11 November 2023 I drove my car to Sätila. Just a 35 minute drive that started for me a few minutes before 5 a.m. The race was about to start at 6 a.m. I was a bit stressed, I didn’t want to come to the start too late and stress my body and mind …
At the beginning of November, precisely on Saturday the 4th I ran the Kullamannen 50k race. The idea was to start the race as a middle-of-the-pack runner and to run accourding to the feeling during the race evolution. I wanted to race a bit harder than I usually do and potentially close …
One week after the Kullamannen race, I will be enjoying this race – the Sätila Trail. I raced it in 2022, and I enjoyed it a lot. Nice nature, lovely trails, great fellow runners and amazing volunteers! Despite a few issues that will most definitely slow my progress, I will try to do …
Just a few days to the start of the next race – The Kullamannen 2023 – Seventh Seal 50k. If you want to follow my race development feel free to visit: https://live.utmb.world/sv/kullamannen/2023/runners/2430 My BIB number is: 2430 Am I ready? I am really not sure about that. The training since the failed …
The information on the Kullamannen web site states the following information: Experiencing the ”rest and be thankful valley” called Sinarpsdalen followed by many nature breathtaking reserves along the coastline. Experiencing the Bjäre peninsula with the sea as your constant companion. The Kullamannen Seventh Seal 50 km race is a challenging and exciting event …
The last miles of the race I needed to dig really deep just to reach the last check point of the race where I eventually decided to drop. I tried almost everything to fight my GI distress that started bothering me already after 15km of the race. After the 20th km of the race …
2 300 RUNNERS MAX TIME ALLOWED: 46:30 FIRST FINISHER TIME: APPROX 20:00 » The UTMB 2023 starts at 18:00 CET on Friday September 1, 2023 The start of the UTMB in Chamonix As stated on the official web site, the UTMB race is made of 4 letters. 3 countries crossed. 1 extraordinary …
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I need to get in shape for the UTMB (Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc) that will take place in Chamonix the 1st of September 2023! Created in 2003, the UTMB is “the most mythical and prestigious trail running race in the world” with 171 kilometers and 10,000 meters of positive elevation gain around the Mont-Blanc through …
Göteborgsvarvet 2023 After completing the last race (Österlen Spring Trail 60k) I felt that I had the needed confidence to get ready for the new race. A race that I did not race since 2017 when my wife’s dad passed. The 21k half marathon in Gothenburg is nothing new to me. Despite the fact that …
Österlen Spring Trail – The Test After a nasty foot injury in December 2022, this was actually the first race of the season for me. I wanted to check the overall fitness of my body and assess the status of my foot, ligaments and tendons that got severely injured. The race …