#24 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#131 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge
Woke up this morning at 4 am to eat breakfast and get ready for my last race and ultra race this year.
Decided to take the train and it turned out we were 4 who took the train together to Tjörnarp.
When we got off the train station Lars the guy who is behind this ultra race was at the start line and I brought to him running clothes to the refugees.
Then it was time to bring the rest to the school to change and get ready for the race. Turned out we couldn’t get in due to an alarm that would get off at 8 am but we could change at the parish house instead.
I streched and more and more runners showed up. It was time to get down to the start where a bunch of other enthusiastic runners came. This year it would be both a 50K and a 100K distance. 5 runners had decided to run 100K.
It had rained a lot so it was very gooey and wet. This time I was not alone and not last and it felt that I wouldn’t be last. Flew over the loop.
Turned out I had problems with the GPS, it worked when I started my pulse watch but somewhere it just gave up so I didn’t have any distance and time, only the route and pace so i had to guess the distance to know when I had to drink and eat.
It felt that I am going to have a good day. Skipped the second fuel station but somewhere between fuel station 2 and fuel station I first got very tired legs which I can handle but then I started to feel pain in my left knee when I ran, started to walk but the pain did not go away so I had to make a decision if I would continue or not.
When I got to fuel station I was asked how I was doing and I said that I right now have to make a decision if I am going to threw in the towel. Another runner Ola lended me his knee pad and I decided I would try to make it to the fourth fuel station. Got Tobbes mobile number if I had to quit before the fourth fuel station, turned out that Lars who wouldn’t race this year couldn’t help himself and had headed out on the route. When I was running on the dirt road which is a couple of k’s before you turn to the left up to the Djuralidsbacken (Djuralids hill) I was fine first but then the pain came back and decided not to continue.
Of course I was upset at that moment but I did not feel I made the wrong decision. Walk/run with pain in a knee for another 14K is not worth it. It can destroy a whole season.
I called Tobbe and told him I had thrown in the towel. Some runners passed me and asked me if I was fine and I told them I had thrown in the towel because of pain in my knee.
Got transport back to the Parish home and this was my very first DNF.
#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
Altitude
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
#10 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#117 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge
The alarm went off 4 am this morning and the reason for that was that I was going to run a race starting at 8 am at Kullaberg called The Death Zone (= Dödens Zon). I was going to get picked up at 5.40 so the day before I had packed, taken out what I am going to wear, mixed sportsdrink and shaken out Redbull and made ”Jägarsnus” (raisin, peanuts and chocolate).
We had to leave earlier to pick up our number tags. We got there just before the Ultra race started at 7 am which is 3 laps of The Death Zone.
After that we went back to the car and got ready for the race, since I knew that it was very likely that I would take off my windstopper because it was going to be too warm when I started running on those hills I decided that I would only have a long sleeve and fleece, gloves and my CKR hat, I also brought my race belt which is very good to use when you know that you will take off clothes during the race.
Just before the start the story about Kullamannen was told and he was riding in on a horse 🙂 and I just wanted to start. The max time was set to 4h and it was my goal to finish in less than 4h. When I ran the course Oct 4th I ended up running around 25K, did some loops and have a hard finding the path at Håkullen but now when it would be streamers I did not expect any major running errors on my part.
And off we went. It was a bit chilly and windy in the beginning but did not bother me much. I saw on my pulse watch that I was keeping a pace of 6.30 and was satisfied with that. I was wondering what would happen when we got to the narrow path when we entered Kullaberg. That was the first ”stop”, had to stop running because everyone in front of me walked but it is a short part and it did not take long til we came to much wider parts. I have to say that this was the first race where runners actually were keeping themselves to the right and if it was no room to pass and you said to the right they moved to the right 🙂
Another stop was when we were almost coming down to the coast and all the stones but after that if was fine. I had decided I wouldn’t run over the stones because some of them are loose it it so unnecessary to sprain my foot and this morning some of the stones were also slippery. Here it was time to take off my fleece and gloves and hat had been taken off earlier
When we got to Nimis there was the first tough really steep part where I climbed, no chance I would run here. after that it was some running again. I noticed that they had reorganized the route just before Håkullen where we were suppose to run down a steep trail, get down to stones again and up a tough steep part again. It might have been too slippery that it was a safety risk, not that the new part was less steep or less tough. My time at 10K was around 1 h 40 min so it felt that it would be possible to finish under the max time. Now my legs started to feel tired so it was time to take out my bottle of Redbull in the front of the back pack.
