Welcome to the Team Odlo UK website.

On this website you will find information on the races we are competing in, the expeditions we are doing and how to get in touch with us.

My name is Maria Leijerstam. I'm an expeditioner and adventure racer and have competed in challenges all over the world.

This is our second year racing as Team Odlo UK and we have a very exciting calendar of races lined up for 2010.

I'd like to thank Odlo UK as well as all of our other sponsors for providing us with kit, clothing and gadgets!

Maria & Zoe 1st placed Female Pair in the Keswick Open5+

Thursday, 18 June 2009

BBC Coast Three Peaks Yacht Race

The whole team are now together and we have just finished a day of filming with the BBC for the programme BBC Coast.

By 11.00am this morning the boat was filled with a full production crew. A £70,000 HD camera and a force 8 gale do not go particularly well together as was demonstrated by both Nick Crane and Babs (the producer) being rather seasick. Despite all of this some great footage was taken.

We will be up for 6.00am tomorrow for a summit of Snowden to get some filming done of the running. Not really what we need the day before the race!

We also spent time today planning our running route and food drop off points, that will be vital to keeping us going.

It's all getting very exciting...and close now! We are a well prepared crew and can't wait for the starting gun to sound.