2. Cross-Country Skiing
Show us an activity you enjoy doing. Tell
us how you think it contributes to your
personal and professional development
.

3. What is Cross-Country skiing?
• The national sport in
Norway (Both in terms of
recreation and
competition).
• The biggest skiing
competitions in the world
have up to 15.000
participants.
Cross-country skiing (or XC skiing) is a form of ski touring in which participants propel
themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles. The activity is popular in many
places with large snowfields, primarily Northern Europe, Canada, and Alaska
(source: wikipedia.com)

4. Me and Cross-Country skiing
• Skied for the first time as a 2 year old.
• Participated in competitions from an age of 6.
• Skied for the first time as a 2 year old.
• Participated in competitions from an age of
6.
• Went to sports high-school between an age
of 16-18, focused on Cross-Country skiing.
• Participated in 5 different national
championships for juniors.
• In the last two years, I have picked it up on
a hobby basis and participated in some
long distance races.

5. Cross-Country and my development
• I..
– am very goal oriented, and do
plan accordingly.
– am determined to get things
done.
– strive to get things better.
– am able to prioritize the right
actions
– am able to think rationally
around situation.
– know my body and my limits
• Friends say..
– that they have not seen
someone as determined to get
things done as me.
Key attributes needed to be a
professional cross country skier:
• Goal Oriented.
• Competitiveness /
Determination.
• Enjoy being outside in any
weather condition.
• To be independent.
• Be able to re-evaluate your
progress and training
• To live healthy
My personal characteristics influenced by my skiing (Personal and Professional)
In terms of Lars’ personality, he has always struck me
as someone who is extremely disciplined, in and
outside of work. Whether its working hard to meet a
deadline, or getting to the gym every morning, Lars
strives for personal excellence.
-Shirley, colleague from AIESEC-

6. Cross-Country and my development - Challenges
Certain characteristics with Cross-Country skiing may have challenging effects
in personal and professional life, like;
• Being to determined/competitive.
• Being to individualistic.
• Being to rational.
In the beginning of my career I had situations where I was facing challenges
with the above mentioned points, but learned quickly by working with
different type of people to channel my energy in the right direction
In Lars I have gotten to know a person that enables
people around him to perform in a great way and with
his personality it is always extremely comfortable bing
in the same team as Lars
- colleague from AIESEC Denmark-

7. Example of my interest and dedication
• 28th October I had a training accident on
roller-skis
• Result:
– 2*fractured jaw.
– 8 teeth damaged.
– 1 week in hospital and 4 weeks of sick
leave.
– 2 weeks of locked jaw.
– Numerous amount of different type of
treatments
• Then, what next?
– I decided that this would not stop me
from reaching my goal.
Participate in the world biggest ski race, Vasaloppet, in March 2013 (15.000 participants)
Goal:

8. Result…
• I participated in 3 races in Austria, Switzerland and
France, leading up to Vasaloppet
• After 90km in 4h52min, I ended up at place 546 out
of approximately 15.000 participants
• Result: www.vasaloppet.se