It was talk about rain coming in so if that would be the case I would get to the gym instead and hope for better weather tomorrow. Lucky me it was not too cold, no rain so I decided that I would run but decided to run my flat run instead out to the country side and back.
Decided to wear my ultra back pack instead of flipbelt and water belt.
I chose to wear t-shirt and that was not a smart choice, should have wore my linnen 🙂
It was a tough run after work.
The first part was upwind all the way but I thought to 8K and then I had to walk. Glad that I ran up that hilly part just before 8K without stopping.
Got better when I turned back but ached in my legs. Felt a knee issue in my left knee this time but not pain. I did not have any issues with my left knee this weekend either.
This route usually give me issues, it seems to me that the road is leaning so I try to run further up on the road but have to watch out for cars and it was a lot of cars on this road.
On my way back I heard a noise and thought it was a car but it was a bigger group of bikers who was on training I guess. I was a bit jealous because I was struggling.
The temperature was 20oC (68F).
I did some walking tonite but the average pace was not too bad but part of the route I had good pace.
Now I ache in my legs and will do some foamrolling before I get to bed.
The temperature has dropped this week so it was a bit chilly yesterday, this morning and when I biked from home.
Decided that I would wear t-shirt instead of linnen on my run.
Early I felt it would be tough, it has been warmer but it was still warm enough to make me suffer.
My body did not want to run up most of the hillier part even if this is a city run so it was walking there and then I had to stop from time to time and walk but I decided that I would take shorter walks and run more.
It might have been tough since I am tired in my legs after Saturday’s hillier run, I was thinking during the run that maybe my running shoes are worn out. Need to check that.
I need to foamroll my calves tonite.
Looking forward to Saturday’s trail run where I will increase the distance again.
The original plan was to run a 10K city run but since it went well around Frostavallen, my first trail run last week I changed my mind and decided to run 3 or 4 laps on St Hans Hills.
Unfortunately while I was working I ran into an issue with my right knee but was still determined to run on St Hans Hills.
When I got home I couldn’t decide, City run? St Hans Hills? City run? St Hans Hills? At the end I decided I would run the city run to not strain my knee but just before I headed out the door I realized I knew a 9.9K city run but more out in the country and decided to run that route instead.
In the beginning I had heavy legs, hard time breathing, it was 23oC (73F) and cloudy. Decided to take out the t-shirt under the flipbelt and now I could breath a bit better 🙂
The flipbelt has its pros and cons.
Ran in the beginning but then I got on a road in a neighborhood where it just went up and my legs did not want to run so I decided to walk all the way til I was on the top, was a bit breathless.
I was hoping that I would be able to run the rest of the way but no such luck. The knee protested plus it was bit warm, almost decided to not bring my water belt but was glad I did because I had to drink and water my head and face a couple of times.
I realized that the route would not be 9K and was thinking how would I get those 9K and realized if I ran back and then turned to the left I would end up on my 5K route but backwards and that would be around 9K
When I ran into pneumonia I googled how to get back after pneumonia and runners said that you would run into set backs, would have some good days and then it would be heavy again and maybe this nite was a set back?
Don’t get me wrong, I was glad that I got out but I did not think it would be this hard, I guess the knee and some heat was part of the problem.
During the run I had a good pace from time to time, I have decided know that I will let the legs decide the pace, they will slow down when they want to and it is very true.
I saw this scenery during the run, it is dandelions which have bloomed over and the wind had spread the white over the ground, looked really interesting.
I hope that the next 10K run will feel much better.
So after 3 months cold that got over to pneumonia. Got better. Ran 5 times on my vacation. Even if it was tough it was nice being back running. But when I got back home I ran into another severe cold that made me cough for some weeks.
Yesterday I was able to sing through the whole choir rehearsal, now it was time to head out on my first run since February 18th.
So this is reality
This really disturbs me, before I ran into a cold in November I was down to 61 kg and I am sure that I would have gone under 60 kg by the end of year 2017 if I would have been able to continue running and also run the last ultra race in December.
So this year it is going to be about loosing a lot of weight, main goal is to finish those two laps at Kullamannen in November so it is going to be a tough year.
In the beginning of this run it felt good, not so breathless, sun was out and blue sky, I looked at my watch and saw that the pace was 5.25 min/k but knew that that wouldn’t last, had to slow down.
