Tag: team nordic trail

Sharing my trail running experience

A trail loop around Billingen on Billingeleden

I had been wanting to run the complete Billingeleden for some time, but the timing had never been great. Therefore, in a grey and dark winter evening I decided to invite some friends for an event to experience the loop with me, during a time when Billingen really show its colors. In May. During May,…
Read more

Weekly training update, week 5

During every mountain race that I have done, I feel – shit, I need to do loads more of hill repeats. Despite the increased amount running and training the last weeks – I will feel the same during TGC in March. Now when Transgrancaria soon is coming up, I needed to increase the total elevation…
Read more

2022 Trail running races and trail adventures of

Hopefully 2022 will bring me lots of fun during trail races, and trail running adventures. 2021 was for sure the year that I have done most trail races and runnings adventures, but I quickly realised when travelling to my first race of 2022 that I have something booked or in the pipeline close to everyone…
Read more

Did I just got runners knee during a run?

Oh no. It happened again. I didn’t think I would, but I got a runners knee again. A few years ago I got a runners knee. This after the usual scenario, my distances and speed had relatively quickly increased and I ran more and more. For months I tried to recover and re-hab. I frequently…
Read more

Ecotrail Stockholm 16km – Test run

This Saturday, we could finally run in small groups again together with Team Nordic Trail when TNT invited to the first test run of Ecotrail Stockholm.

I blame it on the intervals

Or could it be the lack of rest days… Probably the latter, but it feels better to blame it on the intervals, putting the blame on something else than me… 😉 During the interval session last week, I felt that my calfs was tired. Despite that I pushed through mixed terrain with speed and lots…
Read more

Morning fire during the run to give you energy the whole day.

Morning runs normally are magical, but some morning runs a more magical than others. Like this one.  5.30am I took the car and headed to Väsjöbacken like many mornings before. During the last couple of weeks it has been snowing a good amount and it has remained as it continuously been around -5. Therefore, the…
Read more

Daily training, but without reaching the goal

This week I thought it would be easy to reach my weekly running goal. I really would like to run further and get more miles in every week to be able to be safely run 100 miles one day. Therefore; I would like to get at least 70K in per week, but ultimately later get…
Read more

Snow running makes it magical

Trail running is fantastic. It’s so great just to be able to be out on the trails for hours. Disconnecting from the normally busy days and to recharge the mental batteries while letting the body get exhausted. This week though… with lot’s of snow finally coming to Stockholm, the snow made trail running magical. I’ve…
Read more

Long time since we ran long intervals with Team Nordic Trail

It had now been a lifetime (perhaps not, but it for sure feels like it) since we last ran intervals together. By following the local recommendations and restrictions all joint training sessions has been cancelled for weeks and weeks. Today it was finally time to meet up out in the forest and enjoy the trails…
Read more