Etikettarkiv: hillyrun

15.80K City Trail Run

#54

I have decided that during the week I will run approximately half of the long trail run I run on the weekend.

The plan Saturday is to run a 35K trail run so my 16K city trail run was planned today. Hoped it wouldn’t be too cold. When I biked home from work it was 21oC (69.8F). Put on linnen, shorts, short socks, ultra back pack and headed out. Put on liniment on my right knee and hoped that I wouldn’t run into a knee issue during my run.

In the beginning I was running in the shadow and then I got out in the sun. Hoped it wouldn’t be too bad. Lucky me I felt a breeze.

There is a dirt road coming up around 2K and my feet and right knee have not been too happy, it has been too rough but today for the first time I was not forced to walk, ran all the way on the dirt road but had to stop and walk after the first hill. Took a short walk and continued running til the street where I always walk nowadays, I have run up all the way in the past so I will work on that 🙂

Then I continued running and even ran up the hillier bike path that I have walked up on earlier, felt good. Had to take a short walk after that.

Then I ran all the way to Klosterängs höjder where I ran up the first hill which really takes the breath out of me. Now I walk around and catch my breath til I was breathing a bit lighter and continued up on the second hill, took a short break and then continued running down on the other side. On my way down I passed a couple I saw last week, he wearing a back pack and trekking shoes. If you are running up or down a hill and meet him, he won’t move to the side. On my way back on the third hill I caught up with the couple and had to pass on the grass to the left. When I got up on the top I waited til they were almost up so I didn’t have to deal with them 🙂 And ran up the last hill.

Catched my breath on the last hill til I saw the couple starting walking up the hill that I was on.

Continued my run to St Hans hill and had to walk for a short moment before I continued running and this time I ran alll the way to St Hans, oh boy did that feel great 🙂

The goal on St Hans hill is to run up all the hills and walk less between and that is happening more and more.

A lot of freesbee golfers today that I had to watch out for so I wouldn’t get a freesbee in my face or on my head.

Then today I ran all the way home which I usually do.

Today I had a really great run, no knee issue and faster than last week.

Results

Weight report

Last Wednesday I weighed 65KG so +0.1 from one week ago.

16.07K Hilly Run

#28

The original plan was to run the same hilly run as last week but got delayed at work and when I biked home it felt very warm. I was not sure if I would survive or not but time would tell.

Put on linnen, running skirt, ultra back pack with one 250ml water bottle and one 500 ml water bottle.

Me running and heat are not best friends and the heat affected me early.

Forced myself to run approximately 2.7K before I had to stop and walk.

What is it with stones. Why do they most of the time put themselves between the shoe and my heel?

Then it walking from time to time up to Klosterängens höjder. But I had promised myself that I would run up all the hills there.

Was totally exhausted when I had run up the first hill and had to catch my breath.

Then I ran up the second hill and catched my breath there for a shorter time and ran down on the other side. But when I turned around and started running on this longer hill I had to stop and walk shortly and then ran up the last part. Had to catch my breath 🙂 Then I just had to run up the last hill before I ran towards St Hans Hills.

At around 8K I ran into a knee issue.

I decided on my way to St Hans hills that I would try to run up all the hills even if it might mean I had to walk between.

Got ready, last week I was not able to run up the first hill but this time I did. Was very breathless and had to walk before the second hill.

Running up on all hills was very exhausting tonite. Tired legs as well but I ran up all the hills which felt good.

During the run I decided I would cut the distance due to the heat and knee issue at the end.

When I finished running one lap on St Hans hills I ran directly to my home instead of continuing on my 5K run back.

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

20.4K Hilly Run

#26

The original plan was to run a 18K hilly run in the city after work.

I remembered that I had run a hilly run to Klosterängshöjden and on St Hans hills.

Checked my earlier runs and tried to figure out the route.

Today it would be a ad hoc run. Would figure it out on the way. The route that I found was 20.69K and I was not ready for that even if I will increase the distance this weekend.

Started the run towards Vallkärra, my original 5K run and then turned up to Annehem and on my way to Klosterängshöjden.

It was a bit warm so I was glad I brought my water belt so I could wet my hair and drink water. I also had decided to wear my linnen which was a good choice.

