Etikettarkiv: WetFeet

10.68K Beach Running

#23 – 50 runs in 100 days – Summer edition

Spending the day at the beach and watching paragliding.

Late lunch and then it was time for a 10K run. Had a plan. Would start on the beach. Run up the dune with pebble, continue on the country road til I had reached 5K and then turn around and run down the dune again and the beach and back to the hotel

Realized that the country road was a bit shorter than expected, I was not interested to run out on the bigger car road where there were no bike path on the side so instead I saw a gravelled and continued on that and hoped that I would get 5K but no such luck. Saw a narrow path and continued on that one and thought I would end up on the beach again

Got back on the beach and had to run 1700 m to get to 5K but it was tough so I got to 4.5K and turned around

The beach was basically fate except for some paragliders

Best is to run closer to the water where it is harder sand but this time I ran into quicksand and sank down, oh boy did I get extra sand into my shoes? 🙂

Got back on the second dune.

When I had run on the dirt road and would turn back on the beach I needed 300 m more and continued on the dirt road and turned back when I had reached 7.5K.

When I got back on the beach I needed 500 m extra and turned to the left and ran 500 m and back on the beach and ran on the beach til I had reached 9.5K and then ran back to the hotel.

Distance: 10.68K, time: 1.31.19.3 h, average heart rate: 142, average pace: 8.32 min/k, max pace: 5.47 min/k, cadence: 160, VO2 Max: 33 ml/min/kg

8.01 Trail Run

#13 – 50 Runs in 100 days – Spring edition

Since I was going to be busy all day preparing for birthday celebration I decided I would run before breakfast.

Needed to do some hilly running so the plan was 2 laps on St Hans Extreme.

When I woke up the sun was out but when I was stepping out the door it was grey, felt like it was rain in the air. On my way to St Hans hills part of me wanted to run just 1 lap but that wouldn’t happen.

Did not do the mistake putting on too much clothing so long sleeve, windstopper, Fall compression tights, gloves and hat. Gloves got off after a while.

On my way to St Hans hills I passed a man with a dog running in the other direction but I would meet him later on the hills.

It was a bit gooey on some parts and wet, tried to avoid getting wet feet but was avoidable, in the beginning I was taking a detour around the wet parts so I didn’t get too wet but on the last lap I just ran across the wet part before the circle hill.

No freesbee golfers were there, this man with the dog was in front of me on some of the hills running with his dog. There were some dog walkers but of the time I was just me running around

It felt really good, last time I ran on St Hills I had a very tough time, very heavy and very slow, not it was not as tough so once again, it is going in the right direction.

I even ran faster at the end which is a good sign, is possible when I am more fit.

During the run I thought about the spring and there is a chance that I might sigh up for St Hans Extreme this year and see if there can be a new PB.

Great way of starting the day, then I got back, had breakfast and got ready for my late birthday celebration. Was abroad on my birthday and had promised my friends I would have a birthday party when I got back.

Distance: 8.01K, time: 59.44.5 min, average heart rate: 148, average pace: 7.27 min/k, max pace: 5.33 min/k, cadence: 172, VO2 Max: 28 ml/kg/min

Put me on the scale Thursday evening and this does not do justice, I feel that I have lost weight and the best is to put you on the scale first thing in the morning.

6.25K Short Run

#9 – 50 Runs in 100 days – Spring edition

I had a plan for Friday/Saturday that changed so Saturday was open. Decided to run but rained most during the night and morning.

Decided to do some serious shopping using the birthday gift card I got at one of my favorite clothes stores. Headed down there after breakfast and hoped that no rain in the afternoon.

When I stepped out from the store, it was not raining that much so there was hope.

Had lunch and fixed a few things at home and voilá the sun came out finally. And watch skicross where Sweden got two gold medals today. Just had to head out even if part of me didn’t.

Before I knew it would rain so much the plan was to run up to St Hans hills and back but today I decided I would do a variation of the run that my running buddy Eva Berg did which is 8K but shorten it a bit.

