35.99K Trail Run | Gabby's Challenges

#53

Remember that last year I didn’t get up on those longer distances. Had planned to run some 40K’s but that did not happen. Longest distance I ran was a 33K on Österlen.

This year my goal is to run through the finish line and with my pneumonia I had to start slowly but after vacation it was time to raise the bar. So I raised the bar quite a bit from 28K to 39.37K and then I decided that between the next 40K I would run around 35K so it won’t be too tough.

So I was thinking where did I have to stop to get up to 35K, decided that I would run from Alunbruket to Vik and also this time try to start at 8 am.

Once again it could rain but I would run as long as it would be good weather and if it would start raining it would depend how much and how cold if I would throw in the towel or not. Cannot just stop anywhere, need to be somewhere where I can be picked up by a car.

So off I went in t-shirt, shorts, packed a long sleeve in a dry bag which I put in my ultra back pack.

It is such a huge difference now when the temperature has dropped. Was around 15oC (59F) when I started, cool and nice and I did not freeze, some years ago I wouldn’t try to run in t-shirt and shorts when it is 15oC but I have given it a try now a few weeks and it has not been an issue, I get warm when I start running.

Some weeks ago I ran into a cow situation on a meadow where I have run smoothly for some years but this year one morning I realize that there are cows or heifers. What I did wrong was to walk towards them, but they looked sinister from the start. So every time now I look if I see any when I enter the meadow and there were none 🙂 Good!

Continued on the meadow, saw fresh cow dung and was praying that I wouldn’t see them around the corner and thank God they weren’t, I saw them on the other side of the creek and hoped that they wouldn’t come over to me but why. I could not see any natural path that they could walk on.

Got into the woods.

One thing I do not like in the woods are the spider webs that gets into my face and legs, it is more disturbing when they get into my face.

During the summer with the tropical heat I have not have any issues with a certain plant but now when the temperature has dropped, it is greener and now they have started to grow these nettle and without thinking I was running on a dirt road and got a bit to close to the left and felt the sting. The only thing to do is to ignore it and then it won’t sting anymore

The first part between Alunbruket and Haväng went quite well. Walked after some hills. Now I have started to run up more on the first hill at Brösarps Nothern hills (in the beginning), also on the second hill. When I was on my way there I saw a bigger group of trekkers on these hills and hoped that I would caught up with the group at a place where I could pass them easily. But I caught up with them down in the valley where I walk anyway but where I usually start running again they were in front of me so I took the opportunity to rest my leg and walked behind them til I got to the rest area where one of them said it looks good and I responded You too.

Then I continued on the yellow marker. I realized that I ran more today then I have done before even if I had to walk where it was cows and animals. Managed to run the whole dirt road just before Haväng.

The beach part between Haväng and Vitemölla was running and walking, it is tough running on sand.

After that I have approximately 6K asphalt which is not so good to run on with trail shoe so once again running and walking.

Finally I made it to Stenshuvud where I run a lot in the woods and it is going up to the top of Stenshuvud. Am running in the beginning but when I get tot the stairs I walk up on those and then all the way to the top. Time to head down and when it is not so rocky anymore I ran down. Now I got tired in my legs and feet so I did some walking, met a labrador puppy who was happy when I patted him.

Then it was only 5K left on asphalt. Ran and walked up the hills. The first 10K I ran in 1h 25 min, 20K in 2h 58 min so I hoped that I would be able to finish in less than 5 h and 30 min which I have said to Wille. I had run 35K in 5 h and 5 min which felt great but it was 36K to Vik but finished in 5 h 13 min which felt great.