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35.02K Trail Run

#56

I was suppose to run 35K last weekend but I ran 36K so during the week I decided that I would run 35K and then walk the last 1K as cool down.

So since I have been a bit delayed when I have set the alarm to 6.30 am I decided that I would get up at 6.15 am instead.

Got ready and the car was on the road 7.30 am.

Put on t-shirt, shorts, shorts gococo socks, it was 12oC (53.6F) when I started but I did not freeze, started from Alunbruket.

Got to the meadow, looked if there were any cows but did not see any but when I got around the first corner these sinister cows were there 🙂

Oh no no no, they are not going to destroy my day, I won’t turn back, as solution minded as I is I stopped and had to come up with a plan. Why I didn’t want to continue around them was because there was one cow that was very close to the path where I would run. So what was the alternative. A fence and a forest. Was the fence a electrical fencing? I touched the wire and was fine, throw over my ultra back pack and got over the fence, could get out further down where there were no cows and continued.

Today I ran up part of the Northern hills of Brösarp on the first hill but needed to rest my knee. The first 10K I had the time 1 h 30 minutes, 5 minutes slower than last weekend.

I ran then all the way down to the first valley and saw that there were cows close to the path where I would pass so once again I had to walk to not scare them too much.

I started to run up the second hill and then walked, further up I saw cows close to the path, how would I handle this, decided to do a detour further down and get back up further up and it worked.

When I got down in the second valley there were no cows so I was fine.

At the rest area I had to visit the toilet at the rest area and then I continued on the yellow marker.

There were some walking due to a knee issue but finally I got to Haväng. There were a toilet that I had to visit before I continue to Vitemölla.

I ran 20 K in 3 h and 6 min, 8 minutes slower than last weekend.

Then I get to this part where it is a lot of asphalt and running/walking.

I got a bit upset when it came to one car. One car can drive on this road to Stenshuvud but when it comes to two cars in different directions, one will stop and wait for the other to pass but at one point there were an Volvo and me and the driver almost forst me into the bushes, he had enough space to move a bit closer to the right but he had to almost smearing me along the elbow.

Then I got to Stenshuvud finally. Nice to back in the woods.

Started to walk up the stairs and up to the top of Stenshuvud. Magnificent view over the water and then when I passed all the stones it was time to start running down 800m and then continue towards the other side.

Once again I had to visit the toilet. This was a different one, it was plastic in front of the toilet and it felt like it was going to crack 🙂

I was tired in my legs and feet. Helped a couple who thought that they were at the wrong place, thought that they wanted to visit Stenshuvud so I told them to just continue.

Back on asphalt again so tried to run til I got to a hill part and then continue runing when I had walked up the hill. Ran into an upwind but managed to handle it.

Stopped the clock at 35K and then walked 1K as cool down.

When I got to Vik I was met by a glad dog.

Then it was the mandatory swim in the ocean but this time there was a dog that was in the water also 🙂

Results

39.37K Trail Run

#51

This week it was time to raise the bar, 2 months left til the only race I will run this year.

When I got back from vacation I looked at the calendar and decided that it is more important that I run 3x40K runs and 2 runs at Kullaberg before the race.

So the first 40K trail run would happen today and first time on Österlen. Decided to start at Alunbruket and thought that 40K would be at Baskemölla.

So I wanted to start running earlier since I thought it could take 6h to finish.

Started the run at 8.13, it was 13oC (55.4F), wore shorts, t-shirt. It was definately cooler but I never got too cold. Great to run when it was cooler.

Did not have to deal with the cows at the first meadow, they had been moved 🙂

Since it has not been a lot of trail running on my vacation and I have gained some weight it would be interesting how I would handle the hills but I ran up on the hill at approximately 3K (4K normally when I have started at Christinehof) and then I managed to run up on the hill at approximately 7K (8K when I start from Christinehof)

Then I decided that I would give it a try on the first hill when I get close to Brösarp and managed to do that, not all the way but part of it and then to my surprise when I got on the top it was cows there instead of horses. I thought that I would be able to run on the side of one cow that I thought was a good distance but she got scared and ran away 🙂

When I got down in the valley one cow was just where I would run so I had to get up with an alternative way because it was a lot of cows, worked.

