#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

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