Magic runs

[Mormor1]

I've been in Sweden for a few days, I lived here many years ago and visit my first husband who still lives here. The countryside is beautiful and perfect for running. I'm on the magic plan, and truly the runs here lived up to the title. I did 2x5k and an 8k through the forest following a well-marked trail. Golly the Swedes do things like that well. This mornings last run was round the lake near the house. We woke up to snow and easterly winds yesterday but today was dead calm and so silent. Apart from the woodpecker with a hammerhead drill!

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Oh how lucky you are! That looks beautiful. How nice to get back there and enjoy the scenery - the Swedes obviously know how to do it, as you say. Enjoy your time there Mormor! 😊😊😊

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to Frenc]

Yes. I'm very, very lucky... Just by ( eventually) having a good enough relationship to be able to visit this beautiful country and run here. Such a bonus.

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Mormor1]

😊

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10]

Wow, that looks beautiful! Great run Mormor1

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo]

Thanks Obk, very beautiful.

[Beatlesforever Graduate10]

Absolutely picture perfect, what fantastic places to run 😍 enjoy your holiday 🥂

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to Beatlesforever]

Thanks Beatles, I did, just got home, back to reality.

[Beatlesforever Graduate10 in reply to Mormor1]

Welcome home! I see you've brought the Swedish weather with you 🥶🤣

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

Ooh how gorgeous is that? I’ve visited Sweden a few times in the past for work and intend to return for a proper holiday.

Enjoy yourself 🤗

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to Irishprincess]

Thanks IP, I did...and getting the runs in was a real bonus as well as experiencing the landscape from another perspective.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Look at that!!! it’s flipping beautiful, well done for getting those runs in and seeing all that snow, what a stunning setting

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Yes, truly amazing to be running in such beauty, not just looking at it but being in it.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Mormor1]

Yes it must be

[Doris8 Graduate10]

What a lovely picture very scenic. Thank goodness never woke up to that amount this morning just a dusting. . Enjoy the rest of your holiday 😊

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to Doris8]

Thanks Doris8, tho the Swedes are so efficient that the roads are being swept and gritted as fast as the snow falls.

[Roxdog Graduate10]

Oh look, how beautiful! Makes our little bit of snow today seem pathetic!

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to Roxdog]

It does! If you're going to have snow then have it properly!

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10]

Gorgeous pictures. I absolutely love Scandinavia. I’ve only been to Stockholm in Sweden but I’d love to visit the more rural parts.

I think we must be roughly at the same stage of the magic plan-my week was 4k, 5k and 8k although I deviated a bit. It sounds like you’re doing really well.

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to MissUnderstanding]

I lived in Stockholm for a couple of years and learnt Swedish in a language school there It's beautiful, all that water adds another dimension.

Not sure which week I'm on, must check tomorrow, but that was my second week of 3Rd run being 8k so next week it's a 9 sometime...will you continue after reaching the magic 10?

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Mormor1]

We loved Stockholm and would go back tomorrow. Such a great city.

I’m definitely going to continue with the magic plan. After going rogue this week and accidentally running 10K on Wednesday (oops!), I’m going to be back with week 5 on Monday. I want to get used to running the longer distances regularly before increasing any more.

Saying that, last night I did do a bit of googling and there’s a local half marathon at the end of September…

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to MissUnderstanding]

Think I start week 6 tomorrow... Weather permitting... I got to 10 miles last June and will carry on increasing 1x week till i get back there. Hopefully increasing stamina by not rushing it this time...I like the reprieve of the 2 shorter runs! After Stockholm we moved to Småland for 3 years...County of lakes and forests....I prefer the south, Skåne. Where I go now. The Baltic sea nearby and big skies...I'm in East Anglia so used to that, tho the north sea doesn't quite match up I swim in it alot!

[Birdlady64 Graduate10]

Oh that looks so amazing.I am jealous

[Mormor1 Graduate10]

Totally agree, I would be too if it were someone else!

[sparky66 Graduate10]

Awe Mormor1,Welcome home 😀

That sure sounds such a wonderful place to visit and run 🏃‍♀️

I don't know what the "magic plan" is.. but it sure sounds magical!

Fabulous x

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to sparky66]

It's 2 short runs and one longer one each week.... To reach 10k...then I'll probably carry on to 16k again....it seems to work for me and I do like a goal.

[OpheliaCrying]

I want to befriends with your former husband. I’d love to run there and swim in that lake. You lucky thing. And well done on the running.

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to OpheliaCrying]

He does live in an idyllic area. I do usually swim and if I'd had a towel on me maybe I would have on the first day....my son was there a month ago and jumped in....the water temp is 2.5!! He got our as fast as he got in!

[OpheliaCrying in reply to Mormor1]

I do cold water swimming throughout the winter. 2.5 is brassic. But quite a buzz afterwards.

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to OpheliaCrying]

Well done you, I'd love manage it all year but as I've got older I've lost body fat and now I get too cold too quickly. I'll start again soon tho, it's a great way to cool down after a long run!

[OpheliaCrying in reply to Mormor1]

I swim skins mostly but the shortie 1.5mm wetsuits from Decathlon are a really good little insulator. And light enough to carry in a small pack for wild swims, I think mine was £19.99.

[Newbie59]

How lovely! I recently discovered a podcast on the BBC Sounds app: "The Cold Swedish Winter". It's a comedy in five series - I've listened to them all

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to Newbie59]

Yes. I listened and enjoyed them too.