Kategoriarkiv: Kullamannen

39.37K Trail Run

#51

This week it was time to raise the bar, 2 months left til the only race I will run this year.

When I got back from vacation I looked at the calendar and decided that it is more important that I run 3x40K runs and 2 runs at Kullaberg before the race.

So the first 40K trail run would happen today and first time on Österlen. Decided  to start at Alunbruket and thought that 40K would be at Baskemölla.

So I wanted to start running earlier since I thought it could take 6h to finish.

Started the run at 8.13, it was 13oC (55.4F), wore shorts, t-shirt. It was definately cooler but I never got too cold. Great to run when it was cooler.

Did not have to deal with the cows at the first meadow, they had been moved 🙂

Since it has not been a lot of trail running on my vacation and I have gained some weight it would be interesting how I would handle the hills but I ran up on the hill at approximately 3K (4K normally when I have started at Christinehof) and then I managed to run up on the hill at approximately 7K (8K when I start from Christinehof)

Then I decided that I would give it a try on the first hill when I get close to Brösarp and managed to do that, not all the way but part of it and then to my surprise when I got on the top it was cows there instead of horses. I thought that I would be able to run on the side of one cow that I thought was a good distance but she got scared and ran away 🙂

When I got down in the valley one cow was just where I would run so I had to get up with an alternative way because it was a lot of cows, worked.

The first 20K went well, I ran 10K in less than 1.5 hours, 20K in less than 3 hours.

After 20K I ran into a knee issue and had to do some more walking but thought that I still would be able to finish under 6h.

 

When I got to Stenshuvud I walked up because it is a lot of stones and some stairs.

 

What a view, I am blown away every time I have run up there. Now the uphill part was now the down hill part.

At Stenshuvud I got 5 drops of rain on me, saw that it was blue sky and white  clouds so I thought that I would be fine.

Felt good when it was 5K left

At the end I had very tired feet and the right leg was tired, ate a lot of carbs and drank Tailwind with coffeine to get the soreness off.

Last longest run was 28K and now I ran 39.37K, ran at the end, a bit tired but I can do it 🙂 Was expected to be more tired the first time

Some trekkers were out and passed some runners.

After the run of course I had to take a swim in the ocean, oh boy it felt much colder

Results

20.02K City Trail Run

#50

Did not want to head out too late since it could take 3h to run my 20K run after work so I started work at 7 am to be able to get out around 4.30 pm.

When I biked to work this morning it was cooler so I actually put on a jacket but during the day the temperature increased to a pleasant temperature.

Decided to wear shorts, linnen, ultra back pack with 1 liter water.

Finally the temperature has dropped to a manageable level.

I ran all the way to the first part where I have to walk which felt good.

Then I ran all the way to Klosterängens höjder up all the way on the first hill and had to catch my breath, I was wondering what the couple thought hearing me breating heavily while they were in a middle of a discussion.

Ran up all the way on all the other hills, they are a total of four.

Tried not to stay too long to catch my breath.

10K took 1h and 14 minutes, there was hope. I wanted to be able to finish this run in 2h and 30 minutes.

Ran into a minor knee issue and walked a short time after around 11K.

The I ran up on all the hills, I had decided that I would run up on all hills and the plan was to not have to walk and that worked. Also tried to walk a short moment if I had to.

What a difference it makes when the temperature has dropped 10oC (50F), during most of the summer it has been around 30oC (86F) and today it was 20oC (68F).

Had to stop a few times during the last 5.5K due to a minor knee issue and also that the legs wanted to be fast today.

Then finally it was 1K left and I ran all the way home.

Results

Weight report

-0.7KG since yesterday

20.47K City Trail Run

#48

I am back, did not blog over vacation, ran 5x5K runs. Enjoyed starting early in the morning when it has been cool.

Got back yesterday, before I went on vacation we had tropical heat in Sweden and after nearly 2 weeks in France the temperature has dropped but it is still warm.

Decided to head out on a long run after breakfast but the temperature as 24oC (75.2F). Brought 1 liter of water in my ultra back pack.

