{"id":1423,"date":"2014-09-27T22:44:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T20:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabbychallenge.glundh.se\/wordpress\/?p=1423"},"modified":"2014-09-27T22:44:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T20:44:47","slug":"22-runs-in-100-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gabbychallenge.glundh.se\/?p=1423","title":{"rendered":"#22 \u2013 50 runs in 100 days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally it\u00a0was time to pack for Liding\u00f6loppet. I\u00a0was hoping for 20oC (68F), sun and some breeze but it\u00a0coulld also be colder so I needed to pack for both. Since the weather has been unsteadily<\/span> this week I also\u00a0brought rainwear. Black garbage bag is good to bring just in case it might be colder and have it over my running clothes when I am waiting in my starting group.<\/p>\n

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The last two years I have been taking the ”L\u00f6part\u00e5get” (= Running train) to Liding\u00f6loppet, it leaves early Saturday morning and then outside of Stockholm central station busses have been waiting and brought us out to Liding\u00f6vallen. On the train I have been getting my bib. But too few people have been interested to go with this train and this year they decided not to have any more L\u00f6part\u00e5get going from the south. So I looked at different alternatives and this year I took the night train from Lund 22.49 Friday night up to Stockholm. Chose the middle alternative where I slept in a compartment with 2 other girls. Tomas and \u00c5ke from Coach K Runners also went with this train. I woke up with cramp in my right calf. So Saturday did not have a good start.<\/p>\n

Tomas and I had breakfast at Scandic Grand Central not far from the train station. I have heard that pan cakes are good to eat before a race so for the first time I had that for breakfast.<\/p>\n

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At 8.45 Tomas and I met \u00c5ke at the train station and we went to the ”tunnelbanan” (=shuttle) and also met Marina and took the train to Ropsten where they have free buses that take us to Liding\u00f6vallen. First time this year that I have taken a free bus from Ropsten but it was not too crowded. Got to Liding\u00f6vallen and first we got our bibs and cover bags.<\/p>\n

Then we put our number stickers on our cover bags, our other bags and I decided to put on a long sleeve shirt under my t-shirt because it was going to be windy. Temperature around 15oC (59F). I took this picture and published it on FB and Peter also showed up. He had seen the picture on FB and could see where we were \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Then it was time for the mandatory group Picture.<\/p>\n

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The Coach K Runners who were starting in group 1-4 left and Marina and I who started in group 6 and 8 could get ready a bit later. I put liniment on my left M. gluteus maximus and right knee. We went to the hockey rink and left our bags there so they would be\u00a0transported to the finish line. It is worth paying 40 SEK for that service.<\/p>\n

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Finally Marina and I walked to the start which is a couple of k’s from Liding\u00f6vallen. When we got there it was 12.58 and I realized that I wouldn’t have time to warm up with some jogging and I have totally forgotten to stretch too. Time to get in to my starting group. Get rid of my cover bag, did some fast streching\u00a0and\u00a0got ready for ”Friskis och Svettis” warm up.\u00a0<\/em>I was a bit worried that my right calf might get me into trouble during the race. My goal was to get a new PB, was aiming at 3.18 h.<\/p>\n

So then my starting group started the race at 13.20.<\/p>\n

The first k was very slow as expected. But then I started to get a good pace.<\/p>\n

At 6K I was 1 minute behind schedule which was just fine.<\/p>\n

At 9K I was 2 minutes behind schedule and I was not worried.<\/p>\n

My time at 10K was 1.04 h and I felt hopeful but it still were some tough hills to conquer.<\/p>\n

During this race you have to run smart, it is a lot of people running and narrow paths. Johan, from Coach K Runners, had taught us how to run downhill this summer which I have exercised since then and when I could I was running with small steps downhill.<\/p>\n

At the fuel stations I was in the beginning drinking every other water, every other sports drink and when they served bananas I grabbed a half.<\/p>\n

At 12K I was 3 minutes behind schedule.<\/p>\n

At 15K I was 4 minutes behind schedule. The countdown started.\u00a0Had been\u00a0running half the race now.<\/p>\n

At 18K I was 5 minutes behind Schedule.<\/p>\n

At the fuel station around 20K they serve lukewarm blueberry soup which is so good to drink.<\/p>\n

At 21K I was 7 minutes behind schedule<\/p>\n

at 24K was 8 minutes behind schedule but I felt hopeful that it could be a new PB.<\/p>\n

At 25K the famous Abborebacken (Abborre hill) is coming, I always walk up this hill fast and then you have Karins backe (Karin’s hill). My time here was 2.42.20 h<\/p>\n

I was getting tired in my calves.<\/p>\n

I had told Marina that she would pass me at some point and she didn’t believe me, she started 20 minutes after me. And then I heard her say hi when she passed me. It was after Aborrebacken somewhere.<\/p>\n

When I had been running 27K my time was 2.52h and no cramp and then I just contined running and was hoping that I wouldn’t get into any issues. I was still having energy and had a pace under 6 min\/k. The 28K sign came and then the 29K sign came and then I saw the finish line and my pulse watch showed 3.13.<\/p>\n

Once in a while I am stunned by myself. I never thought that I would run under 3.15 h during this cross country race. I am very proud of myself and have now set the bar high.<\/p>\n

Total time: 3.13.48 h, average speed: 6.22 min\/k using Garmin Forerunner 310XT<\/p>\n

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When I was standing in the bus line I felt very tired in my calves.<\/p>\n

When I woke up Sunday morning I was sore in my right calf, very little muscle soreness in my front thighs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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