Summer Camp 2025
Welcome to the 2025 ultra running summer courses in Norway!!! There will be two courses and there is something for everyone! The beginner course (12-16 june) has a range of participants from someone who never ran before, to experienced runners who wants to try to push the distance and run their first ultra. The advanced course (19-23 june) is for runners who already ran an ultra before and knows that they can run an ultra. However, the pace will be rather slow and as long as you ran at least one ultra before, you can sign up for the advanced course! The tempo will be rather slow on the runs and the focus will be on the adventure rather than the pace. You can find more info about the different courses down below.
max. 10 runners per course
MEET THE SPONSORS
Mount To Coast Norway
Be one of the first to wear these shoes in Europe! Mount To Coast makes it possible for me to give all participants some incredible shoes. These are my personal favourite and it is also a shoe specifically made for ultra running!
Included in camp: One pair of the R1 Shoes in your size.
Tailwind Nutrition Norge
Tailwind is my favourite sports nutrition fuel and they want you to try their rocket fuel of a drink! Did you know that we runners should fuel all runs over 70 minutes? Tailwind is here to help with just that! All participants get a medium pack tailwind, enough for 10 liters of drink! Everyone also get two of their superiour soft bottles.
Included in camp: Medium pack tailwind (810g powder/enough for 10 liters) + 2x soft bottles
INFORMATION
PRICE
There are different economy groups to make it possible for as many people as possible to participate. You get the same course and everyone eat together. The only difference is the how you choose to spend the nights.
Included in all economy groups for both courses:
* Breakfast and dinner
* Light lunch. Some days are long running days and usually, the main fuel will be sports drink and snaks to keep the stomachs on track. There will be the oportunity to make a lunch box at the breakfast. Also... this way of eating lunch is a fun way to try the norwegian culture...we do this every day:)
* Tailwind: All participants get a medium bag (900g) of Tailwind, which is enough Tailwind for 10 liters of sports drink (worth 390kr ~ €33) and two Tailwind softflasks (worth 418kr ~ €35). You can bring the Tailwind and the softflasks home after the course for future training.
* One pair of Mount To Coast shoes in your size (worth 1700kr ~ €145)
* Multiple lectures by me, Anna, where I go through all the things that I have figured out that can improve your ultra running. I will share what I know about mental strategies, nutrition, mindfullness and much more! Ultra running is mainly mental games and that is why these lectures can be useful for your upcoming ultra experiences.
* Potentially a goodybag! I am working to get sponsors for this and I hope that I will be able to provide a goodibag with a lot of cool stuff!
* Pictures taken by a photographer that are free of private use
* Trainings, adventures, walks of pain (I'll explain later) and a lot of fun!
What you need to pay extra:
* Extra snacks if you want to!
* Train ticket of ~€10 (only for the advanced course)
* Travel to get to the hotel:)
Base cost: 5290kr ~ 449€ (the cost for room/camping will be added to the base cost)
Single room: 2800kr ~ 237€
Bed in room (up to 5 per room): 1050kr ~ 89€
Camping spot for tent, van or camper: 600kr ~ 51€ (if you want electricity + 400kr ~ 34€)
Doubble room (only avalable if you book together): 1600kr ~ 136€ per person
When to pay?
Entry fee is 100€ and you pay the rest one week prior to the course start.
Late entry fee:
*Entries from January 1st-April 4th: pre-entry (base cost: €349)
*Entries from April 5th-May 15th: original entry (base cost: €449)
*Entries from May 15th-June 1st: late entry (base cost: €499)
*Last day of entry: June 1st (after that you can send an email and we can see if it is possible to get you a spot)
Max amount of spots for the courses: 10 runners per course
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BEGINNER COURSE (12-16 JUNE)
The beginner course is suitable for total beginners in running, but also for experienced runners who wants to run their first ultra. We will run in different groups and everyone are welcome! In this course, you will learn about mental and physical strategies to be able to run an ultra. There will be trainings where you can adapt the training after your level. We will run shorter loops to make sure we can cheer on eachother and to make sure everyone feels safe and seen. In the end of the course, you will have the oportunity to run your first ultramarathon! I will do my best to help you through the challenges and we will set up a strategy together of how to make it happen!
Three highlights of the beginner course:
* threshold run: in this run we learn about running on a threshold limit and what can happen if we go over the limit. This training demonstrates how important it actually is
* Walk of pain: this is a really slow walk to really feel and to become aware of mindfullness. This is something that is really important in running and you will learn why.
