1st Consolidation run 🏃‍♀️

[Dragonflies]

I am currently in Sweden 🇸🇪 working for a couple of weeks. It’s simply a runner’s dream country! Every place of human habitation, no matter how small or large, has at least one 2k or 3k “motionsslinga”, a circular track through a small wood with electric lights spaced along the whole length of it. The track itself is perfect, very compact soil with a thin layer of gravel in some places as well as pine needles, leaves etc.

How did it go? Well, I had been warned that it was quite undulated with a few steep hills. Perfect I thought for increasing my stamina so that I might get fit enough for my post-C5K target of 5k in 30 minutes 💪. I got more than I wished for!

After the first kilometre I had already lost count of the number of hills (and I was only trying to count those of some length), and they seemed to be getting steeper and longer! Although I slowed down considerably, I did not stop and managed to complete my 30 minutes. Distance and pace became totally irrelevant. MapMyRun said an elevation gain of 36! On my normal route back home it’s 13, and the highest elevation gain I have done (once) on my C5K journey was 21. Just pleased that I didn’t stop!

I think I will try the other one on the the other side of town on Friday 😂

[Oldlady57]

Well run you & hillls to boot!!! Must be sort of Graduate thing!!!

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Shows you’ve built stamina! Well done. It looks like a beautiful place to run 🙂

[Tartancat Graduate]

Looks amazing, you lucky thing!

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Wow, Dragonflies... what an amazing place & run! 🌿🌳 You’ve tackled those hills with pure strength & determination 💪

Super work! 🙌🤩

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Simply grand.. well done you.. . illuminated and hills too Perfect... enjoy!

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What a beautiful place to run for your first consolidation Dragonflies, thank you for the pics. Yes, that’s over double the elevation gain of my usual route too, you did well there... you should be chuffed!

Wouldn’t it be great if we all had our very own motionsslinga down the road for the winter evenings?! I hope the other side of town is just as nice for you 🤩🙌🏃‍♀️

[molly1973 Graduate]

Wow! What a beautiful setting! Very inviting (I never thought I would ever say anything like that!) Well done on a tough consolidation run: your next flat run will feel like a breeze!