Etikettarkiv: frostavallen

30.8K Trail Run

#30 – (Trail Run) – 50 runs in 100 days – Keep Running edition
#31 – (Transport from) – 50 runs in 100 days – Keep Running edition

Woke up this morning at 5 am to head out for the last longer trail run before the 6h treadmill battle challenge in November and to see in what condition I am in before the ultra race in December.

The temperature was 13oC (F) so I decided to wear capri, compression socks, long sleeve and windstopper.

On the train a guy got on and sat across from me and said hi 🙂 I was not sure what type this was but said hi and it Turner out that he also was runner. I realisera that when he asked me where I was going to run and told him I would run from Tjörnarp to Frostavallen and he asked if it was the Tjörnarp route 🙂 He and some other runners would run from Höör to a lake somewhere and he got me a tip to run from Höör to Hässleholm.

Great thing with Tjörnarp is that I step out from the train and then I just start running on Skåneleden.

It was a bit chilly when I started so it was nice to have the windstopper on and it also smelled mushroom.

At around 5K I started to have heavy breathing and had to take off the windstopper and I could breath much easier after that 🙂

When I got to the loop I decided to walk because it was wet and wet branches get slippery. At one point I got very scared because I stepped on something and thought it was a snake but then it was a bransch 🙂

I was thinking on the train if it was crazy to head out for a 40K trail run one week after Lidingöloppet but I did not feel any tired legs and just enjoyed the trail run but when I had run 11K I got pain in my right knee and walked for a short time and then at 12K was a hill and then I realized that I still was tired in my legs after Lidingöloppet last weekend and that was so true.

It turned out to be a great day for trail running but I decided during the run that I had to cut the distance

I was following the route on my pulse watch as a back up but around 20K I realized two things, it has happened again, after 0.38K the distance did not work anymore and the pulse watch had lost the route. For the first time I felt that I really knew the route and very likely didn’t have to look at the pulse watch. I even found the narrow path after the ditt road after Nyrups Osteria and when I turned in to the woods.

I almost sprangled my foot today but was lucky once again.

So I ended up running around 30K with some walking.

It was nice seeing the fall colors and I passed some interesting people and drogs. On my way back to Frostavallen there was a lady who was out walking with her dogs, one little one who saw me first and started to bark and then the middle dog who said hello to me and the little one was a bit more reserved.

Then it was the transport back to Höörs train station that is approximately 4K.

23.5K Trail Run

#12 (Trail Run) – 50 runs in 100 days – Keep Running edition
#13 (Transport from) – 50 runs in 100 days – Keep Running edition

Even if I had muscle soreness after Thurday’s physical training I had decided that I would get to Frostavallen to run the middle part of Tjörnarparen, when I made that plan I had totally repressed that I would get muscle soreness after the physical training but decided to run this trail run anyway.

Took the train 8.28 am and came to Frostavallen around 9.45 am.

Wore running skirt, linnen, compression socks, altra lonepeak 2.5

The pace was slow in the beginning and I was not surprised.

Unfortunately once again my pulse watch was not my friend today, pulse belt and GPS was found and after 340m distance and pace was messed up so it was tough not knowing how long I had run when it came to distance. I need to do something about it, reset my GPS and see if I get this under control.

Today the nettles (=brännässlor) could not be avoided, was on a narrow path and they were on the sides and had to run into them, had to keep saying to myself, do not scratch, do not scratch 🙂

Then after Nyrups Osteria I run on a dirt road and after a while turn left into the woods and then I will cross a creek and get on a narrow path which is hard to find when it is very green and of course I got a bit further down to the left and there they were again, those nettles so I swore a bit 🙂 and once again do not scratch what ever you do 🙂

Not a lot of other runners, passed 4 guys who came in the opposite direction on the black marker which has now changed to blue and than at the end one other runner. But some people who were fishing with fishing rods.

Nice being back, this is definately one of my favorite places.

