{"id":22435,"date":"2026-02-16T05:51:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T05:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/?p=22435"},"modified":"2026-02-16T06:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T06:06:12","slug":"seuraava-luku-the-next-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/seuraava-luku-the-next-chapter\/","title":{"rendered":"Seuraava luku \/ The next chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mik\u00e4li taivaalle ei ilmesty mustia joutsenia, niin jatkan seikkailujuoksuja melko pian Saharan ja Islannin j\u00e4\u00e4tikk\u00f6juoksujen j\u00e4lkeen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saharan vuoro on siis lokakuussa 2026 ja Islannin j\u00e4\u00e4tik\u00f6n kev\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>N\u00e4iden j\u00e4lkeen valittavana on joko hiekka-aavikko tai j\u00e4\u00e4tikk\u00f6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jos pit\u00e4\u00e4 nyt veikata, niin l\u00e4hden edell\u00e4 mainittujen seikkailujen j\u00e4lkeen aavikolle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mutta minne?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mieless\u00e4 on pari vaihtoehtoa, joista ensimm\u00e4inen on <strong>Arabian hiekka-aavikko<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen ylitys j\u00e4i kesken vuonna 2021, joten <strong>se on todenn\u00e4k\u00f6isin suunta.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Juoksun reitti kulkee Saudi Arabiassa ja matkaa kertyy tuhannen kilometrin verran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minulla on siell\u00e4 jo hyv\u00e4 tiimi ja reittikin on tiedossa, mutta rahoituksen kanssa on viel\u00e4 paljon teht\u00e4v\u00e4\u00e4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Er\u00e4s reittivaihtoehto, jota olen my\u00f6s tutkinut, kulkee Omanista Arabiemiraatteihin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Namibian hiekka-aavikko kiinnosta my\u00f6s kovasti&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hiekka-aavikkojuoksu voisi toteutua joko loppuvuodesta 2027 tai vuonna 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jos joku lukijoista kysyy, eik\u00f6 mik\u00e4\u00e4n muu kuin aavikko tai j\u00e4\u00e4tikk\u00f6 kelpaa, niin vastaus on&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EI!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Libya08-1030x773.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22451\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3324776131470963;width:1092px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Libya08-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Libya08-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Libya08-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Libya08-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Libya08-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Libya08-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Libya08-705x529.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Photo: Libya, my first experience in the Sahara in 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>************************************************************<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If no black swans appear on the horizon, I\u2019ll continue my adventure runs fairly soon after the Sahara and the two Iceland glacier runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sahara will be in October 2026, and the Iceland glacier in spring 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After these, the choice will be either a sand desert or a glacier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I had to guess right now, I\u2019d say that after the above-mentioned adventures I\u2019ll be heading back to the desert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But where?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a couple of options in mind, the first being the Arabian sand desert (Rub al Khali\/The Empty Quarter)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had to abandon the crossing there in 2021, so that is the most likely direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The running route goes through Saudi Arabia and will cover roughly one thousand kilometers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I already have a good team there and the route is mapped out, but there is still a lot of work to do with the funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another route option I\u2019ve been exploring runs from Oman to the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sand desert in Namibia also interests me greatly\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sand desert run could take place either at the end of 2027 or in 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If any readers are wondering whether nothing other than a desert or a glacier will do, the answer is\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mik\u00e4li taivaalle ei ilmesty mustia joutsenia, niin jatkan seikkailujuoksuja melko pian Saharan ja Islannin j\u00e4\u00e4tikk\u00f6juoksujen j\u00e4lkeen. Saharan vuoro on siis lokakuussa 2026 ja Islannin j\u00e4\u00e4tik\u00f6n kev\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 2027. N\u00e4iden j\u00e4lkeen valittavana on joko hiekka-aavikko tai j\u00e4\u00e4tikk\u00f6. Jos pit\u00e4\u00e4 nyt veikata, niin l\u00e4hden edell\u00e4 mainittujen seikkailujen j\u00e4lkeen aavikolle. Mutta minne? Mieless\u00e4 on pari vaihtoehtoa, joista ensimm\u00e4inen on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22435"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22457,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22435\/revisions\/22457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}