if you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right
Modelled after The Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run the and Danish cannonball runs this race epitomizes two key ingredients - adventure and simplicity. And it is run through two different countries through established routes and beautiful sea views. You will truly conquer the classic distance of 100 miles since you will be fully self-sufficient all through the day and night, Edward Payson Weston-style. I will try to keep this race in the spirit of Micah True: "Running should be free, man." Well, this race is at least almost like free ...
pain is temporary, quitting is forever
What: A self supported race of 160,9 km (100 miles) with a cut off time of 36 hours.
When: See below.
Where: Start and finish at Lund Cathedral in central Lund, southern Sweden.
How: You are capable of so much more than you think you are.
Who: You. Because this is fun.
Why: Some running is good, more is better, and too much is just enough.
Inspiration: Last Annual Vol State Road Race.
Fee: 163 SEK (Swish: 0768051619). This is a charity race, most will be given to Afghanistan.
Prizes: Pride, diploma and a medal.
Register: Fill in GaxUrasunti - registration.doc, send it and pay.
Water: The route passes many shops and cafés, burger joints and toilets.
Service stations: None provided. This race is low key.
Support: None provided. However - you can have any support, pacer or friends you like.
DNF: All runners are finishers with accomplished kilometres.
Map: Provided. Both digital and printed.
Route: From Lund all around Øresund through both Denmark and Sweden (gpx).
Qualification: An iron will.
Equipment: At least money and headlight, water and a warm clothes.
Accomodation: There is a hotel very close.
Shower: Might be available.
Getting there: Walking distance from train station. Two airports are close.
Rules: Cheating or littering is not allowed. To help a fellow runner is mandatory.
Weather: This is Sweden ....
Animals: Elk, fox, stoat, deer, snake, lama, harbour porpoise etc. have been seen during gax.
Dangers: Some traffic, fatigue and cold.
Force majeure: Does not apply unless there is less than one participant.
Miscallenous: It will be fun.
Questions: stefanphonsavan (a) hotmail.com.
Race Director: Stefan Samuelsson.
x-day xx month 10:00 2027 - eighteenth edition
name town 100 km 100 miles
Friday 18 April 10:00 2025 - seventeenth edition
name town 100 km 100 miles
Roger Löfström Dalby 16:26:59 18:11:59 (111,5 km)
Malou Björnslätt Kågeröd 16:26:59 28:01:59
Niklas Hermansson Häljarp - 11:41:59 (91,0 km)
Stefan Samuelsson Lund - 8:19:59 (54,7 km)
Fredrik Lähnn Fjelie 14:16:10 24:55:30
Zingo Andersen Lund - 14:11:28 (85,7 km)
Johanna Gren Helsingborg 17:09:10 30:56:34
The forecast said eleven degrees but it "feels like six" but the reality was eleven degrees "feels like twenty six". Perfect summery start. But later on came the dampness and a little bit of rain. Denmark showed its best side one of these first days of spring. As per usual, quite a few dropped out for different reasions, none seroius. It is just a lonesome race without any outside support. The biggest hurdle is that you can always take the train pretty much home to the starting point, or whereever you laid your hat. Very tempting. Fredrik the Lähnn won, as per usual. He is now the winningiest runner of the 70 gax races organized so far, he has five finishes. That is second most, Peter Bengtsson has six. Out of 589 starts in gax races - the 476:th came in ending the races for this season.
Sunday 9 april 10:00 2023 - sixteenth edition
name town 100 km 100 miles
Fredrik Lähnn Fjelie 16:23:37 28:00:15
Malou Björnslätt Kågeröd 14:47:40 28:43:59
Thomas Pålsson Lomma 16:23:37 23:15:59 (133 km)
Richard Berthelius Lomma 16:23:37 20:15:59 (117,5 km)
Johanna Gren Helsingborg 16:14:56 19:32:03 (114,5 km)
Zingo Andersen Lund 15:22:13 19:32:05 (114,5 km)
Ross Nugent Tyringe - 12:59:59 (89,5 km)
Roger Löfström Dalby - 10:21:33 (77,3 km)
Two finishers! Percentage wise this was the lowest percentage of finishers ever (25 % ...). The average of the gax events is 80 %, usually much lower for the hundred milers off course. But, 25 % shows that it is indeed a hard race (I think it is mainly the loneliness and lack of support that makes it difficult to finish). Even before the start there were 7 casualties of "förkylning" and minor sport related injuries ... to run 100 miles you have to be 110 % injury free, healthy and especially mentally prepared (or stupid). Then during the race there were even more runners who RTC:d ... This is a very simple race; no hills, easy route, existing markings, plenty of possibilities to restock ... but yet. There were two inpromptu refreshments/boosts on the early stages of the route (thank you Fredrik Lähnn and Daniel Cervera) and the weather was actually perfect for running. Crisp springy 12° Celsius and sunshine (falling to a chilly 5° Celsius in the night ...). But the night was too windy! The race turned in to a nailbiting drama in the end. There was only 43 minute separating the two winners, that is lika seconds. Fredrik won his first ultra race ever. Congrats! As always, and of course, more than half of the proceeds were given to people in need - the people of Afghanistan, mainly to enhance and establish the right for young girls to go to school and moreover building those schools. This is more important than ever since the change of the ruling of Afghanistan in 2021.
