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TjurRuset: Muddy Hell, But Fun.
4October 19, 2009
I ran the 2009 TjurRuset terrain race on Saturday and although my intention was to just have fun with the event, I wound up learning more about myself as a runner than I had in many years. 10 truly grueling kilometers of the annual run called “Tjur Ruset”, which literally translates into “The Bull Rush”. Essentially, the one-off design of the route through forrest, marsh and boulders reduced most of us to appear as if we were indeed, a stampede of nervous bulls who were escaping from a slaughterhouse.
This year’s course was the toughest one in memory for anybody I interviewed. The event location doesn’t change, but the routes and *edit- changes every year, but kept secret until weeks before each start.-edit end* Additional obstacles are brilliantly arranged to be about as difficult to run as possible. Mother Nature decided to kick it all up a More >
Lidingöloppet: My Performance Assessment
0September 28, 2009
Two days after Lidingöloppet and my body is giving me all the signs needed to finish writing my race-day assessment of my 2:44:02, 2009 performance:
Distance Training- 8/10. Following a three month training gap, I began preparing for this event in August. I jumped right into the last nine weeks of my 20-week marathon schedule. 635km in 9 full weeks for an average of 70km/week; 10km/day. This may have been too sudden but the distance workouts all went well, including a slow-dry run on the actual course three weeks ago (30km/2:52:00). When I say slow, I kept an even 5:25/km pace and a heart rate under 140 bpm to preserve my legs, while adding More >
Ready for Lidingöloppet!
0September 24, 2009
I suppose it’s a little bit funny that I’m so excited for this event after reading my “Urban or Suburban” post, but I am. The Lidingöloppet’s main race on Saturday is a 30km cross-country run on the picturesque island of Lidingö, a Northern suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. I lived here back in 2001 and I’ve missed it ever since I moved.
Lidingö has an area about 25% the size of Manhattan, but with only 30,000 inhabitants, leaving a lot of room for outdoor recreation. You’ll also find Sweden’s best sports training facility here, Bonsön, nestled on the island’s North side in the midst of Lidingö’s vast network of well-maintained trails. Many of these trails see race activity year-round; X-country skiing, running and triathlon.
I’ve been looking forward to this event for More >
On with the show… Midnattsloppet 2009!
2August 15, 2009
Midnattsloppet 2009
The timing of this race is perfect for me. Not because I’m prepared to reach for a new PR, far from it, rather this 10km race is designed for some fun.
Held on my old stomping-ground of Södermalm (nearly all my training runs took place here before I moved back in June), Midnattsloppet will be packed with 21.500 participants of all abilities. Nine start-groups will start five minutes apart, beginning at 22:00. Some dressed in costume while the entire rest of us will be donning the official, strange-shade-of-green, Midnattsloppet 2009 shirts.
I entered just days ago and, out of 21.500, I am nr 20.431 and in the last start-group. So no personal-best tonight, just a great night out around Södermalm and maybe a recovery beer afterwards.
Pictures from the event tonight will be fed back to this post, so check back.