Woke up this morning at 7.15 to get ready for a 30k run that I had not run since 2009.

Started with mixing my sport drink, Maxim Tropical flavor.

Temperature showed 15oc (59F) so I decided I would wear t-shirt, shorts and test my compression socks that I plan to wear at Lidingöloppet.

To try to avoid running into any issues with my right knee or left M. Gluteus maximus I warmed those with liniment.

Then it was time to stretch, addded one stretch exercise this morning, not sure if that would make a difference.

Then it was time to get ready, put water in two bottles and sport drink in two bottles and put them in my water belt.

It would be interesting to see if the battery would die again. I changed it after the last long run.

At ICA I saw the other group who were going to do a combination session, biking to Skrylle, run 10k and biking back to Lund. I waved at them before I started my run.

It was a bit colder that I wanted but hoped for warmer temperature later on.

At 2.78k my battery died and the pace showed 00.00 til the end. Lucky me it was not warm today. So drinking every 12 min would probably be fine in the beginning.

When I was in the outskirts of Lund and looked over to Lomma there were some dark clouds, lucky me they disappeared but I got some rain between Lund and Lomma. Interesting on every warmer run that I have done this summer I have hoped for rain but there had not been any such luck but today when it is 15oC (59F) it was raining 🙂

When I got to Bjärred it got warmer and I also passed the ocean and dreamed of my house at the sea. I am allowed to have dreams.

I felt some ache in my right knee and hoped it wouldn’t get worse. I had not plan to walk today. This was my fourth ”at least 25k” run without any issues, that have been my goal to do at least before Lidingöloppet in September.

It did not feel like it was 5 years ago since I ran this run last, it felt that I had run this after 2009 but then I realized that I biked this way home from Bjärred this summer after a meeting 🙂

It was nice to see the sign that it was 10k left to Lund. The energy was dropping a bit so it was time to drink at every k. After Flädie and Fjelie I was running on the bike path that brought me back to Lund. Turned into Gunnesbo and on to Nöbbelövs kyrkoväg which is a nice country road and then I knew that it is not far til I would be home.

Even if I ran before breakfast the total time today was 3.15.36 h, pretty flat run, some upwind and beautiful scenery out in the country. Temperature was 18oC (64F) when I got back home.

Lidingö I am ready for you in September!