When I start to almost fall on the stones I know that I am tired, had to tell myself to lift my feet so I would avoid falling flat faced down.
When we got to Kullens fyr (Kullen’s lighthouse) I was just passing the fuel station since I had sports drink, water and redbull and candy and stuff with me. Turned out they had moved the cows, saw them later in a paling, I guess they might get stressed of all the runners that would pass them where they had been earlier.
Now Mölle harbor was close and you could see it from a distance. I walked up some hills at the end to rest my tired legs. After Nimis it felt that I could have gotten cramp but lucky me it did not happen 🙂
I like this race, it has a lot of variation, normal hilly trails, stoney parts where I would like to be able to run faster, even if I got the comment today that I was rushing down those, I wouldn’t say rush. At some parts I cannot run down or up them but at the end I was actually doing that. And then you have these parts which are really steep and it is impossible for me to run there. The best ultra runners are on the other hand running up those parts, the best are running one lap (The Death Zone) in less than 2 h.
Then I got to the beach and knew that it was close, Heard that it was only 800m left and I started to run faster and faster.
So proud of myself. Finished in 3.06.24 h
Place: 39 out of 83
Results
Distance: 12.39 miles (19.95K according to my pulse watch), time: 3.06.29h , average pace: 9.20 min/k, max pace: 5.03 min/k, VO2 Max: 30 ml/kg/min
MTD: 93.67 miles (150.81K)
YTD: 915.02 miles (1358.12K)
#3 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#110 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge
Today it was time for the last tough trail run before the race ”Dödens Zon” (= The Death Zone) and also time for resting weeks.
So up 5 am this morning and then take the train to Tjörnarps train station.
I was a bit worried, the temperature has dropped and it said 7oC (45F) and a bit windy, some rain around 8-9 so I put on the winter gear. Turned out that the temperature was perfect, gloves and hat got off early and got back on at the end when it got a bit chillier, no rain in the morning but some rain at the end but it did not bother me.
It was also mostly dry, some gooey parts.
This time I for a short moment got unfocused on the White marking and just ran on automatic but something told me I had run too far, did not very far though til I noticed it 🙂 and turned back.
I usually do take a resting week after Lidingöloppet but wanted to pass the challenge 50 runs in 100 Days and then a really tough trail run last weekend, physical training this Wednesday. So if I got tired legs when it was 20K left I was not surprised. Continued to run, when it was 15K left my legs felt like lead and then when it was 12K left they gave up 🙂 So I just had to acdept the fact that it probably was very likely that there would be some more walking before I was done.
It is hunting season so in front of me I saw a group of hunters and asked nicely to be able to pass them and they moved to the side, they might have been the friendly hunters 🙂
When I get tired I do not lift my feet and bounced into stones so my toes got hit and started to hurt which makes me grumpy 🙂
At the end not even Red Bull helped much
Today I saw a squirrel and I think it was a venison in the wood at the loop.
When I got back to Tjörnarp and it was almost 3K left I told my feet to get moving because I didn’t want to miss the train and wait another hour til the next one. Two ladies were out in the forest and picked mushrooms and their dog ran with me for a short moment 🙂 and then I saw a couple walking their kitten 🙂
So when I was on the last straight trail part I told myself to lift my feet so I didn’t fall flat on my face and what happened of course I fell flat on my face and got leaves and dirt in my face 🙂
And finally I was done.
Resting is very good. So now it is finally resting weeks which I really need, will probably not run til the end of the week and I will also book calves massage and maybe do yoga instead of lifting weights this following week.
I am satisfied with the run even if it was some walking,
Distance: 29.07 miles (46.8K), time: 6.11.19 h, average pace: 7.56 min/k, max pace: 5.45 min/k, cadence: 168, VO2 Max: 27 ml/kg/min
#1 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#108 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge
This morning I got a sleepin in running morning, didn’t have to get up at 5 am, could sleep til 5.30 am.
Felt that I had to get up to Kullaberg to run Dödens Zon, 21K before the race October 31st. No one wanted to join me so it was just to do it the longer way, take the train and bus, hoped that I would get back in time to take the 3 pm bus back.
