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SnowMan (Sporting Event) is a 3-legged long distance winter endurance event, consisting of 100km Cross Country Skiing, 100km long distance Iceskating, and 10km of Snowshoeing. All legs must be completed within 17 hours.

Concept
SnowMan is triathlon based on three winter sports events; Ice skating, Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoe running (Differing from the conventional triathlon). SnowMan was inspired by the Iron Man series, an endurance triathlon event based in Hawaii. In the same way, each leg of a SnowMan event would be regarded as amongst the longest competition distances in the sports of Cross Country Skiing, long distance Iceskating and Snowshoeing. There is a time constraint of 17 hours for the completion of the event, much like the original Iron Man event.

It is also possible to compete in a half-SnowMan event, known affectionately as a Snöbarnet (Swedish word meaning 'The Snow Baby'), with the same disciplines run over exactly half the lengths, but without time constraint. It aims to encourage new competitors to the sport.

This event is not related to the winter triathlon series run by the ITU, which consists of running, cross country skiing and mountain biking.

History
The SnowMan concept was developed in 2010 by students from the Lulea University of Technology. The first full SnowMan event is planned in Luleå for the first Sunday in March 2011.

Course
The Luleå SnowMan is hosted around the city of Luleå, Norbottenslan, Sweden. The course runs from the island of Sandön (Snowshoe), along the city's iceroads ) (Iceskating and Skiing), and culminates on the nearby Ormberget cross country course (Skiing).

Events
The annual Luleå SnowMan is run on first Saturday in March. The Luleå Half SnowMan is run bi-annually, most recently in April 2010