Kategoriarkiv: Kullamannen

39.7K Trail Run

#2 – 50 runs in 100 days – Just run edition
#3 – 50 runs in 100 days – Just run edition

No sleeping in this morning.

Got up at 5 am, ate breakfast and took the train to Tjörnarp train station and shortly after that started my long train run.

I got the feeling it would get warmer even if the temperature showd 4oC (39F) when I left so I put on long sleeve and windstopper, thinner gloves and hat. Did not take long til I took off Windstopper, gloves and hat.

When I have been running around 5K I pass a farm with pigs and I was wondering if there would be any piglets and too my surprise they showed up

Today I tested Tailwind Green Tea Buzz (caffeinated). I have not decided if it goes up to No 1 or if Raspberry still is no 1. Liked it.

I did not know that saying good morning when I passed two trekkers would make one of them scream and jump 2 m 🙂

All of a sudden a squirrel passed me.

I was interested if it has dried up a bit, last Fall it rained a lot so in December there were a lot of new puddles so I took alternative ways to not have to wade but today at 9K I didn’t have to take an alternative route in the forest.

When I got to Frostavallen and passed the car road I heard something in the grove and then it jumped out a deer. First time I have seen a deer so close out in the woods.

At 25K I started to get tired legs and after that I did some walking from time to time.

A guy who was out trying to find a good place to fish even asked me for advice where he could stand. It was too many trees where he was. I told him to walk a bit further and hoped he would have a good day.

Had planned to run up Djuralidsbacken (Djuralids hill) but my legs were very tired and so it was walking today.

But even if the run did not go as planned it was magical with all the wood anemones

Distance; 39.7K, time: 5.26.39 h, average heart rate: 141, average pace: 8.13 min/k, max pace: 4.05 min/k, cadence: 172, VO2 Max: 28 ml/kg/min

Then I had a transport run back to Höör train station. After tired legs in the Wood it is no fun running on asphalt for around 4K so it was no fun. Distance: 4.21K, time: 33.01.4.

16.07K Trail Run

#28 – 50 runs in 100 days – No excuses edition

This morning it was time again for some trail running around Genarp with the Swiss Alpine group.

We were a smaller group today. From the weather reports it looked like it is going to be colder, grey day and it was a bit colder this morning so of course me who is afraid of freezing and getting a cold put on full gear.

During the first couple of k’s it felt like I was wearing a too heavy back pack. Felt tough to breath. So I asked for a mini pause and took off both my fleece and windstopper 🙂 Everything changed, could breath normally.

Got a ride with Madeleine and then we met Gert-Inge on the parking lot. This week I got my new Altra Lone Peak 2.5 and couldn’t hellp myself. I wore those during the run and was really satisfied.

Almost the same route as last week but not completely. I had decided that I would run all the way at two hills and did it, Felt great!

Found out that we would run down and up the serpentine, that was really fun last time. This time I just flew and felt like Emelie Forsberg.

The sun came out and it was a perfect day til I came uphill on a dirt road and saw Madeleine laying on the road and was wondering what had happened. Sprained ankle. For the first time my elastic bandage came in handy. She tried to run after a while but it did not work so we walked but then she fell down in pain again. I felt that it would be better if she could be picked up by a car. Gert-Inge got my phone number and ran to his car.

He called and told us we had to move 1500 m. Madeleine could not walk so I carried her with some pauses. Then she could walk with baby steps with my support. At the end Gert-Inge came on a bike and Madeleine ”jumped on” (a lady from the house where the car was borrowed her child’s bike to Gert-Inge.

Lucky us Madeleine had automatic transmission.

Today I enjoyed the run a lot because I did not run around angry.

Distance: 16.07K, time: 2.21 04h, average pulse: 146, average pace: 8.46 min/k, max pace: 5.01 min/k, cadence: 172, VO2 Max: 30 ml/kg/min.

Really fun tough route today.

17.35K Trail Run

#25 – 50 runs in 100 days – No excuses edition

This year is about getting more higher meters of altitude since I plan to run a ultra race called Kullamannen Ultra i Nov and I have found a new group of Runners who are getting ready for Swiss Alpine in August and they have a pace that suits me perfectly.

Finally I could join them today in Genarp. I got a ride with Terje who has a big red jeep and of course we discussed running on our way to Genarp where we met the rest of the group.

We were 6 people and 2 of them were former AZ colleagues and one guy had two common friends, Nishaban who also is a former colleague from AZ and then Jeanice who belongs to CKR.

I wanted higher meters of altitude and I GOT it. We ran on a mountain bike trail and I liked the serpentine the best, first down the serpentine, we paused shortly and then ran back up,

There were some hills where I had to walk part of it, I am not used to these hills but will run with this group to improve.

During the run my gloves, hat and fleece got off. The temperature was 9oC (48F) when we started.

