrennet 2002

"The King of the Birkebeiner" is not coming this year!

Fredrik Lütken is number one Birkebeiner veteran. Almost 86 years old it is 65 years since he first time went the race in 1937. Since then he has gone the race 58 times and taken the Birkebeiner mark 53 of those times. This is an impressing record, but this year he cannot participate dued to sickness.

Lütken can not participate this year!

Fredrik Lütken has been struggeling with asthma-bronchitis the whole winter and has been denied to start by his doctor. His shape is not strong enough to walk the 58 km from Rena to Lillehammer.

- This is really sad, says Lütken. This year there is a new class, M15 for males 85 years and older. He was looking forward participating there.

Fredrik Lütken about his illness and next year (Norwegian only)
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Will be at Sjusjøen
Now he has to decline the race. But Fredrik Lütken promise to be a cheergang for the rest in the “Skistuagjengen”. This is a group of veteran Birkebeiners, that meet on a regular basis to train. Their motto is “Once The Birk – always”.

They who have to decline the race, is to be supporting with lifegiving drinks at Sjusjøen.

Even though he won’t participate this year, Lütken promise to healthy and ready next year. He has already signed up for next year…

- Recruit more!
Lütken is deeply concerned that youth and adults is starting to participate on the Birkebiener. He thinks there are too few participants in the exercise-class. Last year there were 600 participants in that class and this year only 200 has signed up. –This is a crisis, Lütken thinks. –We have to make sure to get more people signing up. He thinks that one of the reasons for the low number of participants is that this class starts as the last class. …

Concerned with eating correctly
Eating is another thing, Lütken is concerned with. He is the leader of the BIOS-foundation. This is an organization that has fought for ecologically grown food all the way since 1950.

Lütken thinks that Norway is very much behind the rest of Europe regarding health and food. He has written about this theme in severel newspaperdiscussions. –The research on energy clearly states that we should eat more fish and vegetables, not that much meat as we do now. –Abroad they are at full speed with producing ecologically grown food, while we in Norway are very behind. We have a job to do here, Fredrikc Lütken says.

Aged 20 he started thinking about what he ate. He started to eat more fruit and vegetables. Today he is a vegetarian and thanks the way he eat, as well as being out in open air and training, for his good health, despite his bronchitis.

We do expect to see you back in the track next year, Ferdrik!


	"The King of the Birkebeiner" is not coming this year! Fredrik Lütken is number one Birkebeiner veteran. Almost 86 years old it is 65 years since he first time went the race in 1937. Since then he has gone the race 58 times and taken the Birkebeiner mark 53 of those times. This is an impressing record, but this year he cannot participate dued to sickness. Lütken can not participate this year! Fredrik Lütken has been struggeling with asthma-bronchitis the whole winter and has been denied to start by his doctor. His shape is not strong enough to walk the 58 km from Rena to Lillehammer. - This is really sad, says Lütken. This year there is a new class, M15 for males 85 years and older. He was looking forward participating there. Fredrik Lütken about his illness and next year (Norwegian only) \| Modem/ISDN 56 Kbps \| Double ISDN/ADSL 128 Kbps \| Broadband 300 Kbps \| Will be at Sjusjøen Now he has to decline the race. But Fredrik Lütken promise to be a cheergang for the rest in the “Skistuagjengen”. This is a group of veteran Birkebeiners, that meet on a regular basis to train. Their motto is “Once The Birk – always”. They who have to decline the race, is to be supporting with lifegiving drinks at Sjusjøen. Even though he won’t participate this year, Lütken promise to healthy and ready next year. He has already signed up for next year… - Recruit more! Lütken is deeply concerned that youth and adults is starting to participate on the Birkebiener. He thinks there are too few participants in the exercise-class. Last year there were 600 participants in that class and this year only 200 has signed up. –This is a crisis, Lütken thinks. –We have to make sure to get more people signing up. He thinks that one of the reasons for the low number of participants is that this class starts as the last class. … Concerned with eating correctly Eating is another thing, Lütken is concerned with. He is the leader of the BIOS-foundation. This is an organization that has fought for ecologically grown food all the way since 1950. Lütken thinks that Norway is very much behind the rest of Europe regarding health and food. He has written about this theme in severel newspaperdiscussions. –The research on energy clearly states that we should eat more fish and vegetables, not that much meat as we do now. –Abroad they are at full speed with producing ecologically grown food, while we in Norway are very behind. We have a job to do here, Fredrikc Lütken says. Aged 20 he started thinking about what he ate. He started to eat more fruit and vegetables. Today he is a vegetarian and thanks the way he eat, as well as being out in open air and training, for his good health, despite his bronchitis. We do expect to see you back in the track next year, Ferdrik!

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