Saturday 12 June 10:00 2021 - fifteenth edition
name town 100 km 100 miles
Peter Bengtsson Lund 14:41:21 24:19:58
Fredrik Lähnn Fjelie 14:56:10 27:08:30
Ross Nugent Tyringe 14:34:59 27:08:30
Stefan Samuelsson Lund 18:32:18 35:16:08
Johanna Gren Helsingborg 15:36:15 15:36:15 (100 km)
Susanne Gren Påarp 15:36:15 15:36:15 (100 km)
Johan Melin Malmö - 12:38:10 (85,7)
Malou Björnslätt Kågeröd - 11:53:55 (72,7 km)
Roger Löfström Dalby - 10:33:12 (70,80 km)
So ... this (maybe) Swan Song Edition played out well! High rate of RTC (refused to continue) again showed that this race is not easy at all. The factors of a few hills, lots of loneliness and no support what so ever all resulted in a 56 % DNF. No serious injuries thankfully though, as far as the RD knows. Just the plain old man vs. nature, and nature very often wins. Maybe the storm had something to do with it as well, for about 20 hours there was a massive head wind. Massive. One could actually not run. And when there was no wind, the very shy Swedish sun came out with 100 % fiercefulness. So: very hot or much to windy! This edition had a very well stocked aid station at the home of Fredrik mananged by Anna at 15 and 154 km. Very smooth. Their house is situated exactly on the route. Peter the great excelled, again, with a victory. This was his third victory in the gax urasunti epiphany. It was actually the seventh fastest time ever here. We also had the slowest finish time ever ... just shy of the 36 hour time limit. Also, one of the runners ran his 100:th lifetime career ultramarathons: "Never again. I'm done. No more. Want sleep." As always, and of course, more than half of the proceeds were given to people in need - the people of Afghanistan.
Friday 22 January 2021 19:00 - fourteenth edition
name town 100 km 100 miles
Roger Löfström S. Sandby 16:05:20 27:42:48
Malou Björnslätt Kågeröd 17:05:59 29:13:59
Johan Melin Malmö 15:48:10 19:49:20 (119,2 km)
Ross Nugent Tyringe - 11:46:10 (70 km)
Zingo Andersen Lund - 8:05:51 (54,8 km)
As always, and of course, more than half of the proceeds were given to people in need - the people of Afghanistan. No rain! Just ordinary sweet and damp and cold winter weather. Due to restrictions imposed by The Public Health Agency of Sweden the race administration decided to allow a maximum of five participants to be on the safe side. They all started alone with 15 minutes in between them and no service during the race were provided by the race organization. On the starting line were the usual repeat offenders except for one rookie who decided to try his luck on his first long distance race. He had only run marathons up until now, then again ha had run 430 marathons ...
Friday 3 January 19:00 2020 - thirteenth edition
name town 100 km 100 miles
Peter Bengtsson Lund 15:16:21 27:38:47
Malou Björnslätt Kågeröd 16:34:59 29:10:13
Roger Löfström S. Sandby 16:34:59 29:10:13
Johanna Gren Helsingborg 16:22:41 31:13:45
Nils van der Poel Trollhättan 12:40:41 18:50:09 (137 km)
Jon Ottosson Malmö - 3:27:36 (30,3 km)
For the first time there were more audience than runners! Mild winter weather. Some rain and drizzle during the day. The race started at night and ran clockwise towards Denmark. Eight starters turned into only six as cold and other problems took out two participants even before the start. After 3.5 hours another had to quit because of earlier virus. On the plus side, a record of two female starers! The leader and presumed winner ... caved in in his first long race after 137 km ... only 24 km shy of a finish. But that could mean 7 hours in these parts! The rest rambled on, slow jogging became even slower walking due to the cold wind. The mild weather was not so smooth anymore. All runners had a good time as they trotted through both Malmö and Copenhagen between party goers and tipsy teenagers. Beers were offered. The temperature dropped below zero but the remaining four all slowly battled on to a nightly finish! They started the race on the Friday and finished on the Sunday. Peter took his second win in this race and has now ran it six times. This was probably the toughest weather conditions so far in this race. As always, and of course, more than half of the proceeds were given to people in need - the people of Afghanistan.