Tired legs today, I was glad I could finish the route, some walk sessions and at the end I had natural fartlek to not miss the bus going back, interesting how fast tired legs can go if you want to get on a bus but at the end I had to stop, got respiratory distress and missed the bus with 5 min 🙂

Thought first that I had not missed the bus, said 12.45 and I got there 12.36 but then I realized that .45 is the Mon-Fri bus, the Saturday bus leaves at .27 🙂

So I walked first back to Höör and started the pulse watch and ran the whole way for the first time 3.59K (#13)

Distance: 23.5K, time: 3.01.38h

39.67K Trail Run

#14 – 50 runs in 100 days – Just run edition
#15 – 50 runs in 100 days – Just run edition

Woke up this morning at 5 am, ate breakfast and then took the train to Tjörnarp to run my last long distance run before Hallandsultran, 50K trail ultra June 11th.

Perfect temperature: 14oC (57.2F) so capri tights, compression socks, t-shirt and over a long sleeve and gloves to keep warm before the train ride and in the beginning of the trail run. It is usually a bit chilly in the morning but get warmer during the day. The gloves went off after a while.

It was a bit grey and it was suppose to rain a bit around 10 am.

Said hi to the mommy cows and their children when I had run around 5K and saw the little piglets.

Did some walking at the loop and when I came to Frostavallen the rain came and I was hoping that it would stop soon so I could run my planned 40K instead of being forced to turn back to Frostavallen earlier than planned, my weak me hoped of course that it would continue to rain but lucky me it stopped 🙂

It took me 2.35 to run my first 20K and with tired legs I was satisfied with that time, I hoped that I would get a better finish time this time 🙂

Got a bit confused after Nyrups Osteria where I after that run on a dirt road and turn left into the forest and cross a Creek, it has started to be very green and overgrown so I did not see the small path and ended up in the grove instead. But the positive thing is that I am familiar with this route and can find my way out.

The coarse tractor tracks were still there so I had to walk over them, my feet get really tired running over them.

Even if it was a bit wet (it showed it had been raining), the expanded water had decreased on the black mark and I was glad my head was with me because they had changed the first part of the black mark and I thought that wait a minute I am not going to turn left here, I am going to run around the lake. When I am on the black mark I follow the black marking but could not do it here 🙂

There are two dirt roads that has become very boring, last time I walked the whole way on them but had decided that today I would run most part of them and did it 🙂

Djuralidsbacken (Djuralids hill) was too tough for me today so I had to walk up and it felt VERY LONG.

When I came back to Frostavallen I pepped myself to run all the way to the bench at the parking lot, had a little part where I had to walk but otherwise than that I ran.

It was great running in the woods today, me and the singing birds, did not pass any other runners except one at the very end. The rest of the runners are running Göteborgsvarvet, the Gothenburg half marathon. I have been surrounded with unnecessary negative energy this week and it was so soothing running in the woods and get back on track. Soon I will be free.

Also tired legs on this run so it was some Walking from time to time.

Then it was a transport run back to Höör train station

Distance: 39.67K, time: 5.19.42.4h, average heart rate: 142, average pace: 8.03 min/k, max pace: 3.44 min/k, cadence: 162, VO2 Max: 28
ml/kg/min

Transport run – Distance: 4.23K, time: 31.24.2 min, average pace: 7.25 min/k

39.86K Trail Run and 4.16K Flat Run

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#16 – 50 runs in 100 days – No excuses edition
#17 – 50 runs in 100 days – No excuses edition

I was tired of all the city running and needed to get out in the woods again so instead of running Lund Runt with CKR I got up early this morning to take the train to Tjörnarp.

Last night I was determined I would run up Djuralidsbacken (Djuralids hill) but when I woke up this morning it had snowed 🙂 Felt that this would be an interesting run.

What was magical about this trail run was that the snow was untouched, I was the first one who ran on the trail. My brain got confused because of the snow, the natural paths had ”disappeared” soo even if I am familiar with the route the yellow streamers made my day today.

It was nice running alone in the woods, such tranquility.

What I didn’t know what was under snow, I got surprised a few times during the run, cracking ice. I do not like to get wet feet and try to avoid it as long as I can because sooner or later it will happen.