The first 20K went well, I ran 10K in less than 1.5 hours, 20K in less than 3 hours.

After 20K I ran into a knee issue and had to do some more walking but thought that I still would be able to finish under 6h.

When I got to Stenshuvud I walked up because it is a lot of stones and some stairs.

What a view, I am blown away every time I have run up there. Now the uphill part was now the down hill part.

At Stenshuvud I got 5 drops of rain on me, saw that it was blue sky and white clouds so I thought that I would be fine.

Felt good when it was 5K left

At the end I had very tired feet and the right leg was tired, ate a lot of carbs and drank Tailwind with coffeine to get the soreness off.

Last longest run was 28K and now I ran 39.37K, ran at the end, a bit tired but I can do it 🙂 Was expected to be more tired the first time

Some trekkers were out and passed some runners.

After the run of course I had to take a swim in the ocean, oh boy it felt much colder

Results

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.

10.02 Trail Run

#10

Since some years ago it has become a tradition to run on Ascension Day.

Started to run middle of April and decided that today was the time to do a trai run for the first time after my pneumonia.

One of my favorites trail places is Frostavallen. This week I increased the distance to 10K.

Took the train and bus to Frostavallen and of course I would test my first trail run on the green marker, 10K.

Was a bit nervous, did not know how my lungs would respond after I had walked up Djuralidsbacken (=Djuralids hill), the hill that is the biggest challenge at Tjörnaparen plus the one that comes after.

But I was determined I was going to finish the distance, not cut it.

Had put on t-shirt, shorts, ultra back pack, Altra Lone Peak 3.5, compression socks. But it did not take long til I realized that t-shirt was too warm this day and it just had to get off and once again running around in a sports bra, have gotten used to it.

It was so nice seeing it was so dry, last year it was wet wet wet.

There were two places where it was a bit more difficult to get around, in the beginning of the route a tractor has drive around and left traces, there was some water and then below a tree had been cut so the path had a tree in my direction so I found a detour to get around the tree 🙂

I was wondering if they had rerouted the green marker, all of a sudden I was on a dirt road where I passed some trekkers but could not remember that I have been running here on the green marker.

The first two hills I ran all the way up, the third was too tough but I started running up all hills but if I felt it was too hard I stopped and walked

I did not care about the time today, it would take the time it would take, I would be ok if I couldn’t run up all the way on some hills. This was a test run to see where I am.

Since I did not know how warm it would be, I might have to wet my hair I brought 500 ml water and 500 ml sports drink (Tailwind Tropical Buzz)

Then I got to Djuralidsbacken (Djuralids hill) where I had thought that I would be dead at the top.

To my surprise it felt just like normal. I have run up all the way ONCE in August some years ago. At Tjörnarparen last year they now have a competition who will run up the fastest, I willl never win and will not even try 🙂

After Djuralidsbacken there is another shorter very steep hill and I walk up that one as well. these two were the only two where I did not start running, I am familiar with these, great to have trail shoes with good grip.

First 5K took 50 min so I thought that I would finish in 100 minutes.

To my surprise the whole route took 1:29’43.9. Where I am right now, with the weight and recovering after pneumonia I am so proud of myself that it took less than 90 minutes. It was some walking. And it felt just like normal with some extra weight. It seems to me that I am on my way back. I will definately come back here in a couple of weeks and redo this route. It has all the hills that I need, some hills to work on and also increase the distance later of course.

25.82 Trail Run

#47 – 50 runs in 100 days – Summer edition

Needed a 25K trail run this weekend and have run from Christinehof to Haväng included the 5K ”strövstig” (footpath) but felt that I could try to find something new. When I asked my running group CKR about if something new a longer run on Österlen someone mentioned Österlen circle but that one was around 40K which is too long at the moment but saw that one part was Vantalängan to Kivik 15k. And from Christinehof to Vantalängan it is almost 10K so I decided to combine those.

