Hailing from Norway, Ole has been in the fitness industry ‘practically since birth’, having his first paid client in 1996 while working in the army in South Lebanon. He has had various leadership roles in the industry, of which 11 years as Resort & Recreation Manager w/ The Ritz-Carlton LLC. With a very varied fitness background it wasn’t until he needed an open-back surgery in 2015 that he really got into ultra running. In fact, doctors and surgeons told him he could never run again, nor be able to carry weights more than 10kg, the same weight as his then 3 years old daughter, Mila Sky. Ole chose not to listen. Equipped with passionate determination, share willpower, great amounts of rehab exercises and feeding his body with natural Unicity nutrition supplements, he proved them wrong. From not having been able to train for 6 months, Ole did 9 weeks of training and successfully completed what is called “The Toughest Foot Race on Earth”; the 257km Marathon des Sables in Morocco, 2016. ‘I mention this not to impress you, but rather to impress upon you that with the right belief system in place, anything is possible!’.

Since 2016, Ole has competed in numerous local and international Ultra distance events, many of which have been self-supported 250km multistage races. Most recently – right before the pandemic – Ole won the 2020 Dubai Back Yard Ultra Race with 29hrs of continuous running, or 200km. In February 2021, as races continued to be halted due to said pandemic, Ole did his own 100km self-supported fun run with 3000m elevation, in 15 hours.

Ole regularly organizes 2 to 4 days endurance camps and ‘fun runs’ for individual and groups both in the desert and in the mountains of the UAE. His vast expertise has landed him the job as Race Manager for the worlds longest desert ultra marathon ‘Al Marmoom Ultra Marathon’ where he also leads the buildup runs. In your time with Ole, you will be able to tap into his skills, expertise, passion, and mindset to ensure you walk away with an incredible amount of knowledge of desert camp; ultra running, and fitness camp; health. One thing is certain, he will pass on his positive attitude with his personal mantra; ‘don’t let anyone tell you that ‘you can’t’, just because they can’t’.