Midsommar

It has been Midsummer (Midsommar) this weekend. I celebrated it down in Frillesås.
Summer songs were played and people danced around the Maypole. Like Christmas except for the Maypole and some songs.
We had luck with the weather, the wind was strong though, but it only rained for a short amount of time.

I had planned to run twice this week, but I only did it once. It was on Tuesday at Skatås.
We did 1 km intervals 6 times. My best time was 3:36. 18 seconds slower than the time I got from the 1000 m race. My slowest was 4:19.
This evening the sauna was warmer than last week. 90°C. I think I was in there between 5 and 10 minutes. Was wonderful.
I got some stitched the third and fourth round, but it went over. I have to eat no later then 2,5 h before the trainings. Otherwise I will get stitches easily. My parents usually eats later than I can, so I have to ask to have dinner earlier or make something myself.
I will try to run twice next week.
On Saturday and Sunday I will be up in Jönköping and play Pilates football and chill.

Well... I write more later.

See ya!

Week rewind

Sunday is the best day to write. It is also good to have a day to relax.

I have started the training again after Göteborgsvarvet. Went twice this week to Skatås.
Monday and Thursday. I was actually late both time. I came 15 minutes late on Monday and just some minutes before the groups ran off on Thursday. The first time I blamed on the traffic.
Drove 30 km/h for almost 5 km.
The second time I just left home late.
So I missed the training on Monday. There are no one left in the club house when they run away      (at least on Mondays). So I hid my bag and ran a 5 km round on my own. I didn't get a super time, 21 min, 36 s. 4:19 min/km.

I ran with other Sunvikings on the Thursday training. We ran 11 km cross country.
I forgot to reset my stopwatch, so I didn't get an exact time. I calculated out with the time, distances and average speed I had and got 1 h, 6 min, 22 s. The average speed was 6:02 min/km.
The reason to the slow speed was that I missed what pace the different groups had and just joined the first best.

It feels good to be back on track with running.

The week has been good. Have had visit from my nephew and brother.
Kids have loads of energy. Would also like to have it, especially when I run. :)

I will train twice next week at Skatås. Tuesday and Thursday.
My next race will be the club championship in the beginning of August. 2,1 km uphill.

Run along!

Here is a picture with the Sunviking suit and parts of my room :)

My first race

I have at least settled down from the Stockholm trip, it hasn't been much running since Göteborgsvarvet.
Just one actually. I ran, what I call, Gräppås rundan. It is 3,2 km long and only on asphalt.
I got the time 13 min and 32 s.

Thursday 9th was the day I ran my first club championship. The distance was 1000 m. I haven't run that distance since my eighth year in school. 2002. It was raining a lot in the morning. I hoped it would stop before the evening. It did, but the track was still wet. There were some small puddles on in.
18:20 was the start for  my heat. We were 6 in my class. Two ran off immediately. It was slippery and I couldn't get good grip at all. I felt I ran slow. It didn't feel fast at all and I didn't have any strength to run faster. I finished second last with the time 3 min and 18 s. The winner had the time 2 min and 50 minutes. You run fast as an African if you can keep the time I got per kilometer for a half marathon. You would get 1 h and 9 min. But now it was only one kilometer we ran and you should get faster min/km time than you have when you run longer distances.
I run in average 4 min, 52 s /km in Göteborgsvarvet.
I can only state that I'm not trained for short distances. More interval and sprint training are needed for me. Intervals are also needed so I can have a faster pace when I run longer distances as well.
Some of the runners made an unofficial 100 m race. 12.83 s was the best time. Two stretched their thighs. So the running track got its preys. :)

Here is another picture and a video clip. The pictures and video are taken with my phone. The quality of the video is crappy.

Run safely!!

Stockholm

I was at the backside of Sweden last week. Stockholm, Västerhaninge and Nynäshamn.
I had a presentation about Lomma community and traveled up the same day with my parents.
We stayed at my sisters and husbands home and at the husbands parents home.
The main reason for the trip to Stockholm was for my brother and wifes move to Nynäshamn. We helped them move on Saturday.
We made a trip on Monday to Mariefred and visited Gripsholm castle and Taxinge castle.
The building on the picture did we visit on Tuesday and Wednesday. It is the Stockholm temple.
Wednesday was the day we traveled home.
It was nice to visit the east coast. To see my siblings that lives there and my uncle.
It was great to be in the temple as well. I haven't been there since last year.
London, Preston, Copenhagen and Stockholm temples are the ones I have been to.

I haven't done any running. I have done some work outs and stretching though.
I will run a club championship this coming Thursday. 1000m at Rambergsvallen.
So I have to run tomorrow. I haven't run on a running track for years. Last time was in Gotland when I ran 3000m. I'm looking forward to it.

I had my last test on Friday. Book keeping and accounting. It felt good and felt I will pass.
Sweden played against Moldova in the evening. 4-1. So it was a good Friday.

It is great to finish of the week with church meetings and to relax.

A new week tomorrow to look forward to.

Take care!

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!

Running and music

Flag of Azerbaijan

I wrote this post a couple of days ago, but deleted it from my blogger app and it got deleted completely.
One lesson learn about the blogger app. I will do one more test with the app and the website, but then I do a test post, so I don't have to write a whole post again.
Well, well...

It has been some music this last week. You can probably figure out of the flag that I watched Eurovision Song Contest. Some Swedes was involved.
I didn't think Sweden would be in the top, but half way through the delivery of the points Sweden was in the lead. I started to hope that Sweden would get more points and hopefully win, but a third place was better than I thought before the competition.
Finland and Austria were some songs I liked. There were a lot of songs that were good this year. Some years can be awful.

I did some running as well.
I didn't run on Saturday as I wrote. Instead I took a bicycle and biked down to Ledets IP, where Lerkils IF play their football games. They play in Division 4 Halland Elite. Level 6 in the Swedish league system.
They played against Tölö IF, a team from Kungsbacka. So it was a community derby.
Lerkil was the best team and won 5-0.
I did some bike intervals. I pedal everything I could for some seconds, rested and did it again. My legs were very sore and tired after that. Was actually hard to bike the last bit home.

I ran on Monday evening as planned. We ran 1 km intervals on a 8 km round. My best kilometer was 4 min 7 sek. Would be under 1,5 h if I kept that tempo during Göteborgsvarvet.

I ran yesterday for the last time. Ran 3,2 km in 13,5 min.
Now I will rest until Saturday.

Tomorrow is da day!

See ya!

Sun viking!

Weekend and soon another week gone.
It started with a lecture on Monday and with running in the evening.
It was long intervals this time. The intervals went well. We run 3x1 km and 3 smaller rounds. Felt good.
An old man, at the club house, said to me: "You are Kim?". "We viewed your membership application yesterday and it got accepted.".
I got the payment information on Wednesday and is now, since Thursday, officially a Sun viking!

I had lectures Monday to Wednesday. The last two started 8 am. Had to go up earlier than I usually go up.
More book keeping and T-accounts drawing. I have to start no later than next week. Two whole weeks with practicing would be enough.

It has been a pretty chill week.
Watched Eurovision Song Contest semifinals. All the Nordic countries, except for Norway, went to the final now on Saturday. I like Finlands Paradise Oskar. It's a good song. I also hope it goes well for Eric Saade and Sweden.
I began my lawn mowing season yesterday, Thursday. Will cut grass for a neighbor for some months and in the entrance (approach) to our neighborhood.

Tomorrow is exactly a week to Göteborgsvarvet. Will run for the last time 10 km. Monday at Skatås and short intervals on Wednesday and rest to Saturday.

So long!

BTW. It's Friday 13. Someone who has had bad luck?