When I had run around 5K this longer flatter uphill started and my legs once again refused to run. I also had to stop and get out the irritating stone that had got in between my shoe and my heel. Why do the stones always get stuck there. Really annoying.

Then I ran all the way to Klosterängshöjden, ran up the first steep hill and was very breathless when I got to the top and had to catch my breath, ran up the second hill where the bulls are.

Ran down on the other side and up again and down on the first side.

The first 12K I had a good pace and didn’t have any issues but when I got closer to St Hans hills I started to feel an issue in my right knee, not pain but something so I walked up the first hill.

At St Hans hills I had to walk more times due to this knee issue.

Decided that I would run back on the 5K that I started on and thought that I would end up with 19K but ended up with 20.4K.

Now I have really heavy legs but I was glad I got out and ran this route.

Weight Report

-4 KG since May, it is definately going in the right direction.

16.12K Long Run

#20

Today is Sweden’s National Day so I decided that I would in the morning get to Frostavallen and run a 16K trail run. Green/Blue/Green marker.

Since I got abrasions on my back when I decided to run in my sports bra, I put on my linnen to be safe.

Was a bit chilly but in the end it was perfect running weather, not too warm and not too cold.

The goal was to run up all the way on more hills and walk less and get a better time.

Had water in my water bladder, if I had to wet my hair and face I would run around a lake so it would be many chances to get to the water 🙂

Met many trekkers today.

I ran up on all hills on the first green marker, got to the blue where I visited the great rest rooms and then continued on the blue marker.

This blue marker is part of Tjörnarparen, the ultra race I run in December and the first year we ran around Dagtorpssjön (Lake of Dagstorp) on the right, then this blue marker was actually black. But then they changed the marker to blue and when you get to this part when you run around the lake they put the blue marker to the left instead but I decided to run around the lake.

It was wonderful because I did not have to run some alternative way due to the water which got on the land, it was dry today and I just could run.

Got on the first boring dirt road but ran all the way, felt that one of my trail shoes felt loose so when I got to the foot bridge I stopped and checked and the shoe lace was loose 🙂

Continued on the blue marker in the woods and ran up all the hillls.

One major thing today was that I was also running on the rocky parts, I have been afraid in the past to injure myself, spraining my feet but today I just ran and it felt great.

Had a meeting with one of the funny cows which showed up last year I think, I always walk past them because I do not trust them.

Got out on the second boring dirt road and ran up almost all the way on the first steeper hill but had to walk afterwards because I had to catch my breath.

On the second steeper hill I started running up but had to stop and walk.

Then I was at Djuralidsbacken (= hill of Djuralid), had a thought that I would try to run up that hill but due to my knee I walked up the hill but this time I ran up the steep short hill after this hill and it felt great.

Decided then that I would run as much as I could the last 5K and it worked.

Today I felt strong and light, a wonderful feeling.

12.7K Trail Run

#16

Time again to get up to Frostavallen and continue with my trail running.

Suppose to be warm so I wore running skirt, linnen, ultra backpack, altralone peak 3.5, compression socks.

The weather was perfect, not as warm as the last time I was here but not too cold and also a breeze

Nice to be back and also that it is so dry, last year it was wet wet wet, gooey, gooey, gooey

The goal was of course to run up all the way on some more hills and also start running on all hills except two (Djuralids hill and the hill after)

Groups of treekers were also on the markers where I ran, I combines green, white, green today. In the beginning it was a larger group and they were in my way 🙂 A funny comment was here is someone who is in a hurry. Yes I am I responded and ran up the hill all the way, don’t think I did it last time 🙂

I would increase the distance to 12.5K, that’s why I added the white part which is a bit hillier than the first green part. Got up all the way on the first one on the white part which felt great but then there are two that are close to each other where I had to stop and walk on part of them.

It is so nice to run in the woods, I hear the birds singing and it smells lovely. And now it is so green.

I realized that when I would get back to the parking lot at Frostavallen I would not have been running 12.5K and have to come up with a new plan what to do. Decided to run around the lake of Wax (Vaxsjön) but still did not get 12.5 so I ran back on the green marker on the other side of the lake (where I normally come back on) and then found a new orange path into the woods and explored it.