The weather report had said 11oc (52F) so I brought a fleece jacket and gloves and hat.
I ran this route beginning of August for the first time and I realized that the start was different but I liked it a lot, a narrow trail in the woods.
It did not take long til the fleece jacket was put around my hips, it just got too warm and then also my gloves and hat.
So good to be able to import a route in a pulse watch and follow it but since there are no markers yet I ended up doing some loops, getting back to the same place. If I am not looking at the rout for a few seconds more I can get outside the route so I practiced getting back on the route again on some occasions.
After a while I get down to the ”beach” and run on stones till I get to Nimis. Last time I walked on the stones and had planned to try to run but it is too many loose stones but I could walk faster this time and there was also some climbing involved (climbed earlier in my life)
Got off the route when I climbed up at Nimis but knew where I would get so it worked out at the end.
Last time my group came too far to the left at one part and ended up at a very steep downhill part where you could not run at all and I wanted to find that trail that the first group found. I know now why we got to far to the left. It feels so natural to run over a ”spong” but the trail is just before the spong but you can not see it from the beginning, it was a very steep down hill trail that you could run down for the most part but at the end it got too stoney
After I had climbed up a hill we have to get up on another hill where we had problems finding a trail and I honestly thought I would do so much better this time but NO, I had a breakdown here but calmed myself down so I systematically could get back on the route. So good to get away from that hill.
Now my legs were really tired so I combined Tailwind Raspberry and Red bull, am not a Red bull drinker normally but had started to drink that on tough trail runs. When I get tired I have cravings for sweet flavor
The sun got out and it started to get really warm, it would have been nice to have a t-shirt but rolled up my sleeves on my long sleeve.
Fell flat faced on my nose a couple of times and some swearing, have realized that when I run alone and get tired and bump into things that I swear and get grumpy, do not happen in a group 🙂
On this run I got to know Kullen a bit more because I was not running totally on the route.
When I was on my way to Kullens light house two guys showed up running so I thought it look like they are preparing for Kullamannen as well. One guy was fast and the other one got behind and after a while I passed him. We met up at the light house and asked him if he and his friend would run Kullamannen or Dödens Zon, they are going to run Dödens Zon. Unfortunately he had knee problems.
Realized that we are not going to run up to the light house on the race so I experienced a new part which I liked
Passed these cows and hoped that they wouldn’t attack me 🙂
Now it was not so long away from Mölle
When I got back to Mölle I was talking to myself 🙂 Saw myself getting closer to the finish line and when finished I almost kissed the ground 🙂
I had to wait for the 4 pm bus so I got to Hotell Kullaberg and sat on their outdoor seating and had a cold cola. Oh boy was I jealous of some people who had a huge shrimp sandwich and a cold beer.
Then it was time to get to the bus and get back home.
I ended up having a great day at Kullaberg, I really like this route, it has it’s trix
Distance: 15.89 miles (25.58K), time: 5.16.30H, average pace: 12.22 min/k, max pace: 5.33 min/k, cadence: 154, VO2 Max: 29 ml/kg/min
#38 – 50 runs in 100 days summer edition
#95 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge
Today it was time again to get up 5 am this morning to get to Tjörnarp and run a trail run.
The day did not go as planned and now I can laugh about it. I was looking forward to a nice not to warm trail run and originally distance was 45K. During the train ride it started to rain heavily and I do not like to run in the rain except if I have been out on a really warm day and the sky opened up. I was wondering how this day would be. A big question mark. I was hoping it would be fine by the time I got to Tjörnarp and it seemed to be fine when I got out from the train.
Knew that it would be wet and gooey.
I decided I would run and not just turn back 🙂
It started just fine but then the sky opened up and I got soaked, my hair got wet, my long sleeve shirt got wet, my tights got wet and my shoes got wet 🙂 Wonderful.
No way that I was going to run 6 h soaked so if it didn’t get better I decided I would run at least 20K.
It was very green in the forest and more rain came so I decided I would run to the first fuel station and then run back.
Rain can be good because I felt that I had a good pace even if it was very wet on the paths.
I was on my way to sprain both my feet, and had some ache in my right knee but I didn’t run into any issues 🙂 and I also fell flat into the ground.
