Etikettarkiv: haväng

19.66K Trail Run

#27

Decided that I would start from Christinehof this morning and run down to Haväng, it would be 1.5K longer than two weeks ago.

Decide to wear shorts, linnen, Altralone Peak 3.5.

Have 750 ml water in the water bladder and 250 ml sportsdrink with coffeine (Tailwind Tropical Buzz) and some candy because I have experienced a tired right calf and thought that this extra energy would help.

 

Started the run, the goal this year is to run up all the way on some hills and there is one steep in the beginning that I have been thinking about this week but was not sure but then I decided that I would give it a try. What a feeling when I did it, I was breathless afterwards but it was definately worth it. Sometimes you just have to decide that you are going to do it and then you just do, not more complicated than that 🙂

Had to stop two times to fix my shoe laces and then visit the rest room at 13K.

Now I feel like I am a runner, a long distance runner.

 

Had a great run, it was a mix of heat, cloudy, breeze, shadow. I had to wet my hair a couple of times to not get overheated.

 

I did not look at my watch a lot, just let my legs decide the pace.

There were some trekkers that I passed and said hi to.

 

I was also forced to stop and walk when it was 3-4K left, cows in my way and I do not trust cows, this time they were more afraid of me than I was of them. There were cow calves that ran away, made a video but there were some technical issues.

 

I have said to Wille it would take 2 h 45 min to 3 h so it felt good to finish with 2 h 41 min 🙂

 

It has not happen very often that I have finished earlier than I have thought, I hope I will keep up the good work.

I had forgotten to bring my brush and sent a message to Wille to bring my brush, it felt that I was going to wet my hair when I took the mandatory swim in the ocean afterwards

It was cold and refreshing

 

 

 

17.88K Trail Run

#23

The plan was to spend the weekend on Österlen and yesterday I was waiting for my ride. Got a phone call that the car got a flat tire. The second call informed me that it woudln’t be any Österlen this weekend since the flat tire could not get fixed til Monday. Had to do some replanning and has just gotten outside of my door when I got the third call telling me that the flat tire could be fixed yesterday 🙂

So I was so glad that I would be able to run the route that i did this morning.

TIme again to hit the trails again on Österlen.

Would increase the distance to 18K and decided that I would start from Alunbruket and follow the orange marker til the last 6K when I would change to yellow marker. Yellow has too much dirt roads with smaller stones on it in the beginning while the orange is in the woods and narrow paths, a dirt road that is ok, reguarl one but the last 6K is on dirt roads and asphalt.

What a great day I have had.

Sunny when I started but not too sunny and not too warm. My body was with me.

Ran up the first hill 🙂

There is one hill in the beginning which I do not run up on because it too much loose sand.

It so great to feel so much stronger and lighter even if I still need to loose a few more pounds. I do not know if the pneumonia has made my lungs stronger or what it is. I remember that last year I was more of a walker than a runner, was more walking. Now  I ran most of the time, still have some hills that I AM going to run up on all the way this summer.

After the first part of wood running it was cloudy and cooler and a very nice breeze.

Realized what all the wet had done to some dirt roads, it was new sand on them.

I had sad the run would take 2.5-3h and was so glad that it took less than that, it shows how much better I am now than last year and I want to keep up the good work, increase the distance and get faster. That is my goal this year. Now I feel I am a runner finally.

Ended the run with the mandatory swim even if it was a bit colder but it is always nice with a swim to cool off.