Petter Engdahl began his career as a skier in his hometown of Borlänge.
In 2018, he was the second best Swede at Holmenkollen's five-mile race and beat world-class skiers such as Iivo Niskanen, Johannes Hösflot Kläbo and Aleksej Tjervotkin.
The passion for running has always been there and in the end he chose trail running.
This summer he won the prestigious race in Mont Blanc.
Now he has struck again.
"Like five miles in Holmenkollen times three"
On Saturday, Engdahl won the Transvulcania, a highly regarded race over 73 kilometers in which he came third in 2019.
- It's a race I've been thinking about since 2019. I just wanted to make this race as good as possible, so I'm glad I made it, it's one of the most beautiful and prestigious in the world, says Engdahl to SVT Sports.
The Swede won by 32 minutes and three seconds ahead of the runner-up.
What is it like to run this far, compared to when you competed in skis before?
- Many of the races are like five miles in Holmenkollen times three, you're out for five to ten hours, it's more total exhaustion mentally and such, but there are many similarities.
Beat cross country skiers last winter
Engdahl competed in some cross-country competitions last winter, including the Scandinavian Cup in Falun.
There he beat skaters who were part of the national team groups.
The SM gold winner in the five-mile Fredrik Andersson, the World Cup rider Fredrik Jonsson and the sprint phantom Karl-Johan Westberg.
- Know that I can still go fast on skis.
Right now it's running and I have no idea how fast I can go this winter, I've lost some arm muscles so I don't dare to start in Bruksvallarna (national competition premiere for cross-country skiing).
The 28-year-old lives in Trondheim and trains, among other things, together with cross-country skiers Didrik Tönseth, two WC gold and one Olympic gold, and Andrew Mussgrave, WC four in five miles.