Earlier I have run from Alunbruket to Hallamölla on orange, then yellow to Vantalängan but deciced to run from Alunbruket all the way to Bengtemölle on orange, no footpath today.

The orange part from Hallamölle started with a longer dirt road but then I was back in the woods again and some steeper hills. Will see what I will do next weekend.

A bit chillier today when I started, 16oC (60.8F) but I love when it is around this temperature, not too warm, not too cold.

Felt that I still was tired in my legs after the trail run at Kullaberg last weekend and the hilly intervals Wednesday, have some issues with my right heel and right knee, brought linament but never put it on my knee, so some walking from time to time.

Then I had decided that I would go on yellow after Bengtemölle because the 6.5K orange to Haväng is too much dirt road and asphalt.

Some bigger groups of trekkers were out today on the orange marker and we said hi to each other.

Got down to Haväng where I walked back to the orange marker.

When I got to the parking lot there was an orange marker showing where I would continue to Kivik but then when I got the next sign place no Kivik, thought that I was going to run near the water to Kivik to Haväng so I saw an orange marker further up with a pinboard and thought that it would say something where to head but it was just a lifebuoy. So I had to sit down, bring out my map but it did not cover to Kivik, then it is when your mobile came in handy, searched for the route and got a name on the map. Headed back to the sign place and saw that I would continue further up.

The last part was first running close to the water with a lot of sand parts and then when it was left 2K asphalt which is not the best with running with Altra shoes.

When I had finished it was time for the mandatory swim in the ocean, lovely when you are warm after a 3-4 hours run and get into the water and cool down.

Then lunch at Bures in Kivik

Distance: 25.82K, average heart beat: 133, average pace: 8.42 min/k, max pace: 5.13 min/k, cadence: 152, VO2 Max: 26 ml/kg/min

Weight report

Weight loss: 0.8 KG, since I have weighed myself in the afternoon after eating breakfast and lunch I believe that my weight should be lower. But it is going in the right direction, getting closer and closer to 60 KG

21.21K Trail Run

#42 – 50 runs in 100 days – Summer edition

After two trail runs from Christinehof to Haväng it was time for a run on Kullaberg for the first time after the race last year in November.

This year I have decided to run the ”Double Death”, two laps, have run the ”Death Zone” which has been one lap. This year two laps will be an ultra, it will be at least 44K.

The original plan was to take the train from where I live 7.58 am to Helsingborg and then bus to Mölle, I would gotten up to Mölle 9.58 am, long ride but yesterday Fredrik from CKR informed on FB that he would drive and asked if anyone else wanted to join and we would leave the same time as the train but would get up earlier. So I was interested. Amanda also wanted to join us with her dog Irma. We three ran up there in October last year. Then Fredrik would leave later so then Amanda, Irma and I left 7.45 am this morning from my home.

Nice with company and I talked with Amanda about our run, last year Irma, the dog, was with us and when we came to Håkull she just froze, I am not moving one more mm, Håkull is no game for humans, loose soil, steep, you are basically crawling up trying to hold on to something.

It was suppose to rain after lunch but the first thing that happened when we stepped out of the car and got ready, I asked Amanda if we should try to find a place to get under and wait out the rain but then it stopped after a short time.

There are some hills that I have to mentally decide to run up, they are not short but today I walked up on some hills that I should be able to run up later, will be more hilly training this Fall.

Good that I can follow the route because the race follows the orange marker but then turn down in the woods and when I am training it is easy to run down to soon so it is better to stop sometimes to get down at the correct place, when the race is, it is wellmarked.

After a while you come down to the coast and have a very rocky part, it is just stone stone and loose stone and today it was very slippery, Irma, the dog was struggling.

When we got to Nimis we got confused, it must have had something, Nimis was burnt but it also seemed that the environment has changed, got too far to the left where Irma had a tough time but we find the right way later.

When I was going to run down to Håkull, Amanda and Irma would take another route since Irma would refuse to move up and I understand her fully. We said goodbye.

