Routes ready for the first Tiirismaa Trail from Messilä

Although the Tiirismaa Trail is not a new race, track champion Juha Sorvisto got to an empty table, as it were, when the competition center in the event moved from the Heinsuo ski center to the Messilä snow center. At the same time, the landscapes of Vesijärvi and the hills of Messilä become part of all Tiirismaa Trail trips, offering challenges and landscapes for all trips regardless of length. Especially the shorter distances of 8 and 12 km have experienced relatively the most change, since the competition center is on a completely different side of Tiirismaa. I hope this is in the minds of the competitors. The longer distances of 21 and 42 km have also changed, and in practice, 2 km of flatter sections have been removed from the routes, and one new climb (Tiirismaa Takaseinä) from the old Tiirismaa ski slope area has taken its place. This is reflected in the increase amount and all routes have received even more increase than in previous years (see table below). 8 km 12 km 21 km 42 km Uphill /Kids Vertical Distance (km) 7.4 12.7 21.2 42.4 1.6 1.2 Ascent (m) 300 500 760 1520 110 90 GPX file Route Route Route Route Route Route Travel table for exact distance and climb. You can also download gpx traces from the Trace de Trail page. The final printable route map of the Tiirismaa Trail can be found below. Below the route map you can see the elevation profile for the 21 km round. There have been minor changes to the map from the original, so you should take this into account if you have looked at the route before and downloaded e.g. a gpx file to your watch. You should especially update them to the latest versions if you want the watch's guidance to be in line with the race route as well! In addition, the nature reserve areas (LS area) on the route are marked in more detail on the map, and it is good to know that especially at these points, you should remember two important principles of the trail runner's ethic: 1) stay on the marked route and 2) do not leave trash on the terrain. This is certainly obvious to most people!

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Charity event Tiirismaa Trail Kids 4.8. at 18:00 in Messilä 

A feel-good trail running event for children and families, where we also do good for others. Romuta is the enabler of the event. For each registration (competition series or For Fun), funds are collected to support sports activities of low-income families. Fundraising is carried out together with Hope ry. There are two ways to do good at the event. The event exudes the familiar spirit of Tiirismaa Trail, offering a fitting challenge in the heart of Messilä's ski slopes with a distance of 1.6 km. The free For Fun series allows you to go around the route without competition and timekeeping, in peace, even with the whole family, enjoying the wonderful scenery that opens up on Lake Vesijärvi. For those who are thirsty for competition, there is a racing series on the same 1.6 km route. All participants in the competition series and For Fun series will be awarded, but in addition, the top 3 in the competition series (girls and boys) will be awarded separately. All competition series participation fees (€5/piece) are donated to charity without deduction. In connection with the race series, there is a team competition of three (3) people, where the teams are automatically formed from the runners who have registered from the same club (the three best times form the first team, etc.) from the children registered from the same club. So remember to indicate your club as well. You can register for the event here Tiirismaa Trail, From love to paths!

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Get to the heart of the atmosphere of Tiirismaa Trail - become a Talkoan 4-5 August 2023

Are you missing something to do at the beginning of August? Do you like the outdoors? Do you long for events, but competing is not your thing? Become a part of the Tiirismaa Trail story on August 4-5 as a race organizer together with other like-minded volunteers. At the event, you can feel the mood of doing things and bring added value and joy to the participants of the event with your own contribution. You will surely find various tasks to your liking. Efforts are being made to make Talkola shifts and tasks suitable for everyone. The most important thing is a shared desire to create an unforgettable event. Reporters are especially needed on the event days, Friday 4 August and Saturday 5 August, but also in the preliminary preparations (marking, preparation of the competition center) on the previous days. You can register as a Talko resident here. Also invite your friend or family member. The more of us, the sweeter. In addition to excellent team spirit, we offer the organizers food at the event (Saturday buffet lunch at Messilä Bistro, Friday a lighter snack) and a Tiirismaa Trail product (last year a cap). Talkoo is a unique opportunity to experience the Tiirismaa Trail! You can register as a Talko resident here. You can also get in touch at info@tiirismaatrail or directly on Instagram/Facebook if you are interested in talking 💪

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Tiirismaa Trail 2023 will be renewed