Did not run into any knee issue til 8K and then I had to do a lot of walking.

Every time I run it just feels better and better now. I hope that it is true. I get lighter and get used to running again.

8.82K Trail Run

#14

The original plan today was to run my 10K city run and premiere on St Hans hills Thursday but realized that on Thursday the race St Hans Extreme is happening so it wouldn’t work.

I was suppose to run three laps but since I had booked laundry time I had to be back at a certain time, decided that two laps would be just fine.

Warm of course so I wore linnen, shorts, water belt and flipbelt.

Now I let my legs decide the pace which works much better.

One lap on St Hans hills has 12 hills, both shorter, steeper, longer, a good mix, I knew that I wouldn’t be able to run all the way up on all those hills but the goal was to start running and hopefully make it all the way. If not it would be just fine. I am not back 100% when it comes to trail running but I am working on it.

The run would be shorter than planned but to get as close to 10K I decided I would start running up where St Hans Extreme starts and it starts just below the ”Downhill hill”, longest of them all, steep first and then level out at the end.

I started running on that hill but had to stop and walk part of it and was quite breathless when I was on the top, then there is a half moon, some call it horse hoof and then comes the ”Short hill”, it is called so because it is the short hill when I do hilly intervals with Coach K Runners but most of the hills are short 🙂 Started running but had to stop and walk part of the hill. Then I ran up some hills all the way before I got to the ”Circle hill” where I ran up the first part but on the other side I started running on that hill but had to stop walking. Then I ran up some hills all the way. Then it comes the hill in the grove where I also started running on but had to stop and walk part of it. After that it is a very short hill and then comes the ”Murder hill” where my legs refused to run at all so I walked up that hill.

Great to have water with me, I both drank and wet my head during the run.

I decided that on the second lap I would try to run longer on those hills where I had to walk part of it and then or course run all the way on those hills where I ran all the way on the first lap.

On the first lap a horse showed up, first we passed face to face but I kept a distance and then the horse turned around and ran up the short hill where I was behind the horse, lucky me the horse was faster than me, I had to be on my watch but the horse stayed on the top hill.

Second lap I ran longer on that first hill and just decided that I would run all the way on the ”Short hill” which I did 🙂

On the ”Circle hill” I ran longer on the second hill, in the grove I hoped that I would run all the way up but had to stop and walk but got longer on this hill too.

Then I decided that I would run all the way up on the ”Murder hill” and I did 🙂

I have to say that I did a good job there even if I had to walk part on some hills.

It felt good to be back on St Hans Hills. Hopefully soon I can start doing intervals again both pulse based and hilly intervals.

27.52K Trail Run

#39 – 50 runs in 100 days – Summer edition

Last Saturday I had planned to run a route, mix of orange, yellow and a little blue but after the blue and back on orange I got confused where Bengtemölle was (where I would go back on yellow) so I ended up running on orange all the way to Haväng. Distance fine but too much asphalt and dirt road, need more hillier runs now.

So this weekend I would redo the same run, would know where to run at some parts of the run and then on orange after blue I would turn on yellow where it showed up the first time and continue as planned.

A bit warmer then last Saturday but rain in the air but that would not stop me from running.

There is race going on this weekend, started Friday 8 am from Bjärred (10 outside of Lund) and then the runners run down all the way to Haväng and turns back and finish at Hotel Lundia, a 246K. Earlier this week I was wondering if I would see some of them since I would mix orange and yellow, the fastests finish with around 30h so they would have turned back during the nite and would have past Christinehof but this morning around 7 am some were around the area.

Started my run at 8.42 am and I had not run long on the orange marker when I saw two guys, Henrik Kockum was one of them who I know, he is part of the 6h treadmill battle. I cheered them on and talked to them. They had been running about over 24 h, impressive.

Then later on orange there were two more guys who I did not know but cheered them on. I love to see my progress. At 5K I visited the toilet and turned on yellow, realized that I didn’t have to walk and continued running.

Last week I missed a yellow part where I saw a yellow arrow but realized afterwards that I should have turned to the right but continued on the dirt road. Decided that I would’t miss this part this time but did but turned right at the end and ran to the beginning instead.