Glad I had my Altra Lone Peak running shoes, they handle wet stones very well but not wet branches so on the loop I had to take it easy.
One positive thing that has happened lately is that the pace has increased at the end. I am a so much different trail person today than last year when I did my first ultra, so much positive things have happened over the summer and it is such a joy
There was no wandering around, handled the faster pace great.
Of course when I returned back to Tjörnarp the sun came out.
Lucky me I had my dry bag with me with a dry long sleeve shirt and dry socks and I also have newsprint with me. Why? because my trail shoes are very likely wet when I get back and there is no point to put my feet with dry socks into those wet running shoes.
Today on the train I got myself a laugh because the newsprint was not dry 🙂
I decided to walk home and bought a cup of coffee to get warm during my walk and what happened. It started to rain again, then I didn’t laugh.
It turned out to be a good trail run even if it got shortened. Even faster today, it is definately going in the right direction just like I have planned.
Distance: 13.6 miles (21.9K), time: 2.46.10 h, average pace: 7.35 min/k, max pace: 5.24 min/k, cadence: 170, VO2 Max: 26 ml/kg/min
#23 – 50 runs in 100 days summer edition
#82 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge
This morning it was time again for another trail raun.
It is definately worth getting up at 5 am to start a trail run at 8.17. Of course I have the attitude that I am going to have a good day but I am also realistic and prepared for anything. That’s why it is good to start early.
I had the pressure to not walk at all 🙂 but it is also something I am aiming at this year.
I am such a different person now. This spring I started with a glutues issue that forced to run much slower and not longer than 20K up till end of March. And after my first ultra race it was time to get ready for the rest of the year.
This spring I did not have any enjoyable runs because I was forced to walk part of the runs and now I am just running. It is so much fun to be out running now on those trails and see results.
The weather report did not look good. It was suppose to rain between 10 am and 4 pm but I was optimistic it would be better than that. When I walked out of the train and started running the sun was out
I wore t-shirt, semi compression tights, regular low socks, my altra lone peak 1.5. Earlier this week I had problems with my pulse belt and this morning it refused to be found but lucky me it was working with me when I was started running which meant that I would get the VO2 Max registrered.
When I had ran around 5K it started raining but it did not bother me, it was actually OK. I do not like to run in the rain but it was just drizzling.
The rain did not get me very wet, my shoes got soaked early due to wet grass and my t-shirt due to wet bush leaves 🙂
When I got to Frostavallen I realized it was a dog competition there and got a bit confused and forgot to turn up to the left but did not get very far til I realized I was at the wrong place.
Today I would run where there would not be any markers or streamers. I have helped removing some of the streamers and also got a bit far when I was going to run up a hill near the quarry but also did not get very far before I realized that as well.
Near Frostavallen there is a local cheese factory and you can have a coffee break there and taste their cheese. I said hi to the owner or this cheese factory plus she also has a really cool hotel called Nyrups naturhotell. I had to turn around and tell her that I am still interested to come and have a coffee and taste their cheese but another. I have to work on this 🙂
So after this cheese factory you are running on a dirt road and turn to the right and get on a dirt track and then after a while you are turning to the left and cross a stone wall and in December you see a path very clearly. The problem with this season is that it is very overgrown. Even if I had the route on my GPS pulse watch I gott off track and here is a stream and cavities but at least I fell soft 🙂 I had to take a time out and get back on track and finally I found this path in the jungle.
I could see on my pulse watch that I had part of the run a pace under 6 min/k and around 7 min/k which made me very happy.
When I got back to Frostavallen I ran to the left of a lake and also got a bit too far to the right and had to run back and get back on track 🙂
I then realized that the run would be longer than 45K.
When I had finally got my tights dry and t-shirt it was time to run through the bushes and grass and get wet all over again. I couldn’t help myself then just laugh.
Since I had the pressure to not walk I just had to run through the loop even if it is a tricky part and managed. It is a lot of dry branches and cavities.
When I get tired during a trail run I get grumpy but it seems to happen only when I run solo 🙂 I have a tendency to not lift my feet so I bounce into stones and since my trail shoes are a size to small my big toes get extra beating so I have to pep myself to lift my feet and get less grumpy.