Let say that it was a flashback from Tjörnarparen in Dec when I had to throw in the towel. The same wet but with snow and a bit more wet to be honest. So after the loop was a watering hole so of course I ran the same detour as on Tjörnarparen and thought that I was on the safe side and then it was water under the snow short after so my right foot got wet and it feels so much colder in the Winter.

When I got to Frostavallen I passed some dog wakers, trekkers but no runners but I saw foot prints on my way to Nyrups Naturhotell.

At 22K I got pain in my right knee and decided to walk for 500 m to see if I would be fine, hoped not to run into too many issues. Here my brain got confused again becuase they had cleared trees so it looked so different. The pain disappeared but I had to walk a couple of more times because they had cleared more trees in the woods and there were frozen tractor tracks that was tough to run on.

It was tough running in the in the snow and very tired legs and feet but felt great to back on the trails.

Trail run

Distance: 39.86K, time: 5.14.43.5 h, average heart rate: 141, average pace: 7.53 min/k,
max pace: 5.07 min/k, cadence: 168, VO2 Max: 26 ml/kg/min

It turned out that there was no bus at 13.27 so I didn’t want to stand and freeze for another hour so it was just to run to Höör to the train station. That wasn’t very pleasant after 40K trail

Transport to Höör train station

Distance: 4.16K, time: 28.38.7 min, average heart rate: 137, average pace: 6.52 min/k,
max pace: 5.57 min/k, cadence: 174, VO2 Max: 24 ml/kg/min

23.49K Trail Run

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#18 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#125 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

Yesterday I had a cold feeling (that I might catch a cold) and hoped that I wouldn’t have a cold this morning. So no training yesterday, drank a lot of fluid and stayed warm and hoped for the best. Didn’t get any worse yesterday so I was hopeful.

It was suppose to be cold this weekend. When I woke up 6 am the temperature was 0oC (32F) so it was time to test the same 2XU windstopper tights I had last weekend since it is very likely that the temperature might be the same in Dec. And I plan to wear these.

Took the train to Höör and then the ”Ring bus” to Frostavallen which was a short ride. Alternative when I do not have anyone to run with.

Last preparation before my last race and ultra race this year Dec 12th. Decided to run the middle part of Tjörnarparen which I have not run yet this year. The worst hill is on this part and I had a goal. The first part is very familiar since it is part of my 45K run. I realized I had mixed up the different parts because all of a sudden I had to turn left and I thought that I was on my way to the ”Spong” part. A flash back came back. So it was time to be on the black marker that get very camouflaged. It was very gooey and wet and was trying to avoid getting too wet feet. First I am running in the forest and then get out on a dirt road and then the famous spong comes and here it would be interestering to see how my Altra Lonepeak would handle it and once again I was positively surprised how good it works to run on those sponges and not doing any ice skating 🙂

Last year on Tjörnarparen I was in a shitty mood during the black marker. After half the distance I had to start walk/run, walk/run and also I got to a part with a big puddle and realized that I had to run through it and got really wet feet and then when I was on my way to the third fuel station a official showed up on a hill and cheered me on. That made my day so much better 🙂

After the third fuel station I remember that I ran on a dirt road and it felt SO long til I got to the green marker and was wondering how I would feel today. The dirt road is long but finally Djuralidsbacken was there (Djuralids hill), the worst hill on this ultra race, it is short but steep. My goal today was to run up this hill, walked up this hill last December and I DID IT, ran the whole hill. Felt so good, short after that there is another steep short hill, ran up that one as well, it felt so much shorter today 🙂

Once again during this run I passed some other runners and we said hallo to each other, two bikers that I said hallo to too.

When I had around 5K left I was hoping I would not miss the bus that just goes once every hour. So I had natural Fartlek at the end, came back 3 min before the bus was suppose to come. Had to wait some extra minutes and had to warm my legs. When I was running I was warm but when I was not moving it was COLD

Results

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Distance: 14.59 miles (23.49K), time: 2.55.06h, average pace: 7.27 min/k, max pace: 5.17 min/k, cadence: 170, VO2 Max: 30 ml/kg/min

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