#15 – 50 runs in 100 days – Winter edition

I am part of a running group Coach K Runners and the plan from the beginning was to take the train and bus to Frostavallen and do some trail running but then I realized that January 6th Coach K Runners has a tradition to run ”Lund Rund”, a 27K city run around Lund and I hadn’t run with Coach K Runners in a while so I changed my mind and decided to do the city run instead.

Heard rumors that it would be -10 (14F). Felt it already Thursday evening when I was going home after work.

Oh boy, looked at the temperature and it showed -9.5 (14.9F) so I decided to wear orange long sleeve, fleece, windstopper, warm hat and gloves, winter compression tights.

Decided that I when it was approximately 10 min Before 8 am that I would take the elevator down to the basement and walk to the end of the building where we would meet. Got to be the ”fire” police in the basement, these guys who do not understand what a firebreak is….

When I got out only 2 other runners were there, we were suppose to be 14 but then they popped up. Some Pictures were taken and off we Went.

Now I am a bit heavier (those pounds are going to get off this year), we were going to have a 6 min/k pace and I was at 6.30 min/k but let say that the cold made the runners increase the pace. I fell a bit behind but could still see them, I am much more familiar with the route today and was prepared for this, the flock leader Åke ran back to me and we chatted and then the rest of the group ran back to me and I told them that they didn’t have to do this all day long, I am fine.

Then before 10K I was on my own and ran into a knee issue and was forced to stop and walk. I did some thinking, thought first that I would do the 27K but it is a bit hilly, go uphill and at Råby decided to cut the distance, not that it would be so much shorter. When I got to Linero I turned left instead of to the right and tried to stay as flat as possible.

Got back on the route at Sony. Did  some walking but tried to make it as short as possible and tried to run as long as possible.

Was satisfied with my 25K, nice with brunch afterwards even if the espresso machine did not work, knew the problem, made coffee from the Nespresso instead and then reset the espresso later so I got my latte.

Survived the Cold

Distance: 25.03K, time: 3.00.38 h, average heart rate: 137, average pace: 7.12 min/k, max pace: 5.13 min/k, cadence: 166, VO2 Max: 25 ml/kg/min