2 day, 1 days to go

Tonite it was my first bonus run, warm up at Newaza (judo) consisting of 7 laps, 4 rush forward and 2 rush backwards.

Then we had Newaza

Christian P showed a good technique after that and then some Newaza again

See how fun you can have a Friday evening

3 day, 2 days to go

Tonite I did my 50TH run during Coach K Runners physical training but without Suz. Karin was the stand-in and did a great work.

Started jogging as warm-up.

After that we worked two and two where we did 10 pull-ups and between each pull-up we did ”high five” and then a rush, came back did 9 pull-ups down to 1.

Then we did 4 exercises: first 2 lunges and a squats, burpee, pull-ups and then high knee. Did this for 1 minute each and then rested 20 sec and then did the same exercises again 50 s each, rest 20 s, down to 10 s.

After that it was lunges, frog jumps, jumping on one foot and then the other, side steps and frog jumps again.

Then we had interval training for 15 s, triceps, interval 15 s, squats, 15 s interval

And the finally I was doing tabata intervals which I have heard other people doing at this challenge but was afraid to ask what it was.

When you do Tabata intervals you do an exercise for 20s, rest 20s, do another exercise rest for 20 s, third exercise, rest 20s, fourth exercise, rest for 1 minute and then did 2 more of these.

Right now my thighs are sore and it is going to be interesting how it feels tomorrow.

Of course I got dyspnea, I am used to it now. I have studied this. Thought that I got it because it was either too warm and then colder but it seems that when I do interval type of exercises running below a certain speed this happens. I just have to ”gilla läget” like state???

Between November 1st and today I have run 267.5k

I DID IT! 🙂

8 day, 7 days to go

It was not too cold, decided to use my spikes because it looked like it had rained during the nite before.

There was one street that was snow covered where I had to watch where I was putting my running shoes so I did not run on pure ice.

Weather: Grey, not too cold

Temperature: 3.6oC (38.5F)

Average speed today: 6.11 min/k and time: 1.00.28 h

Now I see the finishing line that I probably will run through next week 🙂

9 day, 8 days to go

Tonite it was warmup at Newaza barefoot.

The warmup consisted of running first 7 laps and 5 rush and then different judo warmup exercises.

Then after that it was Newaza (judo fighting) with different people.

Really good Newaza tonite 🙂

10 day, 9 days to go

Tonite Coach K Runners had a ”glädjepass” (fun run)

Glädjepass is a run where you are focusing on the enjoyment in running and look less at the watch. The run will be 5k and the tempo will be around 6 min/k

Reflective vest, headlight on.

The amount of people got reduced during the day due to injuries and I guess the cold but it was a mix of people that gathered together. I gave a tip to one girl to buy spikes and she thanked me 🙂

It is interesting how the cold can affect you. When we have started to run I felt it must be faster than 6 min/k but I think it was because it was so cold.

Weather: Dark, cold, snow

Temperature: -2oC (28.4F)

For every run it feels more and more unreal that I am getting closer to 50 runs, in the beginning it felt very far away but now the finishing line is very close 🙂

Average speed today: 6.12 min/k and time: 31.37.7 min

11 day, 10 days to go

Tonite I ran 3k as warmup instead of rowing for 5 minutes, for my back at the gym.

Got up on the treadmill and ran in a comfortable pace, minding my own business, enjoying the run. After a while a guy is stepping up on the treadmill next to me and starts to run fast. How much noise can you make on a treadmill. Then I felt heat spreading over to my treadmill??????, is that possible? 🙂

Average speed today: 6 min/k and time: 18.10 min

14 day, 13 days to go

The whole week part of me has refused to run outside but I decided that part of me would not win over the stronger part of me.

So today it was time to run outside even if part of me had tried to win.

A bit reluctantly I put on my running shoes and ran a 5k run. The cold caressed my cheeks and I also had some upwind. Snow was also in the air.

It is interesting because I always tell my friends who are not in a mood for exercising that
”Do it you will not regret it afterwards”
and it is so true

I guess I have to be glad for the little snow that we have in the south

I have to admit that I was glad that I ran today, it was quite refreshing

Weather: Grey, snow in the air, cold

Temperature: -2oC (28.4F)

Average speed today: 6.01 min/k and time: 29.11.6 min 🙂

16 day, 15 days to go

Tonite’s run was 10 laps and 4 rush as warmup before Newaza at the judo mat.

And then we had some judo physical traning before the actual Newaza started.

Tonite I had the pleasure to fight with Christian, Albin and Sandor.

I did not do a lot of Newaza last Fall but now I just rested once prior to the technique which was technique that really worked for me.

Looking forward to next week’s newaza