* Ultra: this is where the participants have the oportunity to run their first ultra! We will run in smaller loops and you can choose to run 5-45km! 45km might seem tough, but after the course, you will have more tools to actually make it! You can also choose to walk major parts of the distance...it will still be an ultra! Almost all ultra runners walk at some point.
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ADVANCED COURSE (19-23 JUNE)
The advanced course is for runners that are more experienced in untra running. I recomend that you have ran one ultra in recent time or that you feel sort of confident that you would mannage an ultra. We have lectures where I share my experiences and we will also have discussions to share our experiences. I will also include a lot of the mental aspect. I often ask myself why I train 90% physical training when ultra running actually is mostly about mental games. On this course, you will learn a lot about yourself. You will learn about different tecniques and mental strategies and a big focus with the course is to lead the brain into observing certain intuitive realizations. On top of that, I can promise a camp of adventures and a lot of fun! If you are in a stage of training where it does not fit to run an ultra, but you are still experienced enough and want to participate in the advanced lectures, that is compleatly okay and there is a plan if anybody wants to run shorter distances than the original plan.
Three highlights of the advanced course:
*Strength: learn what is important to get the strength to be as effective and easy as possible. We want to spend time running. What do we actually need strangth wise?
*4h walk of pain: this is where we learn how to push through boredom. What strategies do we use to make the time flow and pass smoothly? This is something that we want to use later in ultra running, but how? You will learn this here!
*Running adventures: There will be a posibility to do two ultras during the course. It is not a must to do both and both of them are easy to cut off. The ultra adventure run, which takes place on the sunday, is going to be an A to B sort of run. We run 15km to the train station, then take the train for 45 minutes and then we run 45km back home. This is something we do for the adventure but it is also something we do to realize that ultra running is an adventure. We will run slow so that everyone mannage to follow. We will walk parts if anybody wants to. There is also the option to run the first 15km and turn around or get picked up.
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MINI DOCUMENTARIES AND FILMING
There will be a cameraman following the weeks. There will be a sort of documentary posted on YouTube afterwards. You need to be okay with being showed on my social media but you can choose to stay out of picture and you don't have to engage with the camera. We would like to follow some participants through the course (possibly filmed in sync and so on) so if you would like to be one of the participants followed, that would be cool! ​
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LOCATION
The location of the course is at a place which I keep close to heart. The place we stay is at my father's hotel in my hometown - Åmli. We will run at the paths where I have ran countless of times and I am so excited to show you my normal runs!
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IMPORTANT!!
Everything is at your own risk! We will make sure that you have everything you need for a good training camp/course experience, but if you know that you have a health condition or an injury, please take that in consideration when choosing the level of the course!
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TRAVELING IFORMATION
Check in time: June 12 - 17.00 (beginner) and June 19 - 17.00 (advanced)
INFO!! There will be an optional run in the start of both weeks. Beginner course run starts at 16.00 and advanced course run starts at 15.00. Book your travel earlier if you would like to participate in these runs.
Check out time: Monday 10.00 at both camps!
Place of camp:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZkRydifErkc9mbN77
​Bus station close to camp:
Train station close to camp (private shuttle from here +10€ but we will sort that out when it is closer to the camp:) Just get the travel here if you like this option and everything will be okay!)
Connecting airports:
- OSLO TORP SANDEFJORD: (make sure that you do not book from Oslo Lufthavn. That is another airport further away)
- KRISTIANSAND AIRPORT (Kjevik Lufthavn)
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OPTION 1:
Flight: Oslo Torp
Bus: Sandefjord Lufthavn Torp to Fokserød
Bus: Flix bus from Foxerød to Arendal Bus Station
Train: From Arendal Train Station to Nelaug Station
Shuttle: From Nelaug to Pan Garden hotel
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Option 2
Flight: Kjevik Lufthavn
Bus: Kjevik Lufthavn to Kristiandand Rutebilstation
Bus: Kristiandand Rutebilstation to Grenstøl bussterminal A
Bus: Grenstøl bussterminal A to Vallekilen (walk 300m to the hotel)
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There are more options but these are some alternatives:)
HOW TO ENTER
Email the following information to post@pangarden.no and annasimoneyt@gmail.com
Name:
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beginner/advanced course:
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single room/shared room/camping:
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phone number:
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allergies or food preferences:
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please also include which flavour of tailwind that you want and your shoe size!!
You will have to pay a €100 entry fee. The rest is paid a week before the course. You pay the €100 through a payment link sent by the hotel after your entry.