Tiirismaa Trail is moving towards something new and next summer there will be a competition for the scenery of the Messilä skiing center. This means that there are now enough views of Lake Vesijärvi and the hills of Messilä for all trips, from the shortest to the longest. In addition to the previous one, the event will also be a two-day event, and the competition will be held in Messilä on August 4-5, 2023. On Friday, we will let go of the hill challenges with three events: Messilä Vertical, Messilä Uphill and Tiirismaa Trail Kids. Vertical is a competition format where the pace increases gradually, but the group stays together for a long time. The Messilä hill is ascended and descended along a 1.2 km long circuit (100 m ascent and descent) within a certain time limit, and those who reach the finish line from each circuit will also participate in the race in the future. The pace increases gradually and the race can last for a variable amount of time. The execution times will certainly vary from about 1.5 hours up to 6 hours. The competition continues until there is only one competitor. Uphill, on the other hand, offers a more intense ride of one 1.6 km round, where you go up and down the Messilä slope once. In the same round, the youngest of the family can also compete in the Tiirismaa Trail Kids series, in the 12-year-old racing or free series, which can be completed by the whole family. On Saturday, the Tiirismaa Trail will be released for the traditional TT trips, which will experience the biggest change in that the event starts and ends surrounded by the hills and views of Messilä. The distances of the runs are between 8 and 42 km, so the shortest distance is slightly longer than before. On Saturday, runners and those at the venue are also treated to a buffet table at Messilä Bistro, which can be enjoyed at the end of the race. The Tiirismaa Trail weekend will be the best reason in August to go to the Hollola and Lahti area and further afield. Come and experience Tiirismaa Trail! From love to trails, the Tiirismaa Trail team

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Tiirismaa Trail 2022 is happily behind us

Tiirismaa Trail, which was organized for the second time, gathered a record number of participants when almost 300 registered runners set out to conquer the highest peaks in Southern Finland. Heinsuo Sports Center once again offered a guarantee for a safe competition center event, which nevertheless had enough space to organize a safe event. Special praise was heard during the event for the operation of the route, its markings and service points. Special thanks for this goes to the great team of workers, who happily served and encouraged the runners at the service points - thank you! According to Kuulemaa, the snacks at the service stations led by Nosht sports drink also provided energy for the needs of even the most demanding refuellers. This year, 31 runners responded to the challenge of the 42 km distance hosted by Hoka. The rains in the morning made the route slower in some places than last year, but everyone managed to clear the route in well under 7 hours! Suunto's Jere Lallo started fast and after the initial scramble, he took last year's third runner-up Joni Lepistö with him. Halfway through, the advantage was in Lepistö's favor for just under a minute, didn't the step of Lepistö's ultra runner give others chances after that. Turning last year's 3rd place into a convincing win in under 4h with a time of 3:59.50. Jere Lallo fought for second place before Hollola's Jonathan Tolksdorf who convincingly tightened up at the end. Anna-Leena Korhonen managed to improve her last year's time by more than five minutes, with the remaining time dropping to just under 5 hours, 5:01.44, maybe next year will already go to a new number of hours. Anne Rauhamäki continued from last year, taking second place ahead of Teija Reijo. The most popular route of the Tiirismaa Trail was once again illuminated by Lumonite headlamps, as no less than 122 people raced the 21km route. Team Hoka's Juho Ylinen left no room for chance and showed why he has risen to the brightest elite of national trail running. Even in the ascent of Marta's hut, the gap between the three coming behind Samuel Heinosen, Tuomas Kari and Eetu Nordman was more than half a minute. Ylinen was able to win his second consecutive Tiirismaa Trail victory with a time of 1:29.15, at the same time getting a good workout for the international races at the end of the season. "A hard trail is easier to put a number tag on your chest with the encouragement of others, so @tiirismaatrail was the number one choice for longer intensive training. A suitable amount of ascent, technical small paths and a varied route easily attracts us, at least. So I can recommend it wholeheartedly! 💪🏼", said the winner of the day on Instagram." The organizers thank and wish Juho light feet for the rest of the season's competitions! Samuel Heinonen tormented Tuomas Kari's downhill speed already halfway on the slopes of Messilä, but kept his cool and pedaled away on the uphills. Karin taking 3rd place like last year. The great 6th place of Burn-O Productions Ibai Mendia Iztueta and the 12th place of CustomSports' Matti Salmensuu can also be considered as an important improvement. On the women's side, HK Varma Team's Pauliina Pohja, who has merited even on longer distances, convincingly took control of the competitive needle trails, improving her time from last year by almost two minutes, 1:51.38. Laura Seppänen fought herself for second place before a tight battle for 3rd place, which Anna Hopiaa turned into a victory 11 seconds ahead of Mia Tuoriniemi! Anna-Maria Jäpölä of Asikkala Raikka and Miika Heikkilä of Espoo Ski Association rolled to victory in the 12km series. The podium was completed by Emmi Teva and Liisi Koskelainen on the women's side, and Eero Leino before Juho Koski on the men's side. The trip offered by travel host Toolpoint saw a lot of smiling faces, maybe next year for a longer trip? The 6km offered by the organizing organizations CustomSports and Burn-O Productions was seen as a counterbalance between a relaxed atmosphere in the brands of the Trekki series and fast-paced racing by the future stars of the young series. Eelis Koskinen of HU-46 took the victory in the boys' under 16 series ahead of Alvar Krogius of Helsinki Suunnistinaje. On the girls' side, Ella Lehtisuo of Lahti Ski Club took the win ahead of Iira-Nella Norrbacka and Petra Rautiai of Saarijärvi, who narrowly finished third. It's great to see young people from different sports and clubs participating! The children's 2km distance saw the dominance of Hollola's athletes as the club took the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 6th places on the boys' side, Axel Koiranen taking the win followed by Kasperi Pakkala in second and Lukas Lehtonen taking the third place ahead of his brother Leo Lehto! In the girls, Hyvinkää's Neela Hyötynen took the win while Aurora Salminen Fernandez finished third, and Hollola's Athletes' Daniela Mattila took third place at the end of a tight final battle. Several new young people were seen on the trip offered by Umacon, and for next year the organizer aims to multiply the number of youth series! At the finish, Nosht's speed candies also did their business - sweet! You can find the final results by series on the competition pages! Go back to the atmosphere of Tiirismaa Trail 2022 with event photos and a YouTube broadcast (finish camera). The organizers have now "played through" organizing a trail running event twice in just over a year, and it's time to aim for the next step in the trail running scene! WE THANK ALL competitors, partners and people of Talkoo. This would not have been possible without you. The Tiirismaa Trail story continues, bigger and better next year! Thank you!

