Göteborgsvarvet

Now it's over.
It felt okay. Nothing more. I was sore for two days.
It was great weather for running that day. My dad and I left home after my brothers.
We both started later. 15:32. Start group 15. The elite had already finished when we started.
It felt good when I ran, but it was very crowded. I had to zigzag to get through all the 21 km.
It took a lot of strength and sometimes I got "boxed in".
I took time and got 1 h, 42 min and 35 sek. My first reaction was disappointment. I ran 2 minutes faster the year I went on my mission. I felt more prepared and the only difference was that I started in a higher group this year.
So it is a difference to start in group 15 than 1B.
 
We had tacos for dinner after the race. Tasted good. :P
One funny thing. When I checked up my time on Göteborgsvarvets website I had exactly the same time as I had on my watch. 1 h, 42 min and 35 sek. See the picture.

Sunday was great as well.
The Young single adults in Göteborg had a missionary activity that day.
The missionaries in the wards in Göteborg were holding in it.
We got a talk from the April General Conference 2003 by Henry B Eyring. Great talk.
We did some role playing after that. Resolving concerns, listening and asking questions were the things we practiced.
It was like to do teacher training again. :)

I plan to go back to England in August. The activity made me miss my mission.

Take care!
See ya!

A week with a lot of activites

I have had something every day.
On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I have had lectures at the Uni.
We are studying right now accounting and book-keeping. Some numbers to keep in the mind, but it will be easier when I have done some book-keeping exercises and learn how the formulas works.
We will have the exam 3th June about this. So about a month to go.

I have run twice this week. First on Tuesday at Skatås with the club.
They have same kind of trainings on Monday and Tuesday and four groups divided into these days. The beginner and intermediate group train on Monday and the competition and competition elite train on Tuesday.
I have trained with the intermediate group and tried the competition group this week. We did intervals. 600m, 500m, 400m and 300m with 0,5 - 1 min rest between. It wasn't a big difference, but the warm-up was more intense. Run backwards on a slope which would be a black slope in Alpine Skiing is pretty tough. I was tired after that. I saved some energy for the intervals which was the main thing for the evening.
I love the sauna in the clubhouse. 90°c.

The second running was Lunnarundan. I have said that it is 8.95 km. I draw the round again and got 9,04 km.
Yea yea it is only 0,09 km difference, about 100m, but I want an accurate average tempo. It feels also weird to run the same round with different distances. So now I will use 9,04 km if I can't get an exactly distance.
Anyways....
I didn't feel Göteborgsvarvs ready, but it felt alright. I hoped to beat my season best, which I did. 41 min and 35 s. Average tempo 4 min, 36 s. 1h, 37s would be the time on Göteborgsvarvet if I can keep this pace all the 21 km. So it feels good.
I have to run double so fast to compete with the elite. :)

Slottskogen this evening with the YSAs. Brännboll, grilling and chilling. Will be nice. :p


It is also one week until Elder Max Månhammar comes home from his mission in the London South.
Looking forward to see him again after about 3 years.

Rabbin good! Hare bra. Have a good day!

Premiere X2!

I am the second from the left

With some inspiration I decided to start a blog as well.

The main focus will be on running, which is my favorite hobby, but also other stuff and thoughts will sometimes be written.
I will run Göteborgsvarvet this year. It will be my sixth time. Göteborgsvarvet is a half-marathon (21 Km) which goes every year in May. My goal is to run under 1h 30min. 1h 33min is my personal record.
I started the training today to run Lunnarundan. It is a round that is about 9 km long with mixed base.
48min 34sek. Not bad to be the first time for the year. 45 minutes next time and later I will attack 40 minutes.

Run o`hoy!

PS!
Kimbia means running in Swahili.