When I was in Thailand during my vacation I was forcing myself to run 2K and then I had to walk and then the last two runs I was forcing myself to walk a short distance and then run til I get back to the hotel, got up to 4K.
Had decided to head out on a 5K run, I was not sure how it would go but I was going to try to run as much as possible. Decided that I would run longer than 2K if I had to stop. Today I ran 2.8K before I had to stop and walk. It was not fun at all at the end, really heavy legs and it felt like I had a ton on my chest, got very breathless but was proud of myself.
Decided that I would walk 500 m before I had to get back running again. Had to catch my breath. Started running again and got to about 4K when I walked a much shorter distance, decided to force myself to run all the way through the cemetary and made it and then it was a hill on a bike path which I walked up on and then ran all the way nome.
Those 5K felt like I had run so much longer, like running intervals but it felt good putting on those running shoes again.
This week I am going back to the gym, ached in my knees and feel sore in my lower back, have not been at the gym since beginning of November and need to exercise my back and core but also the rest of my body and then I plan to run a 5K run this weekend.
I am two weeks ahead of schedule, last Spring I ran into a longer cold, 5 weeks, starting end of November and now I have started 2 weeks before I got back on track last year so maybe I will not be so breathless in a couple of weeks and can start running shorter runs in the woods shortly.
Getting back from pneumonia is no game, I just have to make up my mind to not give up, just keep going but I have to get up to 30K around beginning of Summer if I will have a great time running this ultra race in November.
The plan today was to run 8 intervals on St Hans hills but I was not sure how tired my legs would be after Thursday’s trail run. The hill that I would up on is approximately 500 m
Stil haven’t found my pulse belt.
Wore running shorts, linnen, water belt and flipbelt.
So I ran up to St Hans hills, rested a bit before I started my first run, oh boy that was a tough one, felt that I was going on max. Had to catch my breath on the top, drank some water and and then I did 5 pushups and ran down again. Decided that I would do 6 intervals.
Rested before my second interval, it was tough also but I was not as breathless on the top. Drank some water and did 10 situps and ran down again.
There were some other runners where 2 also did hilly intervals running.
Poor guy who was sitting on the top, it looked like he was trying to read something and I had to catch my breath every time I got to the top and had already heavy breathing during the last part of the interval.
This hill starts flat and gets steeper and steeper.
Rested and started my third interval and was very breathless when I got to the top, drank some water and then did 5 pushups. Ran down again.
Rested.
During the fourth interval I started to feel pain in my right knee. Did 10 situps on the top and ran down again.
I was thinking if I would try another interval but decided due to the knee issue that I would stop here so 4 intervals.
Had to walk when I ran home but glad I got out.
Distance: 7.13K, time: 1.01.20.6 h, average pace: 8.36 min/k, max pace: 5.15 min/k, cadence: 160
I gained some weight during vacation so this week I needed to do something about it.
Lost 1.5 kg this week. Hope for the same weight loss next week so I am back where I was before vacation. First goal is get under 60 kg this year.
Tonite it was time again for pulse based interval training.
Always interesting to do these some days after a trail run, last week consisted of a tough hilly race Thursday and then a trail run Saturday.
It was also warm so linnen, shorts, flipbelt and 2 water bottles.
Hoping that my pulse watch would be with me today, last time it was not my friend at all but afterwards I did force firmware update.
So off I went on a 2K warmup, an interesting thing happened, got above my threshold pulse for the first time and I was thinking how would the intervals be.
First interval always feel the longest and also I got up to around 150 and it felt like I was on max 🙂 but after half the interval I finally got up to around 157. 2K
Then since it was warm I decided to walk those 2 min between and drink some water.
Second interval I got to 155 pretty fast but I do not know what happened, all of a sudden I did not trust my pulse watch, it showed 6K and then I knew that I have to wait for the beep but like I said did not trust my pulse watch and started walking and then came the beep.
2 min rest when I walked and drank some water.
Third interval I got up to around 155 but also felt very long but decided to trust the pulse watch and finally I heard the beep. During this interval I always can see the end.
2 min rest when I walked and took some lovely pictures.
Then finally the fourth interval that also for some reason felt very long, got up to around 155 first and then 157.
I walked first during the 1K cool down but then I ran the last part.
Even if it was tough today as long as I do not get above 160 I am happy, even if I have a hard time getting to 157 sometimes it is better then being very close to 160 and then go above.
