Tonite it was time to run a “Glädjepass” (= Fun run) with Coach K Runners.

Fun run is a run that focus on the pleasurable to run and less on the watch

Yes I had both hat and gloves on even if the temperature was around 15oC (59F) but I do not want to get sick now when Lidingöloppet is on Saturday.

Since I have had problems with my pulse watch I will borrow Roger’s Garmin pulse watch with GPS.

So it was good to test this watch on this run. This is my first time I use a pulse watch with GPS.

The run went round the fields out in the country. I and Roger told the other Coach K Runners about our experience with The Color Run.

The hat stayed on the whole run but I took off the gloves a few times during the run  

I realized that now it is time to start wearing my reflective vest, we started the run at 19.00 (7 pm) and it was dark when we got back.

Karin asked me questions about Lidingöloppet since it is her first time this weekend.

Even if it was windy it felt much milder tonite.

I was a bit too fast out the door so the pulse Watch haden’t aquired the sateliite signals fully but I have a couple of Days to learn this watch before the race. I have found a manual on the internet.

This watch seems to be more simpler than my Polar with foot sensor. My next pulse watch will definately be a GPS pulse Watch.

Total time: 54.03 min and distance: 8.5K using Garmin Forerunner 310XT

Early this evening it was time to get out and run 5K

It seems to me that Fall has arrived. A bit chillier today. I had cold hands in the beginning but like always they got warm.

There were not a lot of runners out in this chilly Monday. The cold bit into my cheeks.

This week it will be 5K runs, Saturday I will run the 30K cross country race Lidingöloppet så I have to rest my legs this week, so no hilly running like last week

When I was almost home I felt the upwind, why did you have to show up
I wouldn’t say that I enjoyed this run a alot, well it did not rain but it was chilly.

Total time today: 31.41.7 min. Temperature: 12oC (54F). This is not the temperature I want on Saturday. It has been 11oC (52F) the last couple of years, I want 20oC (68F) and it looks like it will be 16oC (61F) which I will be satisfied with. I just have to decide if I am going to wear t-shirt or long sleeve shirt

This afternoon I had the pleasure to run with Eva. We met outside the tunnel between Annehem and Nöbbelöv and Eva took me around Ladugårdsmarken. It is also out in the country.

The weather had been very strange today. It was around 17oC (63F) and a bit chilly so I decided to wear longer pants, long sleeve shirt but then the sun began to shine so, temperature went up to 20oC (68F), changed to shorts and t-shirt and also filled water in my water bottles and brought my water belt with me. When I finally ran to meet Eva the sun was gone

Here we coming out in the country, these runs are the ones I like the most, out in the country on those country roads.

A long time ago I went for a walk in this area. Interesting how memories come back

We passed someone who was out riding a horse. We also ran out in the bushes where it was a bit overgrown.

On this run we discussed The Color Run, Kulturnatten, me getting ready for Lidingöloppet, how impressed we are with some of the Coach K Runners who have had an amazing race season, Österlen half Marathon, my pulse watch which does not show the correct speed anymore. What Eva has been doing lately. Very nice with company today

Totalt time: 1.07.39 h, distance: 12.28K

The Color Run, also known as the Happiest 5k on the Planet, is a unique paint race that celebrates healthiness, happiness and individuality.

Today I participated in the craziest race I have ever run. The difference between this race and other races is that there is no timing, where thousands of runners are covered from head to toe with colors at each passed kilometer.

I met Roger, a friend of mine who recently has joined Coach K Runnners, on the bike path behind my house and we ran 4K as warmup to Stadsparken in Lund. It was a bit chilly and I do not want to get sick since Lidingöloppet is next week so I had a long sleeve shirt over my The Color run t-shirt. I also inaugurated my race dots instead of safety pins. Plan to use them on Lidingöloppet.

We locked in some of our stuff at Högavallsbadet and went down to the fountain to meet the rest of the Coach K Runnners that would participate to take some before pictures.

Then it was time to walk to the stage and get ready for the start. Some participants had already thrown colors on each other and some was rollling themselves in the colors that had fallen on the ground. Most participants were college students. We did some dancing in front of the stage. Since there was color throwing going on we got some colors on ourselves We also did the wave a couple of times.

Then it was time to get to the start line. Groups were starting every 5 minutes and while waiting we were doing the wave many times, some dancing and colors were thrown.

Then it was time for our group to get to the start line. Water was thrown over us to get the color to stick better during the race and just before it was time to start to run it was a color showering party. I was glad I brought with me my sun glasses. Prior to the start the sun came out

There is a rule that they have on all regular races and that is that if you are walking or is slower you are keeping yourself on the right side and if you are running or running faster you are keeping yourself on the left side. That does not always work on regular races but here was more chaos so it was a lot of zigzag in the beginning to be able to move forward.

I and Roger were able to run for a while til it was time to run down a bike path down to Stattena road when it got crowded again and then on Stattena road there was a narrow part where it got packed.

I would say that not all participants were runners on this race because it did not take long before some participants had stopped running and then walked. Some were waiting for their friends. During this type of race you cannot be too many to run in a group. It got interesting when we were going to run over a round about. Lucky us there were cops who kept track of the cars and runners. We got to Idrottsplatsen and then the first k came and yellow colors were thrown at us.

This day it is also Kulturnatten in Lund so I guess at the Tech park there were a crowd and some performance, they might have wondered what crazy colored people are passing us. TIme for the next k where pink colors were thrown at us. We skipped the water station. It was perfect temperature, not too warm, not too cold.

We took an alternative way at the water station and I realized at this race you cannot get disqualified or no ropes will be drawn so you cannot continue

Roger and I kept a comfortable pace and continued running on the other side of the Tech park and at the train station it was time for the next k where green colors were thrown at us.

We had some audience who was curious about this race and stood and watched on the side of the roads.

Some bikers dared biking in the opposite direction where we were running and could have been in trouble.

Then it was time for the last k were blue colors were thrown at us.

Then it was not long til we saw the finish line.

After the finish line it was time to head to the stage again and participate in a mass psychosis. Every 15 minutes color bags were thrown to us and then a rain of colors fell over the sky down on us. In between we were dancing and jumping.

I have to say that this is definately the craziest race I have participated in so far. Very different than the other races I run during the year. It is a bit insane but I am glad I could experience this spectacle.

Then Roger and I felt we were ready to run back home. We went to the fountain to see if there were some other Coach K Runners there or not but not.

We went back to Högavallsbadet and got our stuff and then back to my neighbor hood. Some people that we passed looked at us funny, I wonder why

So warmup 4K, The Color Run 5K, some gympa (=aerobics) and cool down 4K.