This trail run was a good run to evalute my altra trail shoes. Salomon Fellraiser handles gooey better but Altra is OK, both Salomon Fellraiser and Altra Lone Peak 1.5 is not good on wet branches and footbridges. Altra is good on the other hand on wet stones. There is another thing that is negative about altra is the shoe laces. I had to stop 3 times to tie them again. Does not help with double knots or triple knots. Altra has improved the lacing system though 🙂
At the end I had very tired legs but I could still run and I had a natural Fartlek at the end when it was about 1K left Since I was going to run 45K in 6 hours I realized it would take longer than that, also because the distance was going to be longer. Since I was more focused on the speed I got too far to the right at one marker and I got far before I realized that. Had happened one time this spring one time when I was really tired at the end but did not get very far til I arealized that.
So now I had to run faster to not miss the train, missed it by 4 min last time, they go every hour.
When I bought the ticket the train came so I was very sweaty on the train 🙂 I did not have time to buy a coke but when I got back to town I Went and bought a dr pepper instead of a coke. Drank this in the 80’s and forgot the taste. I cannot believe I liked the flavor then 🙂
Distance: 29.7 miles (47.81K). time: 6.19.39 h, average pace: 7.56 min/k, max pace: 5.03 min/k,
VO2 Max: 40 ml/kg/min, cadence: 170
So proud of myself. Really good time for me who finished with 8h on this ultra race in Dec.
#9 – 50 runs in 100 days summer edition
#70- 100 Days Of Miles Challenge
Sometimes I wonder why I get up 5 am on a Saturday to take the train to Tjörnarp and get out on a trail run but on a day like this it is definately worth it.
It was with a little mixed feelings I started running this trail run. The whole spring has been issues issues and I was forced end of February to take time out from longer trail runs to get my gluteus issue under Control, when I did I ran into the next issue, lower leg issue and realized that Salomon Fellraiser needs to be replaced with a new trail shoe and after a discussion with a running buddie of mine I decided I would test Altra Lone Peak 1.5.
I have not been able to run all the way during any of my trail runs during the spring, the longest I got was in April when I ran 32K and then got tired legs.
Also the weather drastically changed after the heat last weekend so it was tough deciding what I would wear but I finally decided to have my CKR t-shirt, semi compression tights, regular socks. My pulse belt was also with me today. It was a bit chilly at the beginning 13oC (55F)
Checked my water bladder several times before I started that I got water, it has happened too many times in the past that after 15 min when I am going to drink water there is no water coming out 🙂 which makes me a bit frustrated.
It was nice hearing the birds singing at the start of my trail run.
At 12K is where my issues have started but I was just fine, in the forest I saw a tent and two girls camping and I said hi and all of a sudden a dog barked at me. Near there is a trail that was not so easy to follow today because of all the growth of bushes and grass and I also experienced getting my Altra wet, I had been told that Altra was staying wet because the fabric is very thick but it actually dried quite well and did not bother me after a while.
At around 17K I started to feel tired in my calves and I was hoping I wouldn’t run into issues later and chose to walk up on the tougher hills at Frostavallen, I also chose to run around the new trail alignment (green/orange), there has been a big puddle at one place and I have chosen to walk on a stone wall that has been a bit unstable, not very good when you have tired legs.
Today I also tested Redbull, some ultra runners drink this during ultra races and when one of my sport drinks bottle was empty I exchanged it with Redbull in the front. I am not a energy drink drinker and when I was shaken out the carbonic yesterday there was some left that I drank and didn’t like it then.
I passed 25K where I in the past had been forced to stop and stretch a longer time, did not happen 🙂
At 30K I didn’t have to start walking and not at 32K either. When I got to the loop I chose to walk because it is a tricky part and with tired legs it is better for me to walk, have done that in the past.
When I get tired in my legs I do not lift my feet and bump into stones with my front part of the shoe so there was some swearing.
As far as the temperature it was perfect, not too warm, not too cold
At the thicket I also chose to walk to rest my tired legs a bit.
Then it was only 6K left and I was using Robert’s tip to get the brain to focus on other things when you start to get really tired legs and drinking either sports drink or redbull helped.
Then it was only 3K and kept going and then I was done 🙂 And under 6h Tjohooooooooo!
First run where I have been running the whole time except at certain chosen places but not because of any issues or tired legs.