My legs were fast from the beginning but me running in the heat is not best friends so a slower pace would be much better but forcing my legs to run slower is just going to give bias (=snedbelastning) so I decided to let my legs decide the pace and when I would get this uncomfortable breathlessness I would stop and walk to catch my breath.

Even if is was warm when I started it was cloudy and there was a breeze so it  was not as tough as two weeks ago when I only lasted for approximately 1K.

The first hill I just ran up but then around 3.5K I had to stop and walk for a moment and then I ran again til I got to this part where I have walked in the past, it is a road in the neighborhood which goes up for a while.

Then I ran longer before I had to stop again.

Thought that I would be fine when I got to the first hill at Klosterängens höjder but I could not run all the way up that hill. When I stood at the top to catch my breath I saw on top of the second hill were school kids, they were not going to destroy my run but decided to run back on the first hill and run up again and hope that they would be gone. Now I managed to run all the way up 🙂 Felt good.

They had started walking down the second hill so I got ready and ran up the second hill and then ran down on the other side, ran back up again and ran all the way 🙂

Then up the fourth hill.

Then it was time to run to St Hans hills and run one lap there.

After approximately half the run I ran into a new knee issue, did not feel the same as before so I had to deal with that, what helped was to walk, if I started to run too soon I felt it in my knee so then I just had to walk some more.

It felt good to run up all the way on all hills except one, what I did this time was not to stop and catch my breath, kept walking instead and then when I was ready I started running again.

Then the worst was over and I had approximately 5K left. Wanted to finish under 3h.

I could wet my whole hair at the grave yard, had a place where you can fill water pitchers with water. Oh boy did that feel good.

I have to say that the heat was not the biggest issue, earlier it was blue sky and sun and now it was cloudy, but the fast legs in the heat made me have to walk from time to get rid of the uncomfortable breathlessness and then then knee issue from time to time.

Was glad to head out and get this long run, hope that it will cool down soon so I just can run.

Results

Weight report

Been on vacation, expected weight gain since I would not run as much as I normally do, hoped it would be around 2 KG and this felt good

+2.3 KG

 

9.73K Short Run

#42

Originally I had planned to run this route yesterday but it looked like it was going to rain and it did at lunch time and it was cloudy. I also had been invitied to dinner and was thinking about it and decided that I would run the route today instead, in the morning it was chillier so I hoped that it wouldn’t be as hot as Tuesday but no such luck.

I wore running skirt, linnen, water belt and flipbelt.

Started the run and it did not take long til the heat hit my face. I decided to not look at my watch and instead try to run as long as I could til the body refused to run anymore and I got to approximately to 1K, walked 500 m and then ran again, decided that I would try to run at least 1K and got to 2.5K, didn’t need 500 m walk and started running earlier but would run til 4K, I had to mentally work with myself, part of me wanted to give up but I didn’t give up.

This pretty much sums up the route, if I did not need 500 m walking I would run those extra meters that I didn’t walk.

Wet my face and hair from time to time and drank water.

When I was close to home I decided that I would run all the way, funny how it is a mindset sometimes. You just decide that you are going to do it and then you just do.

Longing for the fall when the temperature will drop and it will be cooler and nicer to run.

Results

Weight Report

 

 

20.16K City Trail Run

#41

Once again a hot day.

After work I put on running skirt, linnen, ultra back pack with 1 liter water.

Started running and felt the heat straight away, hoped I would make it to 2K before I had to stop and walk but I had to stop already at 1K.

Started running again when I had catched my breath. Had to stop and walked til I have walked up the first hill on the dirt road.

It is interesting, the legs wants to run but the body cannot stand it. Sometimes the legs want to run fast and it last til the body says no.

The first half of the run was awful but I managed to run up all the hills, 4 of them on Klosterängens höjder which felt great.

 

Had some issues with my right knee also.

I was wondering how it would go when I got to St Hans hills where I would run one lap. Wanted to be able to run up on all the hills, last time there were some where I had to walk but today I ran up on all of them, that felt so great too.