Here is when we have started running down the serpentine

Even if I was last I was not stressed because I always saw someone from the group in front of me

Here is when we were running up a longer dirt road, first I was able to run but at the end I had to start walking so my inflection Point (=brytpunkt) came a bit earlier.

Even if I have just got back from a longer cold I was proud of myself. Am satisfied with my run. I am going to be tired in my calves tomorrow 🙂

I have realized that when I am running in the city and I am saying hello to other runners I can get the evil eye from some runners but when I am running on trails every runner is so happy and say hi with a smile 🙂

Distance: 17.35K, time: 2.18.11 h, average heart rate: 154, average pace: 7.58 min/k, max pace: 5.45 min/k, cadence: 174, VO2 Max: 30 ml/kg/min

Dödens Zon

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#10 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#117 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

The alarm went off 4 am this morning and the reason for that was that I was going to run a race starting at 8 am at Kullaberg called The Death Zone (= Dödens Zon). I was going to get picked up at 5.40 so the day before I had packed, taken out what I am going to wear, mixed sportsdrink and shaken out Redbull and made ”Jägarsnus” (raisin, peanuts and chocolate).

We had to leave earlier to pick up our number tags. We got there just before the Ultra race started at 7 am which is 3 laps of The Death Zone.

After that we went back to the car and got ready for the race, since I knew that it was very likely that I would take off my windstopper because it was going to be too warm when I started running on those hills I decided that I would only have a long sleeve and fleece, gloves and my CKR hat, I also brought my race belt which is very good to use when you know that you will take off clothes during the race.

Just before the start the story about Kullamannen was told and he was riding in on a horse 🙂 and I just wanted to start. The max time was set to 4h and it was my goal to finish in less than 4h. When I ran the course Oct 4th I ended up running around 25K, did some loops and have a hard finding the path at Håkullen but now when it would be streamers I did not expect any major running errors on my part.

And off we went. It was a bit chilly and windy in the beginning but did not bother me much. I saw on my pulse watch that I was keeping a pace of 6.30 and was satisfied with that. I was wondering what would happen when we got to the narrow path when we entered Kullaberg. That was the first ”stop”, had to stop running because everyone in front of me walked but it is a short part and it did not take long til we came to much wider parts. I have to say that this was the first race where runners actually were keeping themselves to the right and if it was no room to pass and you said to the right they moved to the right 🙂

Another stop was when we were almost coming down to the coast and all the stones but after that if was fine. I had decided I wouldn’t run over the stones because some of them are loose it it so unnecessary to sprain my foot and this morning some of the stones were also slippery. Here it was time to take off my fleece and gloves and hat had been taken off earlier

When we got to Nimis there was the first tough really steep part where I climbed, no chance I would run here. after that it was some running again. I noticed that they had reorganized the route just before Håkullen where we were suppose to run down a steep trail, get down to stones again and up a tough steep part again. It might have been too slippery that it was a safety risk, not that the new part was less steep or less tough. My time at 10K was around 1 h 40 min so it felt that it would be possible to finish under the max time. Now my legs started to feel tired so it was time to take out my bottle of Redbull in the front of the back pack.

When I start to almost fall on the stones I know that I am tired, had to tell myself to lift my feet so I would avoid falling flat faced down.

When we got to Kullens fyr (Kullen’s lighthouse) I was just passing the fuel station since I had sports drink, water and redbull and candy and stuff with me. Turned out they had moved the cows, saw them later in a paling, I guess they might get stressed of all the runners that would pass them where they had been earlier.

Now Mölle harbor was close and you could see it from a distance. I walked up some hills at the end to rest my tired legs. After Nimis it felt that I could have gotten cramp but lucky me it did not happen 🙂

I like this race, it has a lot of variation, normal hilly trails, stoney parts where I would like to be able to run faster, even if I got the comment today that I was rushing down those, I wouldn’t say rush. At some parts I cannot run down or up them but at the end I was actually doing that. And then you have these parts which are really steep and it is impossible for me to run there. The best ultra runners are on the other hand running up those parts, the best are running one lap (The Death Zone) in less than 2 h.

Then I got to the beach and knew that it was close, Heard that it was only 800m left and I started to run faster and faster.

So proud of myself. Finished in 3.06.24 h

Place: 39 out of 83

Results

Distance: 12.39 miles (19.95K according to my pulse watch), time: 3.06.29h , average pace: 9.20 min/k, max pace: 5.03 min/k, VO2 Max: 30 ml/kg/min

MTD: 93.67 miles (150.81K)
YTD: 915.02 miles (1358.12K)

46.8K Trail run

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#3 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#110 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

Today it was time for the last tough trail run before the race ”Dödens Zon” (= The Death Zone) and also time for resting weeks.

So up 5 am this morning and then take the train to Tjörnarps train station.

