Friday, April 30, 2010

Along the canal

Lägg till bildEarlier today I drove my daughter to her cello lesson in town, and instead of waiting in the car while she played I went for a run along the canal and the locks in Trollhättan.

I haven't been running for a while because I haven't been feeling too good after a dentist appointment recently. I had a wisdom tooth taken out and I wish the healing process had been a bit quicker. Anyway, today I gave running a try and I did fine I guess but I have my doubts about setting a new 10k pr on an upcoming race this Tuesday. Legs felt awkward today and my heartrate was a bit higher than usual. Well I'll give it a try on Tuesday and we'll see what happens.

My run today was on tracks and roads where I've never run before and I wonder why because the area is really great and I hope you can see that on the photos.

I had no idea if I would make it back in time for when my daughters lesson ended and got a bit nervous at the last few kms. I thought the time went a bit too fast and I was running on the wrong side of the canal so a shortcut was out of the question. The only thing I could do was to speed up towards the bridge and then turn around and go back a bit on the right side. I arrived a few minutes after the lesson was supposed to end but as it turned out my daughter stayed for another 10 minutes in the music room to listen to the students that played after her so I was the one that had to hang around and wait for a little while. But that was ok and I had the chance to cool down and get my breathing back to normal before we drove back home again. All in all I had a great run and I think the time was well spent. Much better than just sitting in the car waiting during her lesson.

Friday, April 23, 2010

RtNP#22 Back in the forest

It's good to be back home again even if Greece have become some kind of a second home for us and I already miss the warm and beautiful weather. My hope is that the spring and summer soon will come to us here. In the meantime I guess I'll just have to dress a bit warmer and get on with the training that went so well on our vacation.

In this episode I sum up some of my running in Greece and I also talk a bit about the arrival of spring as I try to find my way trough a new part of the forest.

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Saturday, April 10, 2010

RtNP#21 Running in Greece

I find great pleasure in running in other locations when I'm on vacation. It's a great way to see things that you don't easily see from a car or bus.
In a way the environment comes more alive when experienced on foot, and what could be better than combining two things that I really like, running and sightseeing.
This was recorded in central Greece on a warm but windy day.
I only had a mini PC with a poor soundcard for the editing so I don't really know what it all sounds like. Sorry if the quality isn't the best, but I hope you can sense my excitement and joy for being here and exploring the area. I hope you'll find it worth listening to.

In this episode ..
..you can hear me talk about what I see and hear around here. I also meet a few animals, some scary and some invisible.

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.. is from the PodShow Podsafe Music Network, at http://www.music.podshow.com/
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