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12.75K Hilly Run

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#27 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#134 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

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I thought it would be great to head out for another run Christmas Day. Decided that I was going to run around St Hans hills, I was thinking that I might do intervals but thought it would be too wet. So 3-4 laps on St Hans hills and then I could not decide if I would use my Fellraiser or Altra Lonepeak. Realized that I had not been running on St Hans hills with my Altra Lonepeak when it is really gooey so Altra Lonepeak 2.0 was the choice.

Temperature 8oC (46F)

Decided to run on the original route (SHE) and start at the half moon, at the bottom, and go from there.

I saw some other runners and met one biker who was biking on the route.

There was one hill in particular that was the worst one, a lot of cord groove (=slirspår) so it was tough running up the hill without sliding down. At the circle hill I have an alternative route to avoid falling in the goo.

Felt that I had a good pace and was getting up the hills faster which felt really great.

There has been a discussion in my running group how u best wash your dirty running shoes and someone said that something that cleans your running shoes is doing trail running during the Fall and Winter. I am not sure that did the trick today.

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Maybe because I was avoiding puddles 🙂

Great weather, sunny, blue sky and had a great time running up those hills.

Best time today, still have a hard time accepting that I am not a slow runner anymore

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Distance: 7.92 miles (12.75K), time: 1.29.53 h, average pace: 7.03 min/k, max pace: 5.23 min/k, average heart rate: 147, cadence: 174, VO2 Max: 29 ml/kg/min

12.47K Flat Run

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#26 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#133 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

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After I have had my Christmas breakfast it was time to head out for a Christmas Eve run. Earlier during the week the plan was 5K but I changed my mind and decided to run the 12.5K run out in the country.

No snow this year, temperature 80C (46F), sunny and blue sky and of course my santa hat

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I wanted to spread some Christmas joy and when I passed people I was saying Merry Christmas, most people wished me Merry Christmas too but there were some people not in a Christmas spirit.

So nice to just run and no issues at all. Some upwind when it was around 2K left.

It was nice getting out for a run Before it was time for eating Christmas food.

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Distance: 7.75 miles (12.47K), time: 1.13.32 h, average pace: 5.53 min/k, max pace: 4.02 min/k,
average heart rate: 147, cadence: 180, VO2 Max: 28 ml/kg/min

5.3K Flat Run

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#25 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#132 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

Last weekend I ran my last race, a ultra race but had to threw in the towel due to pain in my left knee. It was a tough race, I ran it last year and it was not too gooey and wet. This was my very first DNF (Did Not Finish).

Sunday the pain was gone but I took it easy this week. I had ran 35K and went to yoga Tuesday and then lifted weights twice and have done some foam rolling.

So this afternoon it was time to head out for a shorter run to test my knee. I was not worried but you never know.

Lately my pace have been below 6 min/k, part of me has not accepted this yet. I have Always considered myself as a slower runner but have been told to not use those words anymore. It is such a joy when I feel that I have fast legs and I can continue running around 5.30 min/k on shorter runs.

And no pain in my left knee. It felt good today.

At the end there was some upwind and some drizzle.

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Distance: 3.29 miles (5.30K), time: 29.29.4 min, average pace: 5.33 min/k, max pace: 4.20 min/k, average heart rate: 149,  cadence: 180, VO2 Max: 29 ml/kg/min

Tjörnarparen 50K Trail Ultra

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#24 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#131 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

Woke up this morning at 4 am to eat breakfast and get ready for my last race and ultra race this year.

Decided to take the train  and it turned out we were 4 who took the train together to Tjörnarp.

When we got off the train station Lars the guy who is behind this ultra race was at the start line and I brought to him running clothes to the refugees.

Then it was time to bring the rest to the school to change and get ready for the race. Turned out we couldn’t get in due to an alarm that would get off at 8 am but we could change at the parish house instead.

I streched and more and more runners showed up. It was time to get down to the start where a bunch of other enthusiastic runners came. This year it would be both a 50K and a 100K distance. 5 runners had decided to run 100K.

It had rained a lot so it was very gooey and wet. This time I was not alone and not last and it felt that I wouldn’t be last. Flew over the loop.

Turned out I had problems with the GPS, it worked when I started my pulse watch but somewhere it just gave up so I didn’t  have any distance and time, only the route and pace so i had to guess the distance to know when I had to drink and eat.

It felt that I am going to have  a good day. Skipped the second fuel station but somewhere between fuel station 2 and fuel station I first got very tired legs which I can handle but then I started to feel pain in my left knee when I ran, started to walk but the pain did not go away so I had to make a decision if I would continue or not.