I was a bit worried, the temperature has dropped and it said 7oC (45F) and a bit windy, some rain around 8-9 so I put on the winter gear. Turned out that the temperature was perfect, gloves and hat got off early and got back on at the end when it got a bit chillier, no rain in the morning but some rain at the end but it did not bother me.

It was also mostly dry, some gooey parts.

This time I for a short moment got unfocused on the White marking and just ran on automatic but something told me I had run too far, did not very far though til I noticed it 🙂 and turned back.

I usually do take a resting week after Lidingöloppet but wanted to pass the challenge 50 runs in 100 Days and then a really tough trail run last weekend, physical training this Wednesday. So if I got tired legs when it was 20K left I was not surprised. Continued to run, when it was 15K left my legs felt like lead and then when it was 12K left they gave up 🙂 So I just had to acdept the fact that it probably was very likely that there would be some more walking before I was done.

It is hunting season so in front of me I saw a group of hunters and asked nicely to be able to pass them and they moved to the side, they might have been the friendly hunters 🙂

When I get tired I do not lift my feet and bounced into stones so my toes got hit and started to hurt which makes me grumpy 🙂

At the end not even Red Bull helped much

Today I saw a squirrel and I think it was a venison in the wood at the loop.

When I got back to Tjörnarp and it was almost 3K left I told my feet to get moving because I didn’t want to miss the train and wait another hour til the next one. Two ladies were out in the forest and picked mushrooms and their dog ran with me for a short moment 🙂 and then I saw a couple walking their kitten 🙂

So when I was on the last straight trail part I told myself to lift my feet so I didn’t fall flat on my face and what happened of course I fell flat on my face and got leaves and dirt in my face 🙂

And finally I was done.

Resting is very good. So now it is finally resting weeks which I really need, will probably not run til the end of the week and I will also book calves massage and maybe do yoga instead of lifting weights this following week.

I am satisfied with the run even if it was some walking,

Distance: 29.07 miles (46.8K), time: 6.11.19 h, average pace: 7.56 min/k, max pace: 5.45 min/k, cadence: 168, VO2 Max: 27 ml/kg/min

25.58K Trail run

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#1 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#108 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

This morning I got a sleepin in running morning, didn’t have to get up at 5 am, could sleep til 5.30 am.

Felt that I had to get up to Kullaberg to run Dödens Zon, 21K before the race October 31st. No one wanted to join me so it was just to do it the longer way, take the train and bus, hoped that I would get back in time to take the 3 pm bus back.

The weather report had said 11oc (52F) so I brought a fleece jacket and gloves and hat.

I ran this route beginning of August for the first time and I realized that the start was different but I liked it a lot, a narrow trail in the woods.

It did not take long til the fleece jacket was put around my hips, it just got too warm and then also my gloves and hat.

So good to be able to import a route in a pulse watch and follow it but since there are no markers yet I ended up doing some loops, getting back to the same place. If I am not looking at the rout for a few seconds more I can get outside the route so I practiced getting back on the route again on some occasions.

After a while I get down to the ”beach” and run on stones till I get to Nimis. Last time I walked on the stones and had planned to try to run but it is too many loose stones but I could walk faster this time and there was also some climbing involved (climbed earlier in my life)

Got off the route when I climbed up at Nimis but knew where I would get so it worked out at the end.

Last time my group came too far to the left at one part and ended up at a very steep downhill part where you could not run at all and I wanted to find that trail that the first group found. I know now why we got to far to the left. It feels so natural to run over a ”spong” but the trail is just before the spong but you can not see it from the beginning, it was a very steep down hill trail that you could run down for the most part but at the end it got too stoney

After I had climbed up a hill we have to get up on another hill where we had problems finding a trail and I honestly thought I would do so much better this time but NO, I had a breakdown here but calmed myself down so I systematically could get back on the route. So good to get away from that hill.

Now my legs were really tired so I combined Tailwind Raspberry and Red bull, am not a Red bull drinker normally but had started to drink that on tough trail runs. When I get tired I have cravings for sweet flavor

The sun got out and it started to get really warm, it would have been nice to have a t-shirt but rolled up my sleeves on my long sleeve.

Fell flat faced on my nose a couple of times and some swearing, have realized that when I run alone and get tired and bump into things that I swear and get grumpy, do not happen in a group 🙂

On this run I got to know Kullen a bit more because I was not running totally on the route.

When I was on my way to Kullens light house two guys showed up running so I thought it look like they are preparing for Kullamannen as well. One guy was fast and the other one got behind and after a while I passed him. We met up at the light house and asked him if he and his friend would run Kullamannen or Dödens Zon, they are going to run Dödens Zon. Unfortunately he had knee problems.

