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Hallands Ultra 50K

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#25 – 50 runs in 100 days spring edition
#59- 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

Got up 4 am this morning to leave at 6.05 to my second ultra race (first this year) – Hallands Ultra 50K which is a new ultra race.

I had decided I would run in my regular running shoes since I had realized that Salomon Fellraiser does not work for me on longer dirt roads and we would be on some today. Hopes that I wouldn’t run into any major issues and hoped to finish around 7 h, knew that the last 13K would be tough.

Peter from Coach K Runners was the driver for the day and in the car was also me, Malin who was going to do her first ultra and Lisa.

On our way up we discussed the weather, it had been different reports changing during the week, in the beginning of the week it looked like it would be 15oC (59F) at 8 am and 23oC (73F) at 2 pm but a couple of days ago it looked like it would be around 17oC (63F) and rain  urgggg

So I had a linen under my t-shirt and packed a long sleeve in my ultra backpack.

Here we are at the parking lot 2K from the finish line, waiting for the bus that would take us to the start (were we were not allowed to park) and we could also get our bib.

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Before start it started to rain heavily and I thought oh no not a rainy day but it stopped 🙂

Off we go. Early we saw a guy taking the lead and a small group after him.

Before I left I checked that water came out of the hose and it did but when it was time for my first water zip after 15 min, no water. So typical so I had to stop and open the valve and there were two people behind Malin and me (who would stick together as a team during the day) who stopped and I thought why are they stopping? It turned out that one guy was not racing just joining us and Susanne was the ”collector”, she didn’t race but would be last and make sure that everyone were fine. It turned out later it was good to have her as company.

So what happened. At around 12K I started to feel issues with my lower right leg but could still run. Susanne turned out to be a running coach (did not know that at the time) and she asked me if it was the periosteum but I did not think so, could be electrolytes or tight knots. At the second fuel station I had my own little cheering squad. Friend’s sister and her husband lives in Halmstad and I meet them from time to time on social occasions and had informed them about the race and that they could come and cheer and they did, well appreciated 🙂 Had to stop and stretch and then we continued our journey. Susanne gave me a very good advice today. Do not stop and stretch because it won’t do you any good, better to just stop and walk and start run again after some time and we tried that. Very good advice. She also said she would show me some exercises that I could do, she suspected bone tissue issues.

Malin and I decided that if we would stick together we would run through the finish line hand in hand.

We were running in the woods, across a golf course, at the ocean on rocks, smaller portion in the city, Along the river Nissan. Very Beautiful run, very green.

At 29K there was a 2K hilly part where it was a sprint price for the fastest runner but Malin and I did not even try, no risk we would win 🙂

But the real challenge started when it was 13K left and the fuel station was between the finish line and where we would continue. Runners were finishing the race while we still had 13K left. Some narrow parts in the woods, very gooey because of the rain during the week where we tried to not run straight through it.

Because of my lower leg issue we ran during the flat parts and walked up the hills and down but when you have very tired legs which I got at the end, down hill can be a real pain so we walked down on some parts. At the end I didn’t care about the googey parts and ran through them. Might show how tired I was.

Really good cheering and super nice functionaries at the fuel stations.

When I thought it was 6K left the fuel station showed a sign with 43K (so we had probably circled a bit down hill and up hill (not run wrong though).

Before those 43K I had really tired legs and started to walk but Susanne really pepped me to continue and after that I got my energy back but Malin was getting a dip and I felt she needed Susanne more than me and I was running solo. So when my pulse watch showed 50K I thought it would be 1K left but that 1K felt VERY LONG. It turned out that when I had run for a while in the Woods after my pulse watch had showed 50K, two functionaries stood and cheered me on and from there it was 1K (which I did not know) but the last part felt like it never ended and I felt hot on my cheeks, I guess I was very tired 🙂

 

Here I am after the finish line

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Finish time: 07:27:27 h

Results: (I thought that I had saved the run just after the finish line but turned out that I didn’t so the distance a bit longer and time too, also problems with finding the pulse belt so not all results)

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Altitude:

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St Hans Extreme

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#24 – 50 runs in 100 days spring edition
#58 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

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Tonite it was time to run St Hans Extreme again, a 10K hilly race in the town where I live.