I continuned down to Håkull and had my worst fall ever, slipped on a stone, fell on my butt, hit my left elbow and right hand, swore but got up and was a bit crippled.

Håkull was tough today, wet, slippery and I could not use my right hand and had to depend on my left, you need to move up and try to grip something with your hands to not fall down and when it is slippery it is tougher. I finally made it up the first part and then you have to find a narrow path moving up the second part where the best thing is to walk up a bit and check if I am follow the path and adjust. Was on the right track but still got into the juniper part, got a bit off track but find where I would continue.

The worst part of this race is the rocky part which can be very slippery in November, up after Nimis and around Håkull, that can change every year but is very steep.

Got off track a couple of times.

When I was on my way to the lighthouse I passed Fredrik and Maria and said hi.

After the lighthouse there is a steep part you have to get down, not good being crippled, needed to use my right hand but could only use my left hand so I had to take it very easy.

Then you start to see Mölle, it is 4k left after the lighthouse and not so advanced.

Started with long sleeve, it got off because I had a hard time breathing and after the lighthouse I ran in my sportsbra to get more air.

Then I finally made it, Wille drove me to the beach so I could take a swim.

After the swim we shared a shrimp sandwich before we drove home

Distance: 21.21K, time: ,4.47.38.8 h, average heart beat: 137, average pace: 13.33 min/k, max pace: 5.26 min/k, cadence: 142, VO2 Max: 26 ml/kg/min

23.32K Trail Running

#24 – 23.32K Trail Running
#25 – 4.30K Transport to train station
#26 – 3.60K Transport to home

Since the weather is going to be bad this evening, a lot of rain I decided to take the train and bus to Frostavallen and run a longer trail run.

The day started interesting, took the bus to the train station but the bus did not turn left on one street and I was wondering for a second if it was road construction but then I saw blue light from a police car and started to wondering, saw more blue lights from other police cars and streets were blocked. Thought that they were chasing a criminal that was hiding in an apartment since I also saw police men outside an apartment building.

Text messaged Wille and asked him if he had heard anything and he hadn’t but then he text messaged me back, turned out that a maniac had seen an unidentified object under his car and had driven his car to the police station and what the police had to do was to bring in the bomb squad to take a look at the object. I was glad I left town during the day.

Then I got yelled at by the bus driver when I was friendly helping out a passenger about tickets and decided to walk away to a seat, later that passenger thanked me for me being friendly.

Brought two bottles with water with me and started my run.

The goal today was to walk less and run up more hillier parts than last time.

Realized again that t-shirt was too hot so I had to take that off and run in my sports bra. Could finally breathe easier. Such a relief.

Even if it was hot that was a breeze from time to time.

I ran a detour when I got on white, did not pay attention where the next white marker pointed but the area did not seem familiar and turned back.

Then at one part of the route I am crossing the forest between two dirt roads but there they have cut a lot of trees so it does not look familiar anymore, am very familiar with this route and have had problems with following the route on my pulse watch. Walked here since it also are a lot of dry branches and needed to fint the right way, got a bit too far down to the left first and did not want to get more burned on these nasty plants called nettle

Turned back and finally I find the creek and the narrow path and got to the other dirt road.

It had grown a lot since I was here last time and got confused at one part and was not sure if I was on the right track and turned back, big mistake

Felt how it shorched bad on my calf and some on my under arm and cheek, saw a bee stuck on my calf and realized that I have gotten wasp bites. Waved away the nastiest one on my calf. Walked to feel if I had gotten a reaction or not but I seemed fine.

Had to stop and help a family telling them that they could swim at Dagtorps lake if they walked down the blue marker.

They have redirected the blue marker and decided to try the new part, otherwise I run to the right around Dagtorps lake.

Continued my run and then realized that I had to pass these

They did not look like ”normal” cows, I walked slowly and looked at them to make sure they would not attach me but they started to move away from me.

Was a bit warm so the heat ”killed” a bit this day and had to walk also because of the heat.

Was nice being back running in the woods and a longer trail run.