Part of me wanted to cut the distance but at the end I decided that I would run the route that was originally planned.

At the grave yard came a car that drove slowly behind me, part of me thought that I would get kidnapped which made me run faster and also longer. Then I had to stop, had not seen the car but it showed up again and I started running again and turned right down to the narrow path at Vallkärra.

Hoped that I would finish under 2 hours and I actually did, at the end I had natural farlek.

Results

Weigh Report

 

28.3K Trail Run

#40

It was time to increase the distance today to approximately 30K which meant that I would add the foot path where there is a lot of heather.

With this heat that have hit Sweden I was not sure if I would experience the very purple color of there but I would run there at least.

When I opened the door in the morning it was cooler 🙂

On our ride to Christinehof I realized I had forgotten my pulse watch so we had to return back and I also could bring my hair brush to my back pack with  my chaning clothes afterwards.

It was very enjoyabe starting this run because it was cooler, it was a breeze.

It has been so WARM lately.

When I got to the meadow where I had experienced these hostile cows they were there but to the right and stayed there, I realized I ran so much faster over this meadow, I wonder why.

Did not experience any knee issue during the first part.

Passed some other runners and got a comment, oh another long distance runner 🙂

A lot of trekkers and on my way to Verkeån I heard someone whistling, I was so glad because otherwise I would not have heard this biker so I moved to the right.

 

On the meadow I did not see the very purple, more brown plants due to the heat.

At the end of this path I turn to the left and get on a narrow path but realized that they had put on a fence and let the path to the right but I still saw the blue marking on the other side of the fence ????? How would I get over, I could not get over the fence in the middle because it is a electrical fence but at the end it was a old stair, I was wondering if the steps would fall but they did 🙂

 

On the next meadow I had a close experience with some horses, one walked towards me and another horse, one of them started to press me 🙂

And another horse came up from a hill, they started to follow me but then they stopped.

Close to Haväng the heat came and I had a minor issue with my right knee.

I wet my hair and drank water and got finally to Haväng and had only approximately 5K left to the final destination.

Between Haväng and Vitemölla I try to get down to the water and wet my hair but today it was waves so it was tough wetting my hair, I gave up.

So nice to get to the final destination but my ride was not there with the cold water but saw that he was close, finally he showed up and I got my water and drank almost 1 liter before it was time for the mandatory and necessary swim in the water. Went in the water with my running gear.

I was surfing, the waves moved me forward.

Results:

 

 

 

12.4K Short Run

#39

The plan was to run my 12.5K run after work.

It was suppose to be warm today it was.

OH MY GOSH.

Put on linnen, running skirt, first I had decided to wear my water belt but changed my mind and was putting on my ultra back pack with 1 liter water.

It I was suffering yesterday it was worse today and the distance was shorter.

I hoped that I would be able to run approximately 3K I had to give up before 2K before I had to walk.

The legs wanted to run fast but the body gets exhausted.

I drank constantly and wet my hair but it did not help.

Felt so good to finally reach the final destination.

Weight report:

 

20.11K City Trail Run

#38

It is not the smartest to run after work, especially when it is this hot in Sweden but I cannot run 3-4 am in the morning, need to on top and alert when it comes to the assignment that I have.

So I take it that I won’t be able to run the whole route, that I will suffer, it will take much longer but I will finish the route. Just because it is warmer does not mean that I will cut the distance, there is a reason why I have my ultra back pack with the water bladder filled with water.

Tonite was definately the hottest day so where I have been out running.

From the beginning it was hot so I knew how it would go.

Lasted 2.8K before I had to stop and walk.

That is how the route would be, run as long as I could and then walk, try to walk as short distance as possible, wet my hair and face and drink water.

The first hill at Klosterängens höjder I started run up on it but my legs did not want to continue running, managed to run all the way up on the second hill, on the third hill I ran part of it, walked part of it and ran up all the way on the last part.

Ran up all the way on the fourth hill.

Ran/walked to St Hans hills.

