#13 – 50 runs in 100 days – Summer edition

Since it is Midsummer in Sweden this weekend I decided that I would run the long run after work tonite.

Perfect weather, not too warm or cold, decided to wear linnen, shorts, flipbelt and 2 water bottles in a water belt.

I have a nice longer run running out on the country side, mainly asphalt, maybe 1K dirty road but very nice run in the summer time

The goal was to run as long as possible, maybe not any walking at all.

This is a route that I have run many times, earlier on this route I always got pain in one of my knees, I suspected that the country road is leaning so the loading will be more on one leg so lately I try to run more out on the country road instead of on the shoulder (=vägren) but then I have to be more responsive of the cars but the traffic is not that heavy

It is so soothing running near the fields, hearing the birds singing and enjoy seeing the amazing cornfields.

At around 7.5K I ran into a knee issue and had to walk at around 8K.

Ran again and turned back. Had a light upwind during the run, realized when I had turned around that I had actually increased the pace

Decided that I would turn back to the right instead of running straight when I was running under the car road because of the knee issue and tired legs after the long run this weekend.

In the summer time it is so great that I can run a longer run like this after work because it does not get dark, I wouldn’t run this route with a reflective vest and feel safe since there are no street lights, this route I run usually day time during later Fall and winter.

Distance: 18.79K, time: 2.23.39.1 h, average heart rate: 135, average pace: 7.38 min/k, max pace: 5.23 min/k, cadence: 154, VO2 Max: 32 ml/kg/min