The train left 13.38 and I got to the train station at 13.43 so I had to wait til 14.38 for the next train. Unfortunately I did not have any cash with me but the small grocery store let me fill my water bladder.
Spent time stretching, oh boy was I stiff 🙂
Drank my protein drink and put news print in my trail shoes and walked in my socks til I got to the train station where I got off.
Distance: 24.85 miles (40.01K), time: 5.24.08 h,
average pace: 8.06 min/k, max pace: 5.57 min/k,
VO2 Max: 25 ml/kg/min, cadence: 170
When I got home I drank my smoothie and saw the last of Tour de France
#7 – 50 runs in 100 days summer edition
#68- 100 Days Of Miles Challenge
Tonite it was trail running at Orupsberget outside of Höör, approximately 40K north of my hometown.
We were two girls who took the train who took the train to Höör where Åke picked us up.
Interesting day. When it was time to pack it was very warm outside so I put on linen, shorts and short socks. Put sports drink in one bottle and Resorb Sport in another bottle, by the time it was time to leave the temperature had dropped. Lucky me I had put a t-shirt in my back pack. I also had decided I would take a swim afterwards.
I decided to put my t-shirt on and it was rain in the air 🙂
Not all runners were Coach K Runners.
It did not take long til I was in the back of the group but I decided I would try to keep up with the group today. It is one way to become a faster runner.
Unfortunately my pulse watch lost the GPS signals so it was not much registered tonite but definately my fastest trail run. There were some steep hills.
Distance: 4.35 miles (7K), time: 44 min, average pace 6.29 min/k 🙂
It would be nice one day to have this pace and not be so breathless.
Some of the guys ran one extra lap while I took a nice swim in the lake, it was a very comfortable temperature.
#21 – 50 runs in 100 days spring edition
#55 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge
Did not get up 5 am this morning but 6 am. Looked at the weather report yesterday and it looked like it was going to be perfect temperature, 15oC (59F) at lunch time.
The last couple of runs I have checked the (water) blader at home and got water and then when it had been time to drink after 15 min running, no water 🙂 Decided to do a test on the train station before the run but did it actually on the train and got water 🙂
So the plan was to run 40K, the last long distance run before the resting weeks before the ultra June 6th, two weeks ago I ran into issues with my right under leg that forced me to turn back at 15K and ran a total of 30K with a lot of walking and stretching at the end.
I have had some discussions about why and there was talk about periosteum but I did not think that, I thought it would because I did not rest enough before the run Before.
My trail runs are not pure trail, it is longer dirt roads involved and the trail shoe I use is Salomon Fellraiser. Earlier this week we discussed if it could be the shoe and I was not sure it was.
It was a magical run
This was the start of the run and I realized it was so much greener now than two weeks ago, I also realized I forgot to take my spring allergy medicine
After around 4K there is this pig farm with these little cute piglets but they are afraid of me for some reason, just before I passed this farm I saw these beautiful fields
I was hoping I would have a good day, familiar now with the loop even if it is a challenge to find the streamers. During the run I saw one roe deer for the first time on this run. When I got to 12K I did not have any issues with my right under leg 🙂 there was hope. When I got to Frostavallen all of the sudden a dog came from the left, scared me a bit, I think I scared him too but he didn’t chase me or bit me (I am not afraid of dogs). Later on I also saw a squirrel.
I felt some pain in my under leg at some point but when I got to Frostavallen into the Woods it disappeared, which happens, you get some pain somewhere, it disappears and then you might get some pain somewhere else and it disappears. It is when the pain get worse and worse that you should be more worried and take a walk and stretching and then continue to see if the issue is still there or continues.
In Frostavallen I saw a new trail mark and was thinking if they had a new green and orange trail. There is is this place where there is a lot of water now so I walk on the stone wall and exercise balance :-), walked up some heavier hills but was fine at 20K and also at 23K but then the dirt road was there and the under leg issue came back. Decided to stretch at 24K. Continued to 27K and then I also had pain when I walked.
Now I was sure it is the trail shoes that cause this and made my first decision to run with my regular running shoes at the ultra run in June. Decided to shorten the run to 29K and got picked up at the 4th fuel station
So distance today 18.03 miles (29.03K), time: 4.36.27 h
Another decision that was made is that I am going to invest in another trail shoe that handles mixed trail running. You will find out more about this shoe later.