When I got to fuel station I was asked how I was doing and I said that I right now have to make a decision if I am going to threw in the towel. Another runner Ola lended me his knee pad and I decided I would try to make it to the fourth fuel station. Got Tobbes mobile number if I had to quit before the fourth fuel station, turned out that Lars who wouldn’t race this year couldn’t help himself and had headed out on the route. When I was running on the dirt road which is a couple of k’s before you turn to the left up to the Djuralidsbacken (Djuralids hill) I was fine first but then the pain came back and decided not to continue.

Of course I was upset at that moment but I did not feel I made the wrong decision. Walk/run with pain in a knee for another 14K is not worth it. It can destroy a whole season.

I called Tobbe and told him I had thrown in the towel. Some runners passed me and asked me if I was fine and I told them I had thrown in the towel because of pain in my knee.

Got transport back to the Parish home and this was my very first DNF.

Ran 35K but do not have any time.

5.25K Flat Run

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#23 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#130 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

Last resting week before my last race on Saturday. Started with early morning yoga on Tuesday morning, gym at nite and today was my last run before the race.

Decided to run the route out in the country and through the grave yard.

Grey day but no rain 🙂 around 8oC (46F). Got chased by a French bulldog, not a angry one though. I saw him noticing me and getting ready and then he ran towards me and I couldn’t help myself cheering him on. He ran with me for a short moment. His owner asked if I was afraid of dogs and I told her no, not a problem.

From the beginning I had a good pace, slowed down a bit up a hill.

I thought it would be  a good idea to test the charger that I am going to have in my ultra backpack on Saturday, this time my mobile phone is not going to die on me. So I charged my phone while I ran, kept them both in my jacket pocket. Light and I hardly felt them at all 🙂

Not much more I can do now. I am so ready that I can be and I know I am. I have a goal and it should be possible. It is going to be an interesting race, double as much as last year and 7 of us will run 100K and I am not one of them, a lot of rookies which is fun. Hopefully the snow will not show up, it is OK when I am running on the road on my way to the finish line, not before 🙂

I am not sure where I got my energy from, amazed myself today. I hope I can keep up the good work.

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Distance: 3.26 miles (5.25K), time: 30.06.2 min, average pace: 5.43 min/k, max pace: 4.54 min/k, average heart rate: 152, cadence: 178, VO2 Max: 28 ml/kg/min

5.04K Flat Run

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#22 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#129 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

The plan from the beginning was to run already on Friday but the storm Helga decided to come for a visit and I was not interested to get out for a run. She decided she would be more intense more north but she still wanted to stay in the area during the weekend.

I hoped that Helga would disappear today but that was not the case so I decided  I would run a 5K run around the neighbor hood.

It was chilly and windy so I put on my winter 2XU tights, fleece, windstopper and my new warm running hat to keep myself warm.

I had a good pace, part of the run there was some side upwind but the wind did not catch me.

Even if it was a bit windy, it was not raining and it felt great to run outside instead of treadmill running for a change.

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Distance: 3.13 miles (5.04K), time: 30.32.07 min, average pace: 6.03 min/k, max pace: 5.05 min/k,
cadence: 176, VO2 Max: 28 ml/kg/min

5.53K Treadmill

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#21 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#128 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

After Gorm hade been storming last evening and most of the nite, it was really frostily today so I decided I would do another boring running on the treadmill since I was going to the sport center anyway to finish the discussion after my lactate test last week.

Nice to found out that if I am going to do intervals it should mainly be pulse based intervals which I started doing this summer.

After the meeting I headed to the gym, Chose one of the new treadmills but skipped the security string :-), 1% incline, 6 min/k.

I cannot say I enjoy running on the treadmill very much but it has its pros and cons. I chose to do another boring running on the treadmill to try to avoid getting a cold so Close to my last race this year where I have a goal.

5K on a treadmill feels very long but I drink water every 500 m and all of the sudden 2.5K has passed by and then 3K and then 4K and then it is finally over.

Hope that I later this week can run my 12.5K run outside. Need to keep the legs started now.

Tomorrow it will be early Yoga in the morning.

 

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Distance: 3.43 miles (5.53K), time: 34.06 min, cadence: 182, VO2 MAx: 27 ml/kg/min
MTD: 83.74 miles (134.82K)
YTD: 998.76 miles (1492.94K)

5.33K Flat Run

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#20 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#127 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

This week has been a rainy week and this morning I woke up with rain, hoped that it would not rain the whole day and then the sun came out and I decided to go out for a short run out in the country. Good idea to get out for a run for tomorrow Gorm ( storm) will come to Town and it suppose to be very windy. I might end up running on the treadmill again tomorrow if things are not flying around too badly. Time will tell 🙂

Temperature: 8oC (46F).

