Tag: running

After reading a Facebook post in a running group this morning, I realized that I’m just 530K away from my yearly best. There’s unfortunately also only 7 weeks left of the year.  Having been in a flat development in running for some time, without anything real challenging coming up in the near future it’s been hard to…
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November, one of the darkest months of the year. A few years ago, before I started to run, I remember we were going through one of the darkest Novembers ever. Was it a few hours of sun during the whole month? Cloudy, dark, rainy and utterly miserably… Ultimately this led to for me, like for…
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I had been looking forward for this weekend for some time. With all races and trips cancelled I had looked forward for a small road trip together with Helena. We had the weekend booked at Järvsö, where we meant to be  trained by coaches at Team Nordic Trail. Learning more of how to best run…
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What does Hässelby and Vasastan have in common? They both participate in We Run Stockholm. 🙂 In episode 3 and 4 me and Daniel continue to run through the streets of Stockholm. In run 3, we discover 10Ks of Hässelby an early Sunday morning – in rain.In run 4, we discover 10Ks of Vasastan a…
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We started our adventure in a beautiful area of Stockholm, up on the higher parts of Södermalm. How to improve for there? Well, we decided not to. In the second run of We Run Stockholm, we headed to Kista. A suburban part, north of Stockholm. We started early 05.15 in order to be able to…
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In a previous post, I among a few other things spoke about my feelings on following a training plan. Now a few weeks after, I realise once again that this with training plans isn’t really for me. Being used to a hectic tempo at work, with lots of deadlines, milestones to reach and deliverables to…
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3 days without running, and quickly strange thoughts and stress come top of mind. Will I ever be able to run again? How can I handle [ABC] at work? It’s clear that running helps me organise my mind and keep focus. This week didn’t turn out as expected, and I missed the long awaited long…
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I do love running, but I quickly get bored of monotony. I need the technical trails to really be there and then. To let go of the thoughts about work and just focus on taking the next step. Thats why I specifically love trail running. I get a feeling of tranquillity during and after most…
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We Run Stockholm – Something new and exciting. With being a trail runner… (feels fairly good to say that) I haven’t run much in the city for the last couple of years due to the fright of injury and the boring repetitive loops. I thought it’s now time to change that. Me and my friend…
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Today I joined Runners World for a day of inspiration and new learnings. And what a day it became. Meeting up with like minded people. People I’ve met in running clubs before, and people both me and them thought we met each other before, until we just realise that it’s the first time in IRL,…
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