Distance: 11.53K, time: 1.17.59.4 h, average heart rate: 147, average pace: 6.45 min/k, max pace: 3.56 min/k (during warmup), 5.23 min/k (during intervals), cadence: 166, VO2 Max: 26 ml/kg/min
So tonite it was time for running St Hans Extreme 10K, 4 laps, 48 hills.
I ran 3 laps last week with a lot of upwind and it was tough so I knew what to expect.
Not much time between work and getting to the hills and get the bib.
This year they had a new addition, St Hans Extreme 6h and I passed some of them and some was still running after 3.5 hours and some was walking.
Had linnen, running skirt, short socks and regular running shoes, had not rained in a while.
Was a bit warm but felt the breeze so I decided not to wear a water belt.
Group picture and then see the start of St Hans Extreme light, 5K and pep some ultra runners and then head down to the start.
The race started, first lap was just fine, ran up all hills but then hell started on the second lap, my legs refused to run up some hills so there was some walking and wet my hair.
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Third lap was also walking up some hills but I decided that I would run up the killing hill (=Mördarbacken) and I did, interesting how it goes when you have decided to just do it.
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So great to get on the fourth lap, there I decided on the down hill hill that I would run up the top hill and I did that too. And also the killing hill and then not far was the finishing line.
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I am proud of myself tonite. The original plan was to run Hallandsultran 50K, June 10th but due to two colds I decided that I wouldn’t do it and just decided to run St Hans Extreme, have not prepared for it enough. 5 weeks cold and recently gotten back with training, a bit warm, 77 min was a surprise, it felt much slower in my head.
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There is a race called Himmel, hav, helvete (=Sky, ocean, hell) , a 66K ultra race, 3000 total meters of altitude but today it was here on the hills, Worst St Hans Extreme so far, even 2014 beats it when it was 30oC (86F) but I am glad I ran this race tonite.
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Distance: 10K, time: 77 min, average heart rate: 164, average pace: 8.09 min/k, max pace: 5.52 min/k, cadence: 158, VO2 Max: 32 ml/kg/min
#21 – 16.28K trail run
#22 – 4.23K, transport to the train station
The plan this weekend was to run a longer trail run around Frostavallen, one of my favorite trail places.
I needed to sleep in and not get up 5 am and set the alarm to 7 am but got up 6.40 am.
Put on my windstopper just in case the weather wouldn’t be warm, better to have one extra jacket and take it off then being cold.
It was warmer in Lund but when I got up to Höör it was a bit colder while I was waiting for the bus.
Started my run and I have not gotten far when a guy asked me if I had al lighter, I was thinking do I look like I have a lighter??? I said No, turned out he had two small dogs that tried to be tought and ran towards me but I was not afraid.
I had decided that I would combine the green and ”old black”. Together they are around 20K.
It did not take long til I knew that it would be some walking, one of the hills that I usually do not have any problems running up was just to give up and walk up instead. And then the windstopper got off. This is how it is today, heavy breathing
Very nice being back in the woods.
The ”old” black is part of Tjörnarparen and at one part they have moved the marking to the left but of course I have to run to right around Dagtorp’s lake
I had to jump from some stones to avoid getting wet at one place and did not dip my running shoes in the water.
Then came the first boring dirt road, I end up walking part of it because I am so bored but I promised myself that I would run the whole dirt road and I did 🙂
There was no other runners out there, nice to have the woods to myself but I met some trekkers that I said hi too.
I was hoping that I would see anemones even if the season soon is over and this is what I saw
I could have sprangled my foot really bad today, so close but still was just fine afterwards, I am surprised that I have not sprangled one of my feet because I always end up trample obliquely when I get tired feet.
On the second boring dirt road I promised myself I just was allowed to walk uphills if needed but run on the flat parts and I stick to my promise.
Then there is this hill, a bit hate love around it, Djuralids hill, a very steep hill that I have once run up but today there was no way that I would be able, then there is another shorter very steep hill afterwards.
Even if it was tough today with some walking up on some hills I am satisfied with myself. Like I have said earlier, I have gained weight, lost fitness but staying on the couch won’t make it any better. Every time I get out on a run I will loose some weight and one day I will feel happy running, right now I am tormenting myself to get me where I want to be
Distance: 16.28K, time: 2.17.25.2 h, average heart rate: 143, average pace: 8.26 min/k, max pace: 5.33 min/k, cadence: 156, VO2 Max: 27 ml/kg/min