Then came one of the toughest hills on this route before Vantalängan where I have to walk, is similar to Djuralid’s hill on Tjörnarparen and then a steep down hill where I ran down better this time.

Now I knew how I would run at Vantalängan. Had to remove the t-shirt because it was a bit too warm

Had rain from time to time but it did not bother me, it cooled me down instead.

Then it was time to run the blue 5K part which have some hillier parts and very lovely heather where I had the most rain.

Then I was back on orange where it starts with a hillier part and then at the top there are horses where I walk, I am not afraid of horses but I do not want to get kicked by them

Started to get a bit tired in my legs.

Came to this confusing rest area where I this time knew that I would run to Haväng and then would turn on yellow where I saw the yellow arrow the first time on orange, turned out that it was Bengtemölle and according to my map I would run to Brösarp and then continue on orange to the rail road tracks, saw yellow to Haväng and then a sign saying Brösarp 1.3K so I continued to Brösarp but could not see any orange, had brought with me the ”Brösarps map” studying it so I turned back and it felt familiar

I came on yellow from another part last year so turned on yellow on Haväng and decided to not get back on orange, just continue on yellow

This calf seemed scared when I walked towards them so I took a pic and then turned right a bit away from the calf not to scare hime or her too much.

Nice being back on those meadows.

My right calf started to get tired so a little more walking at the end

Good that I did not step in this fellow.

Was a lot of nettles but did not get burned this time 🙂

Finally I came to the final destination, same finish time but ran longer.

And then the mandatory swim in the ocean, no picture today

Distance: 27.52K, time: 3.51.34 h, average heart rate: 143, average pace: 8.25 min/k (good improvement from last week), max pace: 5.40 min/k, cadence: 158, VO2 Max: 28 ml/kg/min

Weight reporting

Weight loss 0.5 kg, weighed in the afternoon.

It has started to go in the right direction

6.04K Short Run

#21 – 50 runs in 100 days – Summer edition

Today I spent the day at the beach and did some walking.

Just when it was time for lunch it started raining so we were lucky.

When we got back I went out for a city run that turned out not to be a flat run.

Tough. Felt some pain in my left knee in the beginning but lucky me the pain went away.

Glad that I brought my waterbelt because I had to wet my hair a couple of times and drink water. Did some walking.

Distance: 6.04K, time: 0.41.24.1 min, average heart rate: 147, average pace: 6.51 min/k, max pace: 5.33 min/k, cadence: 170, VO2 Max: 37 ml/kg/min

20.69 City Hilly Run

#20 – 50 runs in 100 days – Summer edition

The original plan was to get up to Frostavallen and run a longer trail run but when I woke up and saw the weather it looked very unstable, changed the plan and decided to run the same route as last week but the whole, had to cut it last time due to rain.

Looked more stable when I started. To be on the safe side I wore capri tights, long sleeve with t-shirt under, flipbelt and waterbelt with 2 water bottles.

I was hoping that my left knee wouldn’t protest, am participating in a challenge where I have to put in more walking and it got to be too much for my left knee the other day so I have rested so I could run today.

In the beginning I had to take off the long sleeve due to heavy breathing but it did not get any better with t-shirt and was forced to walk, it might be that the long sleeve and t-shirt is under the flipbelt and waterbelt.

When I took out the t-shirt under the flipbelt and waterbelt it felt so much better.

Nice with some breeze from time to time.

Last week I was running up all hills and it felt great because this Spring I have walked up a lot of hills around Frostavallen.

So once again I ran up all hills and now I feel like a hilly runner again.

Then it was time to run to St Hans hills, I chose another way this time, was hoping I would find the right viaduct this time, was running around a neigborhood and finally I ran under the one I thought I did run under last week but realized afterwards that I was a bit further up, does not matter really 🙂

Got to St Hans hills and ran up all those hills, looked like it would start raining but it never did so I continued with the finish, here my right calf got tired so I had to do some walking due to that.

Distance: 20.69, time: 2.42.48.4 h, average heart rate: 144, average pace: 7.51 min/k, max pace: 5.46 min/k, cadence: 158, VO2 Max: 37 ml/kg/min

Weight loss since last week, some good news, been some serious walking this week besides running 🙂

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