Realized that we are not going to run up to the light house on the race so I experienced a new part which I liked

Passed these cows and hoped that they wouldn’t attack me 🙂

Now it was not so long away from Mölle

When I got back to Mölle I was talking to myself 🙂 Saw myself getting closer to the finish line and when finished I almost kissed the ground 🙂

I had to wait for the 4 pm bus so I got to Hotell Kullaberg and sat on their outdoor seating and had a cold cola. Oh boy was I jealous of some people who had a huge shrimp sandwich and a cold beer.

Then it was time to get to the bus and get back home.

I ended up having a great day at Kullaberg, I really like this route, it has it’s trix

Distance: 15.89 miles (25.58K), time: 5.16.30H, average pace: 12.22 min/k, max pace: 5.33 min/k, cadence: 154, VO2 Max: 29 ml/kg/min

5.10K Flat Run

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#50 – 50 runs in 100 days summer edition
#107 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

So this is the last day of the challenge ”50 runs in 100 Days” (summer edition). If I had not gotten a cold two weeks ago I would have had better margin. I thought that would be able to finish in time but the last week would be tough so I had to run more this week even if this should have been a resting week after Lidingöloppet.

Seemed to me that I have recovered because the pace was much better today than yesterday.

It was a great day to get out for a run, the sun was out, the sky was blue, some upwind but no gloves or hat 🙂

Distance: 3.17 miles (5.10K), time: 30.55.6 min, average pace: 6.04 min/k, max pace: 5.07 min/k,
cadence: 178, VO2 Max: 26 ml/kg/min

5.33K Flat Run

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#49 – 50 runs in 100 days summer edition
#106 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

It felt good to go out for a run after the job interview I was at this afternoon.

It was a bit chilly when I biked home after the interview so I had gloves and hat on as well. After a while I took off the gloves because I got warm. It feels like the colder Fall is here and it is time to put on more warmer running clothes.

Since I would run such a short run I didn’t have to wear my energy belt so I was wearing my flipbelt to have somewhere to put my mobile phone.

It was a bit windy and I was not sure if it would start to rain.

Since I should have rested after the race this weekend I ran in a comfortable pace

Distance: 3.31 miles (5.33K), time: 33.21 min, average pace: 6.15 min/k, max pace: 5.57 min/k,
cadence: 172, VO2 Max: 27 ml/kg/min

2.31K Treadmill

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#48 – 50 runs in 100 days summer edition
#105 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

Tonite it was time to bike to the gym and start by running on the treadmill.

Since I still am recovering from the cross country race this weekend I ran in a comfortable pace and did not increase the pace during the run. After 2K I gradually decreased the pace til I was down to walking mode.

After that it was the gym where I did biceps, triceps, back, shoulders and legs where I stayed away of my calf exercise. When I got up to the area where I do core, foam rolling and stretching there was no mat available. Had planned to do my last challenge for this month in Fit Challenge 2015 but needed a mat, the foam roller that I use was occupied so I decided I would just stretch and then head back home,

Distance: 1.43 miles (2.31K), time: 14.32.7 min, average pace: 6.17 min/km, max pace: 5.33 min/k, cadence: 178, VO2 Max: 27 ml/kg/min

MTD: 74.63 miles (120.16K)
YTD: 821.35 miles (1207.31K)

Pulse based interval training

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#47 – 50 runs in 100 days summer edition
#104 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

Today it was time to do pulsebased interval training again where I during the intervals is a couple of heart beats under my threshold pulse. My threshold pulse is 163

Even if I didn’t have any sore muscles Sunday after the 30K cross country race that I ran Saturday I am of course frayed so I didn’t except the same pace as the other intervals when I have had more rested legs. But it would still be interesting to see what max pace I would be able to get to.

Ideal day for interval training, hardly any upwind.

First it was 2K warm up and then it was time to do the first interval, I first landed around 152-153 and stayed there for a while. It took a long time to get up to 160.

Rest for 2 min

Second interval I got up to 160 pretty fast, at the end I am running up on a bike path and had gotten up to 162, tried to avoid it but got up there this time too 🙂

Rest for 2 min

Third interval I felt tired in legs and was around 155 in the beginning. Got to 158 and finally 160 but dropped to 155 at the end.

Rest for 2 min

Fourth interval I felt tired legs and was also around 155 in the beginning, down a bike path I increased the heart beat. Got up to 158 and finally 160 at the end but dropped to 155 at the end.

Then it was 1K cool down.

Distance: 6.93 miles (11.15K), time: 1.09.19.7h, average pace: 6.13 min/k, max pace: 4.10 min/k, cadence: 182, VO2 Max: 28 ml/kg/min

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Kategoriarkiv: Kullamannen

39.7K Trail Run

16.07K Trail Run

17.35K Trail Run

Dödens Zon

46.8K Trail run

25.58K Trail run

5.10K Flat Run

5.33K Flat Run

2.31K Treadmill

Pulse based interval training