Overseas visitors tend to fall asleep on their first day here so I was able to slip out for a run and not look like a bad host. Of course by then it was raining so this became a less pleasurable experience right away.

I headed through the forest (VERY muddy) to the cykelväg that goes up to Björndammen and that was enough to fog up my glasses and get sweat dripping in my eyes. From there it is up to the start of the running trail at Furulund and then directly up again in a massive festival of nasty hills. It was only when I reached the top that my body could concentrate on functioning. This hurt. But this was my trail of choice all winter and the one that kept me in great shape.

53 minutes of running is good training for 53 minutes of cross. Especially in rain and mud.