I have been wanting to get a new PB since the best time that I have was from the first year I ran, was thrown into a team the same day, had never done any hilly training before. The last two years the tempetuare has been around 30oC (86F) and me, running and heat are not best friend.

Tonite the temperature were around 16oC (61F), ideal temperature for me but a bit windy so I was not sure about the clothing. Threw down a long sleeve in my back pack and biked to St Hans hills. Met some other Coach K Runners, which is the running group I belong to.

Decided to put on my long sleeve because I do not want to get sick now, important race next weekend.

Was not sure how it would go since my spring has not been the best, glutues problems, back thigh problems and lower legs problem.

But when the race started I felt strong from the beginning. This year we started below the down hill hill which was the only hill I had not run up on this year but it has been some hilly running this spring.

I have always a goal to not come last and that has never happened. The first year I was the last girl that finished but I still was not last. Then I have advanced every year I have run 🙂

I was passing several runners during the race and had some people who cheered me on.

On the third lap I looked at my pulse Watch and saw that it was possible for a new PB and when I was running towards the last hill I knew that it would happen and it was a great feeling

New PB: 1.04.35 h, old PB: 1.07.40 h

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Distance: 6.21 miles (10K), time: 1.04.35 h, max pace: 3.07 min/k,
VO2 Max: 37 ml/kg/min

#18 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

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The plan was to run a 40K hilly run.

Got up early in the morning so I could start the run around 9 am.

Mixed the sports drink and filled the bladder with 1 liter of water. On my longer runs nowadays I always put the reflective vest and headlight in the ultra backpack.

Was prepared it would be gooey since it rained last night so definately Fellraiser.

When I got to St Hans hills I realized it was icy on the roads. Also met Åke and Marie, two Coach K Runners. And when I was running down the top hill the rest of Coach K Runners were standing there, getting ready for ”Fartlek” (=simpler form of interval training) and I said hi before I contined on my run.

It was nice being back on those hills, part of the route was icy so I exercised some ice skating :-), it was also gooey but I did not wet my shoes so much 🙂 The sun was out. I ran 4 laps before it was time to get out on the flat part of this hilly run. This is where this run became a shitty run. Have had problems with my right butt part after I started running on those hills again which bothered me. Also I was not able to dring a drop of water from the bladder which did not make things better. I thought that something must be blocked somewhere and have to check this out when I got back home.

So I had to walk a couple of k’s with running between. The first time I streched there was a guy on rollerskis who asked if I was ok. This is such a positive thing. I told him I am just stretching. It was also windy and cold.

During the run when I realized I could not get my right butt part to get better I decided I would shorten this run a bit.

It was a long time ago I have had a shitty run like this.

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Total distance: 15.13 miles (24.36K), total time: 3.29.06.
average speed: 8.35 min/k, max speed: 5.46 min/k
VO2 Max: 29 ml/kg/min

It turned out that when I took off the bladder from the backpack and put it back I forgot to turn a plastic piece to the right place, that’s why I could not drink a drop of water, at home I could drink a lot of water 🙂

#13 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

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From the beginning the plan for this Saturday was a 12.5K flat run but after I did the hilly intervals Thursday I missed those hills so the plan changed, decided I would run 3 laps on St Hans hills in the afternoon.

Expected it to be gooey and wet so Fellraiser on and for safety I brought my headlight with me just in case it got dark during my run.

When I got to the hills it started to snow or hail.

I was prepared it would be a tough run since I had not been up here since end of November.

Most hills were just fine but some were slippery even for my Fellraiser’s. When I ran down the amphitheater I was gliding but I did not fall flat on my face 🙂

I was a bit disappointed because it just felt just like a regular flat run, a bit more wheezy. I guess I have a lot of hills in my legs now.

I got wet and the running shoes were really gooey when I got back home and Dirty feet 🙂

It was nice being back, I have missed those hills.

Total time: 1.28.48 h, total distance 6.99 miles (11.26 k), average speed: 7.53 min/k,
max speed: 6.10 min/k, VO2 Max: 45 ml/kg/min

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