Friday 4 January 20:00 2019 - twelfth edition
name town 100 km 100 miles
Jonas Häggqvist Solna 14:30:59 24:30:26
Magnus Johansson Lund 14:30:59 24:30:26
Fredrik Lähnn Fjelie 15:26:05 26:38:52
Stefan Samuelsson Lund - 16:10:22 (89,8 km)
Ross Nugent Tyringe - 12:35:04 (85,1 km)
Christian Riegel Regina - 19:59:34 (85,1 km)
Katherine Robinson Regina - 19:59:34 (85,1 km)
Zingo Andersen Lund - 8:48:26 (62,0 km)
Peter Bengtsson Lund - 2:55:59 (27,2 km)
Would have been the hardest edition yet ... if the weather haven't turned out so damn nice! 5 degrees celsius as an average and not much wind really. Started at night and ran clock wise towards Denmark. Had two international participants from Canada, the usual suspects and a few newbies. High level of RTC (refused to continue ...) - probably due to the loneliness of the one loop route? But also ... a few got injured a bit and had not recovered from various Christmas colds. As always, and of course, more than half of the proceeds were given to people in need - the people of Afghanistan.
Saturday 25 August 10:00 2018 - eleventh edition
name town 100 km 100 miles
Peter Bengtsson Lund 18.10.36 30.16.16
Fredrik Lähnn Fjelie 18.10.35 31.47.17
Stefan Samuelsson Lund 17.25.48 20.39.14 (108,2 km)
One participant registered 15 minutes before the start! And packed his bag 10 minutes before the start ... pretty much business as usual in other words ... The weather was perfect for running, the first five hours. Then it drizzled and poured for pretty much the next 12 hours. Combined with a temperature down to +7 degrees it was a hard slog for most. Too hard for some whose feet gave up being constantly moist. Not your typical summer weather. As always, and of course, more than half of the proceeds were given to people in need - the people of Afghanistan.
Saturday 6 January 10:00 2018 - tenth edition
name town 100 km 100 miles
Ross Nugent Tyringe 14:38:23 25:11:58
Peter Bengtsson Lund 15:10:10 27:37:25
Zingo Andersen Lund 14:35:03 27:37:25
Lupita Svensson Malmö 18:18:42 27:53:59
The run started in a drizzle and a balmy 3ºC. Krister Eskilsson met up at Landskrona with an extra service station. And in Malmö Henrik Kockum met up with another aid station. Thanks guys. During the night we had low temperatures: down to -7ºC! Mr. Ross Nugent from the U. K. won again. This was his 100:th run of 42.195 km or longer! This is his third win! Two boys shared second and then came the fourth winner of the day: Lupita. Actually, it was the first time a woman ran the race! The weather however did not really affect the results. Shows that a true winter race in cold Sweden (and damp Scania) can be run without problems really. Let's hope for snow and sleet next year ... As always, and off course, more than half of the proceeds were given to people in need - the people of Afghanistan.
Saturday 23 September 10:00 2017 - ninth edition
name town 100 km 100 miles
Richard Andersson Lund 15:26:59 24:57:53
Mats Olson Lund 16:39:17 30:30:06
Krister Eskilsson Landskrona 15:27:30 17:43:59 (111 km)
Peter Leisted Bøgevig Copenhagen - 14:48:59 (75,8 km)
Great weather! Again. This weekend had the best weather of all the editions so far. The night was almost balmy! Our international guest got lost on the first stretch - he ran 88 km instead of 76 km ... Krister stopped running during the night but came further than last time. Richard put another win to his amazing races (and wins) this year (and other years ...). It did not seem to bother him that he had run 100 miles, he kept on and ran all the way home after hardly stopping at the finish! Mats kept soldiering on and started his training for the race just a few weeks ago ... But he felt slightly off at the start but still finished! Congratulations to all finishers. As always, and off course, more than half of the proceeds were given to people in need - the people of Afghanistan.