The transport back to the train station was warm and I drank the rest of the water and hoped that I would be able to fill those water bottles with cold water when I got to the train station.

Saw that a café was open and walked in and asked if the café man could be carnivorous and fill my water bottles with water and he had cold water in bottles in the refrigerator. He saved my day.

Drank cold water on the train and then got out at Stångby train station and ran back home.

Am now very tired in my legs and feet and will rest til Saturday when I plan to do hilly intervals.

Didn’t get my pulse belt after vacation, thinks it is left in the car.

Distance: 23.32K, time: 3.37.41.6 h, average pace: 9.19 min/k, max pace: 5.30 min/k, cadence: 150

30K Trail Run

#27 – 50 runs in 100 days – Winter edition
#28 – 50 runs in 100 days – Winter edition

This morning I woke up at 5 am to take a train that got replaced by a bus due to train track work.

It was cold this morning so it was no fun standing outside and getting cold so I tried to warm my legs as best as I could.

Finally the bus came, it is soporific to sit in a bus, fell a sleep a couple of times but when we left Höör I had to stay awake so I didn’t miss the bus stop.

Charged my charger and decided to not use Movescount since I have noticed that the battery gets low very quickly.

Most markers were left from the race Tjörnarparen in December plus I am quite familiar with this route.

The plan was to run 40K but on the longer runs that I have done so far I have run into issues after 10K so I was not sure how it would go today.

When I got to Frostavallen I saw a hunter, so I was on my watch 🙂

I passed 11k (first fuel station) and did not have issues, it is not so hilly and tricky except the loop and the thicket but when I get to Frostavallen it gets hillier but I was just fine.

They have done a lot of forest clearing and have not discussed this with me 🙂 a lot of trees were on the forest road when I got out from the white marker and between Nyrups Naturhotell so I had to take some detours to pass them 🙂

I was just fine til 20K when I got very tired legs and started walking from time to time, decided to cut the distance to 30K.

Nice with Frostavallen is that everyone you meet, runners and dog walkers, say hi.

Part of me wanted to take the bus back to Höörs train station but of course I got back at 13.07 (1 pm) and there is no but at 13.27, one goes 12.27 and the next one goes 14.27, so I didn’t have any choice then run and walk back 4K to Höör train station.

On my way there a guy on a bike with a dog started talking to me and asked me how long I had run and I told him 30K and now 4K and he almost fell off his bike 🙂 30K are u kidding me? Nope started in Tjörnarp and ran to Frostavallen.

His had to pee or something but then he got next to me and still was in shock about my 30K. Funny dude 🙂

So 30K in approximately 4 h and 14 min. On my way to Höör I fel ache in my heel so see if it is better next week.

51.37K Trail Race

#9 – 50 runs in 100 days – Winter edition

Sunday last week when I checked the trains to Tjörnarp I realized that, due to train rails work, the first bus (was replacing the trains) was going to come to Tjörnarp at 8.07 am and the race would start at 8.30 but then there was a saviour, Maria, who was in the same car as me to Dödens Zon Nov 5th, who would drive and asked if I wanted a ride. And of course I wanted to have a ride.

So I woke up 5 am to eat breakfast, fix the last things and then Maria would pick me up at 7 am and then we were picking up Fredrik, who I ran with at Kullen before Dödens Zon in November.

Friday evening it started to rain and it rained during the night. I really hoped it would stop before the race. The goal to finish with 7h could be a problem but I would do my best.

We got to the school and changed and had a chance to talk to some other runners, Malin showed up, she and I ran on the 6h treadmill battle, and we talked with her.

From the beginning I had compression tights, long sleeve, fleece and windstopper, gloves and hat.

Time to walk to the start where we were going to fetch our GPS tracker (read more about it at Live tracker)

I had heard that around 152 runners would run Tjörnarparen – 50K or 100K

The raining stopped, thank gosh. I do not like to run in the rain for a whole day and get smakintryck wet.

In the beginning it was a bit cloggy and some places and when I tried to get my windstopper off (had problems with my breating) one of my salomon soft flasks fell to the ground so I decided to stop and get off the windstopper, then I got some space, which I like.