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Tiirismaa Trail 2022 registration period extended!

Registration for Tiirismaa Trail 2022 ended on Sunday 17.7. Registrations began to rush to the end in the last week, accelerating until the last hours and minutes. A wonderful 265 trail enthusiasts signed up within the deadline! Unfortunately, not all those who wanted had time or remembered to enter their registration. It has been raining questions throughout Monday, whether you can still join? We have good news for you! Yes it can! Thanks to the high demand, Tiirismaa Trail - the organizing machinery has decided to extend the registration period until Thursday evening, July 21, 2022 at 11:59 p.m., so that all of you who are eager and willing can participate in these trail running fun! So now let's get the word out and quickly put your name and your friend's name on the lists! You can register directly HERE. Welcome to conquer the highest peaks of Southern Finland!

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Tiirismaa Trail's Yhteislenkit Thu 30.6 and Sat 16.7 at 5.30 pm

Are you wondering about the challenges of the Tiirismaa Trail and/or participating in it? Do you want to come and familiarize yourself with the route before the race? Or maybe you just want a jogging club and come enjoy Tiirisma's paradise trails in good company. The organizing organizations of Tiirismaa Trail, Burn-O Productions and CustomSports, offer all this opportunity with open joint trail runs. The goal of the joint runs is to go around the Tiirismaa Trail's route, get to know Tiirismaa's trails and landscapes, and enjoy the wonderful sport with a group. At least two different level groups are available, the pace and the distance are adapted to the needs of the joggers. You don't need to register for the runs separately. More detailed information about both runs a couple of days before the run. More information, if necessary, from info@tiirismaatrail.fi Jump into the trail!