The first hill I managed to start running up on it but had to stop and walk up the rest.

Most hills I could run up all the way but not the circle hill and the hill in the grove.

Then the worst was over.

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Weight report:

So far I have lost 5.8KG

 

 

23.64K Trail Run

#37

Last Saturday I ran into a cow attack and was not satisfied that I had to do an detour on yellow because it is more flat.

On my way to Österlen I had a talk with my running friend who is a bull breeder. Wanted to know how to handle these heifers. That orange part is much hillier plus I have this hill that I finally ran up all the way so I wanted real badly to run on this orange marker.

Started the run at Christinehof and then I got on orange and felt ready to meet these heifers and conquer my fear.

When I got on the meadow I saw that the heifers were on the right and enough distance so I continued my run and they never bothered me 🙂

On the first half of the run I ran into issues with my right knee and had to do some walking.

Then when I got up on the hills just before I got to Brösarp I saw a choir member in the opposite direction PA was going to walk aa 36K route, we talked and went into opposite direction.

When I was on my way to Haväng I felt a breeze, so nice, even if I had to wet my hair multiple times this breeze was a saver so these 6K went just fine. I got to Haväng at 2.56, 11 minutes than the fastest run to Haväng from Christinehof so far.

Then I continued the run to Vitemölla. At a certain point I got to the beach and could wet my hair and face with colder water.

When I got out from the shadow I decided that I would run all the way to the parking lot, interesting how a decision can make u run all they way, last week I had several stops during this part and it was hot too.

Felt really good to make it all the way.

Then I ran/walked through the village, was hoping that I would get to the finish point before 3 h and 40 min and felt that that would happen and I did 🙂

Nice with the mandatory swim in the ocean afterwards

Results

20.38 City Trail Run

#35

Last week when I ran this route I had to cut the distance due to rain.

At lunch it started to rain and according to the weather report it was suppose to rain the whole afternoon. Oh no. The best would be if I could run my longest run Tuesday. Lucky me the rain stopped and when I biked home from work it was cloudy but not grey.

Decided to wear my linnen, shorts, ultra back pack so I had plenty of fluid to drink and wet my hair if I wanted to.

Started my run and it was not too hot in the beginning, managed to run to the first hill part where I always walked. I had issues with the water, hardly came out anything, knew that I had set the water bladder correctly so it was a good idea to stop just before it was time to walk. Turned out that I had not pushed the tube enough and fixed that issue, so much nicer when I got water flowing into my mouth.

I had tired legs so it would be interesting to see how I would manage the hills.

Ran into a smaller knee issue and decided to stop and walk for a while to get the knee feeling better.

Then it was time to run up the first steeper longer hill at Klosterängens höjder, so far I had been able to run up all the way but just below the top my legs did not want to run anymore. Stood at the top to catch my breath.

 

Then it was time for the second hill where I could run up all the way 🙂

Stood and enjoyed the view and catched my breath a little before it was time to run down on the other side.

Stood still at the bottom for a short moment and hoped that I would be able to run up all the way on the third hill and I did 🙂

On my way to St Hans hills I had to stop and walk a few times due to both the heat and knee issue.

Still no grey clouds indicating it would start raining.

Got to St Hans hills and ran up the first hill, walked after that.

Ran up almost all the way on the second hill but had to stop and walk just below the bottom. Before that hill I had a horse and rider in front of me and they were getting up on that hill. Hoped that they would have gotten enough up before it was time for me to run up the hill, do not like to come behind a horse where it is narrow but they were up before I got up.

Then I managed to run up the short steeper hills and was curious about the circle hill. I couldn’t run up all the way on the second hill and I was not surprised.

Then on the hill in the grove I had to walk on the hill at the end.

But then I just decided that I would run up all the way on the ”Murder” hill and I did it, what a great feeling.

Still no indication that it would start raining so I decided that I wouldn’t cut the distance.

Some more walking before I got back home, hoped that I would get under 3h and I actually did it. Glad I could run the original route that I had planned.

Results:

 

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