Friday 10 March 20:00 2017 - eighth editon
name town 100 km 100 miles
Mats Olson Lund 18:37:42 33:54:28
Having decided to race the very same week Mats signed up to participate for the fifth time! He shares first place in the statistics with most participations - an astounding four! I think he will be back. Especially now when he must defend his title. The race was pretty straightforward ... hard and long as always. And perfect weather - not as always though. As always, and off course, more than half of the proceeds were given to people in need - the people of Afghanistan.
Saturday 24 September 10:00 2016 - seventh edition
name town 100 km 100 miles
David Mårtensson Lund 14:30:59 23:06:25
Ross Nugent Tyringe 14:30:59 23:06:25
Richard Andersson Lund 19:50:59 32:27:19
Krister Eskilsson Landskrona 15:17:59 15:40:59 (102,2 km)
The race started in the best ever weather in the history of the race. And it also finished in sunshine and warm temperature. This edition had only one veteran (celebrating ten (!) participations in gax-events) - last year’s winner aiming for sub-24! Which he did. And he brought a rookie with him. They surely would had made sub 23 if they had jumped the ship in Helsingør. Instead, they rode the boat back to Sweden and then back again ... Well played guys :-) Richard said he would run for 32:09 hours but came in 18 minutes late. And with "run" we mean walking as this was only training for future events. Cut off time for this edition was 36 hours. As always - more than half of the proceeds of the entrance fee were given to the plight of the people of Afghanistan.
Friday 11 March 20:00 2016 - sixth edition
name town 100 km 100 miles
Ross Nugent Tyringe 15:51:15 24:59:16
Peter Bengtsson Lund 16:03:36 25:54:32
Zingo Andersen Lund 17:34:07 33:23:15
Rikard Hallgren Göteborg - 9:35:59 (85,1 km)
Maybe the best weather ever ... at least during the day. The night(s) were cold as a crisp Swedish prespring day. That means cold! This was the smallest race in relation to participants. Then again - four people attempting the race with (probably) the highest rate of DNF in Sweden is quite a lot of adventurers! 100 miles, cold weather, totally self-supported, two "river" crossings. Ouch. All praise to the finishers and even more to those who attempted. As always, and off course, more than half of the proceeds were given to people in need - the people of Afghanistan. Cut off time for this edition was 36 hours.
Saturday 19 September 10:00 2015 - fifth edition
name town 100 km 100 miles
Mikkel Birch Gormsen Copenhagen 11:10:59 19.56.59
Jan Söderkvist Täby 13:44:10 25.02.25
Mats Olson Lund 15:18:22 25:17.40
Henrik Kockum Lund 15:00:59 26.15.59
Peter Bengtsson Lund 16:03:28 29:07:28
Stefan Samuelsson Lund 16:03:28 31.19:13
Zingo Andersen Lund 19:56:04 19:56:04 (100 km)
So - the fifth edition did not disappoint anyone. It was the usual suspects that lined up and only one first time entrant. Despite the weather being the worst (rained for quite a few times) so far this race resulted in the highest finisher ratio so far - 86 %. And there was a course record. 19:56:59 is not so bad considering this is 100 % self supported and has two crossings involved which adds at least 40 minutes to the total time of the actual running/timing. Cut off time for this edition was 36 hours. As always, and off course, more than half of the proceeds were given to people in need - the people of Afghanistan. Cut off time for this edition was 36 hours.
Friday 6 March 21:00 2015 - fourth edition
name town 100 km 100 miles
Mikkel Birch Gormsen Copenhagen 12:03:59 20:23:59
Henrik Kockum Lund 14:47:59 28:16:30
Stefan Olsson Bromma 17:13:17 29:54:28
Ross Nugent Tyringe 17:13:17 29:54:28
Mats Olson Lund - 10:35:59 (68,6 km)
Zingo Andersen Lund - 5:51:58 (31,7 km)
The greatest worry was the weather, which turned out to be quite gorgeous considering the time of the year. A drizzle here and there but all in all quite moderate, being a few degrees above zero during the whole race. Mikkel lead the way being the only one opting for the early train (32 km in 2:40 …). Four other runners took the later train and one did not take the train at all, calling it a night after six hours of walking. Another casualty of race scratched after 10:30 but after that everybody (all six of them) soldiered on. A new course record was achieved by Mikkel in 20:23, Henrik now has three finishes (out of his three attempts) and Stefan and Ross pushed the limits for a close call coming in with 5,5 minutes to spare … This edition paid for the school fees (for a full year) for ten children in the Central African Republic. "The greatest of all victories is to be victorious over yourself." Cut off time for this edition was 30 hours. As always - more than half of the proceeds of the entrance fee were given to the plight of the people of Afghanistan.
