Vantaa Endurance Sports Challenge
The Vantaa Endurance Sports Challenge lets you challenge yourself in five different sports. The challenge is suitable for exercise enthusiasts and endurance athletes of all levels of fitness, offering a great opportunity to try out completely new sports.
The 2024 Endurance Sports Challenge lets you participate in five endurance events in Vantaa over the course of the year with just one registration. There is a varied set of events coming throughout the year, so you can focus on training instead of searching for competitions. In order to succeed in the overall competition, athletes must train for skiing, running, cycling, swimming and orienteering.
In 2024, alongside the traditional series of the Endurance Sports Challenge, there will also be a trial series with the same events and rules but slightly shorter distances. Both include women’s and men’s series.
Events of the Vantaa Endurance Sports Challenge:
Vantaa-hiihto (Vantaa Ski), 2 March 2024
- Competition series: Free-style skiing, 30 km (classic style also allowed)
- Trial series: Free-style skiing, 20 km (classic style also allowed)
Vantaa Off-Trail Challenge, 31 May 2024
- Competition series: Easy fitness orienteering, 12 km
- Trial series: Easy fitness orienteering, 5–6 km
Vantaa Triathlon, 8–9 June 2024
- Competition series: Basic distance (1,500 m swimming + 40 km cycling + 10 km running)
- Trial series: Trial distance (200 m swimming + 10 km cycling + 2.5 km running)
Seutulan kierros (Tour of Seutula), 14 July 2024
- Competition series: Road cycling, 108 km
- Trial series: Road cycling, 54 km
Vantaa Marathon, 12 October 2024
- Competition series: Half marathon
- Trial series: 10 km
Vantaa Ski Club, Pihkaniskat, TriForFun, Cycle Club Helsinki and Kenttäurheilijat -58 have joined forces in cooperation with the City of Vantaa. The events are independent competitions, but together they form the Vantaa Endurance Sports Challenge. You are eligible for the overall competition of your series if you finish in at least four of the five events.
The City of Vantaa will reward the best in each series at the Vantaa Marathon on 12 October 2024. All participants who finish in at least four events will also receive a certificate for their participation.
If you want to participate in all five events, register by 29 February 2024. Otherwise registration is open until 28 May 2024.
Registration
The participation fee for the Vantaa Endurance Sports Challenge series is EUR 205, which includes participation in all five events. Registrations are open until 28 May 2024. Contestants who also want their Vantaa Ski result to count towards the Endurance Sports Challenge must register for the overall competition no later than 29 February 2024.
The participation fee for the trial series is EUR 150, which includes participation in the trial series for all five events. Registrations are open until 28 May 2024. Contestants who also want their Vantaa Skiing result to count towards the Endurance Sports Challenge trial series must register for the overall competition no later than 29 February 2024.
If age categories are available, entrants are automatically added to the category appropriate for their age in each event. The exception is the Vantaa Triathlon, where the event organiser will provide separate registration instructions. However, the overall competition of the Vantaa Endurance Sports Challenge competition series and trial series only have two general series, men’s and women’s.
You can pay the participation fee during the registration process via online banking, debit/credit card and the online payment of sports benefits (ePassi, SmartumPay and Eazybreak). If your sports benefit does not cover the full participation fee, you can upload the difference to the sports benefit service and then pay the full amount with the sports benefit online. Corporate customers can also pay by invoice.
The organisers reserve the right to make changes, which will be communicated immediately upon decision.
Register for the 2024 Vantaa Endurance Sports Challenge
Rules of the Vantaa Endurance Sports Challenge
1) The Vantaa Endurance Sports Challenge consists of pre-announced events, which in 2024 are the Vantaa Ski, the Vantaa Off-Trail Challenge, the Vantaa Triathlon, Tour of Seutula and the Vantaa Marathon.
2) The competition series and trial series of the Vantaa Endurance Sports Challenge have general series for women and men.
3) Registration is open until 28 May 2024. Contestants who also want their Vantaa Ski result to count towards the Endurance Sports Challenge competition series or trial series must register for the overall competition no later than 29 February 2024.
4) In order to participate in the overall competition, the contestant must participate and finish in at least four events. There are a total of five events.
5) Score calculation in the overall competition considers the best four scores in each event. The winner of each event receives 100 points. The score of the other participants is formed as a percentage by comparing their time with the winner’s time. For example, if the runner-up’s time is 10% slower than the winner’s time, they will receive 90 points for the event. However, each participant will receive at least 10 points. The winner is the competitor with the highest overall score at the end of all events (separate series for women and men). In the case of a tie, the number of first places decides, and if they are also tied, the decision is made on the basis of the number of second places, etc.
| Competitor | Result | Time in seconds | Time % slower than the winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitor A | 1 h 00 min | 3600 s | 0 % | 100 |
| Competitor B | 1h 10 min | 4200 s | 17 % | 83 |
| Competitor C | 1h 30 min | 5400 s | 50 % | 50 |
| Competitor D | 2h 00 min | 7200 s | 100 % | 10 (minimum score) |
6) The City of Vantaa will award prizes to the top three contestants in the women’s and men’s competition series of the Endurance Sports Challenge. The prizes for the winners are free participation in next year’s Endurance Sports Challenge. Runners-up will get half off the participation fee for next year. In addition, the top three will receive prizes related to the City of Vantaa’s wellbeing services. The best competitor in the women’s and men’s trial series will win prizes related to the City of Vantaa’s wellbeing services. Everyone who finishes in at least four events will receive a participation certificate.
7) The organiser of each event will serve as its chief referee.
8) The points awarded for each event and the winners of the overall competition of the Endurance Sports Challenge will be published at vantaa.fi/kestävyyskierros.
9) The award ceremony of the Vantaa Endurance Sports Challenge will be held at the Vantaa Marathon on 12 October 2024.
Links to event webpages
Results of the Vantaa Endurance Sports Challenge
The Vantaa Endurance Sports Challenge has a competition series and a trial series, both with separate general series for women and men. The calculation of points in the overall competition considers the best four scores in each event.
The winner of each event receives 100 points. The score of the other participants is formed as a percentage by comparing their time with the winner’s time. For example, if the runner-up’s time is 10% slower than the winner’s time, they will receive 90 points for the event. However, each participant will receive at least 10 points. The winner is the competitor with the highest overall score at the end of all events (separate series for women and men). In the case of a tie, the number of first places decides, and if they are also tied, the decision is made on the basis of the number of second places, etc.
The table below summarises the points collected by all contestants in each event as well as the result of the overall competition. At the top of the table, you can adjust the view to either the competition or trial series and the men’s or women’s series, or you can sort the results by name or points.
You can also find the tables on the separate Endurance Sports Challenge results page.