Pippa Middleton enters Vasaloppet

Pippa Middleton, the sister of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge and wife of Prince William, is going to ski the Vasaloppet race on Sunday.  

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  Among the 15 000 or so skiers registered for this year’s Vasaloppet is Pippa Middleton, sister of Kate Middleton.

• Pippa Middleton enters Vasaloppet
  Pippa Middleton, the sister of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge and wife of Prince William, is going to ski the Vasaloppet race on Sunday.

• “It’s great,” says Jonas Bauer, managing director of the race. Several British tabloids have reported on Pippa taking on the almost 56-mile race; and it has now been confirmed that Pippa and her brother James Middleton have registered for the race.

• “We were contacted by a person close to them who asked us to solve this,” says Vasaloppet’s information officer Per Strid in a press release. Pippa Middleton will ski for charity – to promote health in young people, according to Star Magazine she has already collected sponsor money. She is probably in good shape; photos show she’s run races before and biked.

• “She can look forward to a 6-mile race. How tough it’s going to be depends on how well-trained she is. But if you’re in good physical shape, and have skied before, you can do it. The finishing line closes at 8:30, so she has 12 and a half hour to get to Mora,” Per Strid adds.

• All in all, counting all races during this week, over 62,000 people will race one course or another during the Vasaloppet winter week.

• Vasaloppet was recently suggested as new Swedish National Day in an Op-ed in Sweden Vasaloppet – a better national holiday?