Saturday 20 September 10:00 2014 - third edition
name town 100 km 100 miles
Christian Malmström Lyckeby 11:05:59 22:01:59
Henrik Kockum Lund 13:50:59 24:28:59
Marcus Wiklund Malmö 13:44:12 24:41:22
Stefan Samuelsson Lund 13:44:12 24:41:22
Jan Söderkvist Täby 14:41:38 28:10:25
Mats Olson Lund 17:34:59 29:39:24
Rikard Nilsson Sjöbo - 12:58:59 (92 km)
Rikard Hallgren Göteborg - 9:00:59 (75.8 km)
Zingo Andersen Lund - 9:57:21 (60 km)
Perfect weather and a high finishers rate (highest ever) made this year a success run. It was even balmy in the day and all through the night. Even the few hours of rain could not stop the remaining participant who all soldiered on to reach the finish below 30 hours. This is a hard race. It is self supported all the way, and the finishing times include a boat - and a train ride, and the waiting times that has been anything to 2 second up to 60 minutes for some! Cut off time for this edition was 32 hours. As always - more than half of the proceeds of the entrance fee were given to the plight of the people of Afghanistan.
Friday 4 April 22:45 2014 - second edition
name town 100 km 100 miles
Jonas Davidsson Hägersten 13:30:59 21:36:59
Reigo Lehtla Tallinn 13:30:59 22:50:59
Henrik Kockum Lund 13:53:59 24:52:59
André Sinclair Klippan 17:03:59 29:37:59
Mats Olson Lund 16:26:33 30:27:59
Zingo Andersen Lund 14:22:07 18:32:49 (114,9 km)
Niels Holm Staffanstorp - 11:15:59 (85,1 km)
Rikard Hallgren Göteborg - 11:15:59 (85,1 km)
Stefan Samuelsson Lund - 12:44:34 (85,1 km)
Uve Reichenauer Birkerød - 6:55:23 (55 km)
The weather sites had promised quite a crisp but relatively warm pre spring climate, with a few hours of rain here and there. And that is just what happened. The cold was cold but bearable. The start field was reduced to ten persons just the last week which is quite impressive on a cold and unsupported run of 160,9 km! Almost everybody opted for the train leaving Hyllie 3:56 h after the start, that is 31,7 km to go in the night, with navigation and stops. Which was perfect. The leader opted for the early train, which was missed by 60 seconds … Everybody stayed in the race during the night but when the day came people dropped out one by one until there was only five left. They all battled through the evening, night and on to the wee morning hours. Again – this is a race, route and format that seems to appeal to at least some as there is at least four people signed up for next years event already. As the race was so easy the next spring race will be a bit more … fun. As it will start a month earlier it will be interesting to run in the Scanian post winter of damp air and gust winds through one night or two. Cut off time for this edition was 36 hours. As always - more than half of the proceeds of the entrance fee were given to the plight of the people of Afghanistan.
Saturday - 22 September 08:00 2013 - first edition
name town 100 km 100 miles
Zingo Andersen Lund 14:28:19 25:37:59
André Sinclair Klippan 16:09:59 28:59:50
Uve Reichenauer Birkerød 14:30:37 29:57:12
Stefan Samuelsson Lund 14:30:37 29:57:12
Stefan Olsson Bromma 16:13:59 30:03:22
Gunnar Nilsson Uppsala 17:18:59 24:17:59 (129, 2 km)
Björn Svensson Helsingborg - 10:08:59 (75,8 km)
Marcus Wiklund Malmö - 10:08:59 (75,8 km)
Niels Holm Staffanstorp - 10:18:59 (75,8 km)
Weather was the best it could be during Swedish autumn, even a bit warm for an hour or two. During the night it was damp and and a little bit cold though. More because of fatigue than Mother Nature. Most runners stuck together for the first Swedish part of the run but during the night most runners went their own ways. One runner decided to join just for a short while but ended up registering for the race during the run! All are welcome. One runner had all his clothes and energy in a pram and ended up quite exhausted since 0,2 % of the trail was stairs and hindrances. But still possible with a stroller. The route went through terrain and fishing villages during the first Swedish part and all through the architectural Gold Coast of Denmark north of Copenhagen. Back to Sweden the last 30 km went through pastures and farms. There were absolutely no battle of placements, Zingo ran first and the rest just struggled along. In the end all participant were very happy. Cut off time for this first year was 32 hours. As always - more than half of the proceeds of the entrance fee were given to the plight of the people of Afghanistan.