Temperature: 8oC (46.4F) so Fall compressions tights, long sleeve and windstopper. No gloves or hat

Part of the run I could have used gloves, it was a bit chilly but eventually I got warm.

Right now I am not running with a lot of enthusiasm. With those extra pounds I gained just before vacation and during it is heavy to run right now but it won’t help sitting on the couch either. Just have to have patience so when I get lighter it would be with more joy I run.

Part of the run had some really heavy upwind where I got very breathless. Was on my watch when a horse passed me trotting

One thing I do not like very much is to get wet feet, as you can see above there were some parts where it was puddles and there was not any detour around it so some sworing

Spring is near, nice to see some spring flowers

Distance: 6.25K, time: 41.35.3 min, average heart rate: 149, average pace: 6.39 min/k, max pace: 5.45 min/k, cadence: 172, VO2 Max: 26 ml/kg/min

39.86K Trail Run and 4.16K Flat Run

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#16 – 50 runs in 100 days – No excuses edition
#17 – 50 runs in 100 days – No excuses edition

I was tired of all the city running and needed to get out in the woods again so instead of running Lund Runt with CKR I got up early this morning to take the train to Tjörnarp.

Last night I was determined I would run up Djuralidsbacken (Djuralids hill) but when I woke up this morning it had snowed 🙂 Felt that this would be an interesting run.

What was magical about this trail run was that the snow was untouched, I was the first one who ran on the trail. My brain got confused because of the snow, the natural paths had ”disappeared” soo even if I am familiar with the route the yellow streamers made my day today.

It was nice running alone in the woods, such tranquility.

What I didn’t know what was under snow, I got surprised a few times during the run, cracking ice. I do not like to get wet feet and try to avoid it as long as I can because sooner or later it will happen.

Let say that it was a flashback from Tjörnarparen in Dec when I had to throw in the towel. The same wet but with snow and a bit more wet to be honest. So after the loop was a watering hole so of course I ran the same detour as on Tjörnarparen and thought that I was on the safe side and then it was water under the snow short after so my right foot got wet and it feels so much colder in the Winter.

When I got to Frostavallen I passed some dog wakers, trekkers but no runners but I saw foot prints on my way to Nyrups Naturhotell.

At 22K I got pain in my right knee and decided to walk for 500 m to see if I would be fine, hoped not to run into too many issues. Here my brain got confused again becuase they had cleared trees so it looked so different. The pain disappeared but I had to walk a couple of more times because they had cleared more trees in the woods and there were frozen tractor tracks that was tough to run on.

It was tough running in the in the snow and very tired legs and feet but felt great to back on the trails.

Trail run

Distance: 39.86K, time: 5.14.43.5 h, average heart rate: 141, average pace: 7.53 min/k,
max pace: 5.07 min/k, cadence: 168, VO2 Max: 26 ml/kg/min

It turned out that there was no bus at 13.27 so I didn’t want to stand and freeze for another hour so it was just to run to Höör to the train station. That wasn’t very pleasant after 40K trail

Transport to Höör train station

Distance: 4.16K, time: 28.38.7 min, average heart rate: 137, average pace: 6.52 min/k,
max pace: 5.57 min/k, cadence: 174, VO2 Max: 24 ml/kg/min

8.26K Flat Run

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#28 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#135 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

Today I had the pleasure of running with my running buddy Eva. We had not run together for a while so we decided we would do a fun run, around 5K.

I thought that we would run our regular 5K run but Eva was very anxious to run around Nöbbelövs Mosse =bog), it turned out to be a very interesting run, at Tjörnarparen, the ultra race I did not finish I didn’t belong to the waders, found alternative paths where it was too much water to try to stay dry as long as possible. But today it was really wet

When we got to the bog it looked like this

My socks were soaked

During this run we discussed the ultra race Tjörnarparen that I ran but became my first DNF, Hallandsultran that Eva will run for the first time and her first ultra race, I ran it last year and liked it a lot. We also discussed some other things.

Distance: 5.13 miles (8.26K), time: 57.34.6 min, average pace: 6.58 min/k, max pace; 5.24 min/k, cadence: 174, VO2 Max: 22 ml/kg/min

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