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The heaviest list of the summer

The end of May is approaching and summer is fast approaching. In honor of this, we have published a small checklist of where you can study the named climbs of the Tiirismaa Trail's 21 km route, and their classifications in the familiar classifications from the cycling world (5 – HC, from lightest to heaviest). The list also includes the length of the ascent (km), total ascent (m) / average steepness (%). For example, the ascent of Marta's hut is 0.7 km long, which includes 55 meters of ascent. This practically means about 8 % average climbing steepness for the whole ascent. With this you can even change the climbs of your home trails in your imagination to one of the climbs of the Tiirismaa Trail! All 9 climbs on the list are included in the 21 km round. Thus, 42 km you can enjoy the entire memory list in two sittings. The 12 km distance includes ascents 1. - 3. and 8. - 9. The shortest 6 km distance comes from the list 1. Marta maja ascent. Also new for this year will be the height profile of the routes, from which it is convenient to see the location of the ascents of the route and the height ratios and profile. The final route profiles, also for the 6 and 12 km distances, will be on the race info page a little later. Less than 2 months until the sweatiest hill party of the summer. Now at the latest to tighten the laces of the sneakers and practice the hills both up and down. In running, it's not enough to get to the top of the hill. You still have to come down from there on your own feet!

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Jump into the Tiirismaa Trail 2022 story!

The Tiirismaa Trail trail running event will take place this summer on July 23, 2022. The Heinsuo sports center functions as the competition center in the usual style. The 2021 event received a lot of praise, especially for the routes, and there will be no changes here either. The Tiirismaa Trail offers sometimes heavy trudging, quite a lot of wonderfully curvy and varied little paths, and sometimes a wonderfully opening landscape from the peaks of Tiirismaa and Messilä. Distances: 6 km, 12 km, 21 km and 42 km, and for the youngest in the family, a 2 km children's (under 12) departure. As a novelty at the 2022 event, you will see and experience Tiirismaa Trekki – a fitness series that offers 6 km of trail fun. The Tiirismaa Trekki fitness series is a good option for those of you who want to go out and enjoy winding paths and wonderful scenery, for example with a group of friends, without much fuss. Are there trail running enthusiasts in your company? Is your company thinking about active or passive activities? The Tiirismaa Trail and, for example, the Tiirismaa Trekki fitness series are the perfect choice for moving your company's personnel and/or partners along the enjoyable trails of Tiirismaa. Order your group's own registration code, which enables subsequent invoicing and the best possible price. A high-quality event cannot be created without high-quality partners! Does your company's name and logo look good on the Tiirismaa Trail route? Will you jump in to conquer the highest peaks in Southern Finland!? If you are interested, please contact us: info@tiirismaatrail.fi    

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Tiirismaa Trail is coming again!

Exactly half a year to the second Tiirismaa Trail in history! Are you ready!? The Tiirismaa Trail 2022 trail running event will take place on Saturday 23 July 2022. Are you ready to conquer the highest peaks in Southern Finland? If you answered yes, put the date in your calendar! And if you don't, it's okay because 6 months is a good time to get your fitness up to the level required by the hills of Tiirisma. The Heinsuo sports center functions as the competition center in the usual style. What a good thing to change. The 2021 event received a lot of praise, especially for the routes, and there will be no changes here either. The Tiirismaa Trail will sometimes be heavy trudging, a lot of wonderfully curvy and varied little paths, and sometimes a wonderfully opening landscape from the peaks of Tiirismaa and Messilä. The distances are still: 6 km, 12 km, 21 km and 42 km, and for the youngest in the family, a 2 km children's (under 12) start. As a novelty at the 2022 event, you will see and experience Tiirismaa Trekki – a fitness series that offers 6 km of trail fun. The Tiirismaa Trekki fitness series is a good option for those of you who want to go out and enjoy winding paths and wonderful scenery, for example with a group of friends, without much fuss. Go read the event presentation of the Tiirismaan Trail and familiarize yourself with the trips and series. Preliminary route maps (from 2021) can be found here. Registration for the 2022 event is therefore open! You can find more detailed information about trip-specific prices and payment levels, as well as a link to the Eventio registration system here! While waiting for summer, you can return to last year's atmosphere with our photo service, which you can find here. Nothing but nice runs and see you in July in Tiirismaa! Tiirismaa Trail – From love to trails!

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