When I got to the loop I had caught up with a girl who I passed and noticed that Lars had changed part of the loop, now we didn’t run up in the forest but stayed down on the right side and when I got out from the loop I saw this magnificent view

At around 9K it was very wet but I managed to not get any wet feet and then at 11K I got to the first fuel station where I got a hug from Petra.

Continued my running. When I got to Frostavallen there were some dog walkers and two guys who were fishing.

I also fell flat faced on the ground.

At around 22K is the second fuel station where you can eat cheese and coffee but even if I love cheese I do not date eating it to avoid getting an upset stomach and just passed the fuel station, took a walk and ran and then I turn to the right on a dirt roads with smaller stones, there are some uphill parts where I walked. Started to get tired legs. It was very gooey, slippery and wet part of the route.

When I got on the blue marker and you get down to Dagtorpssjön the blue marker has followed the lake on the right but then last year when it rained most of the Fall they redirected the blue marker (was black earlier) I couldn’t see any yellow stripes and took the route to the right but when I have been running for a while, other runners showed up at the left.

Then I heard a runner behind me who turned out to be Maria (who drove the car), she had been out on a longer detour, she was a head of me, we talked for a while but then I had to start walking again and she continued running.

After a while we turn to the right, walk over a fence and then there is a longer footbridge that might be very slippery, it was just fine this time but another interesting person was in front of me, since last year a guy is running this race barefoot in sandals. I finally got up to him and passed him close to the third fuel station where 3 of the Hektor family was and we talked and I ate salt cucumber for the first time (turned out to be a big mistake later). Here last year I was on my way to throw in the towel but Ola Örnberg lended his knee pad to me but threw in the towel 3K later.

This time I continued and finally got to the toughest hill on this race, Djuralidsbacken, very steep and wet, you have to walk sideways part of the hill and then you have another steep shorter hill close after that but the worst is over.

It got a bit more windier so I put the windstopper back on

15K left. First I had very tired calves and then some pain in the right knee that disappeared and then I got issues with my left knee that forced me to walk from time to time. I could still walk and didn’t have any severe knee pain during my walks. Maria showed up again behind me, had another detour. I got to the fourh fuel station and got a hug from Petra again and Conny another runner was there, I asked him about his running, he ran into knee issues last year and take small small steps getting back running longer and longer.

I found out that 3 runners were behind me.

It was a bit groovy passing the 100K ultra runners who had headed out on their second lap. I cheered them on and they pepped me that it was not so far now from the finish line. I was glad that I didn’t run 100K.

When I had 6K left it started to get a bit darker so I put on my headlight and when I got to the tricket (snårskogen) I walked because it is a more technical part where I didn’t want to fall and injure myself. Realized that the batteries was a bit weak so when it was 3K left, I stopped and changed to new batteries. Put the hat back on, which also got off when I got a bit warm on my head. The headlight is sitting better on over a hat then directly on my head. Great to have better light but walked on the more technical parts. Ran on the dirt roads and walked in the forest parts and then I got to the clear-cut and the finish line is getting closer. Now my left knee was bothering me, I could not run on it and decided to rest so I could run on the last part before the finish line. Then it is only 1.5K left, what a great feeling. Saw the finish long sleeve shirt in front of me, did not vare about the gooey parts anymore, didn’t try to avoid them anymore.

And then I saw the train trek, up the stairs and ran to the finish line and over it. Oh my gosh what a relief.

It was tough this year, worse time than the first year but I am really satisfied I didn’t have to throw in the towel. Got my goodie bag and went to the school to change and then head back to get the good ”fika” before it was time to head home

Here are Maria, me and Malin who had fika together, before Maria and I headed home, Malin was staying to wait for Henrik who was running 100K

Distance: 51.37K, time: 8.13.07.7h, average heart rate: 137, average pace: 9.31 min/k, max pace: 5.51 min/k, cadence: 152, V02 Max: 30 ml/kg/min

The trail shoes were a bit dirty after Dödens Zon in November but after this race they looke like this

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