Had a good pace today. had the pleasure of seeing a deer which I do not see very often in the outskirts of the city.

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Distance: 3.31 miles (5.33K), time: 32.07.2 min, average pace: 6.01 min/k, max pace: 4.47 min/k, cadence: 176, VO2 Max: 28 ml/kg/min

5.04K Treadmill

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#19 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#126 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

This if my first rest week before my last race and ultra race Dec 12th.

The Fall weather is back. Saturday it started to snow and continued to snow and then the rain came back and it has rained and rained. The last thing I need right now is to get sick.

So I decided that I would get to the gym and run 5K even if I do not like treadmills that much but they have their pros and cons.

Heard at the gym yesterday that there were new treadmills. I have liked the ones to the left and the new ones were on the right.

Got to the gym and stretched. Got up on one. Saw that you can connect your iPhone to this treadmill 🙂 But I didn’t. Didn’t think that I needed to use the security line but decided to test it out anyway. The treadmill was moving and reached for the security line and bam it stopped. This security line is different. Had to figure out how to continue and realized that there is a plastic piece that you are going to stick into the treadmill.

Back to running again with 1% incline with a pace of 6 min/k.

Then after 5K I gradually decreased the pace almost down to walking mode when the treadmill stopped. That security line again that I touched for some reason when I did something. Don’t remember. It is working though. I learned that tonite.

I am not sure if I will continue using these or not. Felt something in my legs, not pain but something. While I was running there I actually was asking myself the question if I would be able to run for 6h on a treadmill. I can run 6h outside in the forest. We have a challenge where we from the south have been challenged by a group of people from the capital city where we are running 6h on a treadmill, 12 runners and the team that has run the longest wins and then you also have one individual who also run the longest that wins the individual price. Right now we have that challenge in Dec and I cannot participate due to the ultra race but if the time suits me, the thought has been there to sign up.

 

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Distance: 3.13 miles (5.04K), time: 33.52h, cadence: 184, VO2 Max: 28 ml/kg/min

23.49K Trail Run

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#18 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#125 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

Yesterday I had a cold feeling (that I might catch a cold) and hoped that I wouldn’t have a cold this morning. So no training yesterday, drank a lot of fluid and stayed warm and hoped for the best. Didn’t get any worse yesterday so I was hopeful.

It was suppose to be cold this weekend. When I woke up 6 am the temperature was 0oC (32F) so it was time to test the same 2XU windstopper tights I had last weekend since it is very likely that the temperature might be the same in Dec. And  I plan to wear these.

Took the train to Höör and then the ”Ring bus” to Frostavallen which was a short ride. Alternative when I do not have anyone to run with.

Last preparation before my last race and ultra race this year Dec 12th. Decided to run the middle part of Tjörnarparen which I have not run yet this year. The worst hill is on this part and I had a goal. The first part is very familiar since it is part of my 45K run. I realized I had mixed up the different parts because all of a sudden I had to turn left and I thought that I was on my way to the ”Spong” part. A flash back came back. So it was time to be on the black marker that get very camouflaged. It was very gooey and wet and was trying to avoid getting too wet feet. First I am running in the forest and then get out on a dirt road and then the famous spong comes and here it would be interestering to see how my Altra Lonepeak would handle it and once again I was positively surprised how good it works to run on those sponges and not doing any ice skating 🙂

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Last year on Tjörnarparen I was in a shitty mood during the black marker. After half the distance I had to start walk/run, walk/run and also I got to a part with a big puddle and realized that I had to run through it and got really wet feet and then when I was on my way to the third fuel station a official showed up on a hill and cheered me on. That made my day so much better 🙂

After the third fuel station I remember that I ran on a dirt road and it felt SO long til I got to the green marker and was wondering how I would feel today. The dirt road is long but finally Djuralidsbacken was there (Djuralids hill), the worst hill on this ultra race, it is short but steep. My goal today was to run up this hill, walked up this hill last December and I DID IT, ran the whole hill. Felt so good, short after that there is another steep short hill, ran up that one as well, it felt so much shorter today 🙂

Once again during this run I passed some other runners and we said hallo to each other, two bikers that I said hallo to too.

When I had around 5K left I was hoping I would not miss the bus that just goes once every hour. So I had natural Fartlek at the end, came back 3 min before the bus was suppose to come. Had to wait some extra minutes and had to warm my legs. When I was running I was warm but when I was not moving it was COLD

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Distance: 14.59 miles (23.49K), time: 2.55.06h, average pace: 7.27 min/k, max pace: 5.17 min/k, cadence: 170, VO2 Max: 30 ml/kg/min