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PostsGobi March (2014) blog posts from Fredrik Strömwall
09 June 2014 01:01 am (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
Hi all!
Another day, another flight... I won't bore you with details about the absolutely fantastic dinner buff
07 June 2014 02:27 am (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
So, that was that! Sitting on the airplane from Bole to
Comments: Total (11) comments
Anna Kollin
Posted On: 08 Jun 2014 06:12 pm
Grattis Fredrik! Fantastiskt bra gjort! Snart dags för nästa ökenlopp?!
Anna
Anders Lindberg
Posted On: 08 Jun 2014 06:11 pm
Makalöst! Saknar ord - helt enkelt "bra jobbat"!
Vi ses i höst...om du inte hittat nån annan öken att korsa!
jill viola
Posted On: 08 Jun 2014 11:40 am
Ted, Brett Foote (a friend) wrote about you in his blog. Your desert concert should have been recorded! I'm sure no one in the Gobi would ever have heard the songs you both sang to keep the forward momentum. Congratulations on an inspiring effort.
Magnus Strömwall
Posted On: 08 Jun 2014 09:15 am
Grattis! Verkligen en bedrift men hade inte trott nåt annat heller faktiskt med anledning av dina statusuppdateringar på FB. Slipper man se dom nu ;) ?
Kom upp och fiska lite gädda!!!// Bro
Mia Järund
Posted On: 07 Jun 2014 09:54 pm
Amazing! Totalt in awe of your achievement. Love to hear more and see the pics from The race.
In the top 12, Who would have thought! Come back for wellwishes.
Hug mia
Tina/per Karlberg
Posted On: 07 Jun 2014 09:48 pm
GRATTIS från Södermöja! Grymt bra jobbat. Vi är inte alls förvånade över att det gick så bra men desto mer imponerade. Nu ser vi fram emot alla berättelser och bilder. Vilken blir din nästa utmaning?
Emma Campbell
Posted On: 07 Jun 2014 07:22 pm
Stort Grattis!! Tur att det löste sig i gaten... låter skönt med Spa ;) Ska bli jättekul att höra om ditt äventyr och få krama om dig när du kommer hem! Kidsen säger att i år kom du ettaetta och nästa gång kanske bara etta :) Välkommen hem! Kram lill-siss med fam
Kerstin Strömwall
Posted On: 07 Jun 2014 06:08 pm
Stort GRATTIS! Skönt att du kunnat genomföra loppet och det med den äran! Ska bli kul att få höra allt när du komemr hem, välkommen! Kram
Johan Strömwall
Posted On: 07 Jun 2014 05:05 pm
GRATTIS, bra jobbat! Det gick ju oförskämt bra, kanske t.o.m. bättre än du hoppats...Vi är alla imponerade! Elefanten blev uppäten...
Inga värre skador eller överbelastningar, otroligt! Det var också kul att följa bloggen, Du har talang där med...
Ha nu en trevlig resa, så hörs vi när du vilat upp Dig. Hör förresten av Dig om Du behöver transport el dylikt.
Kram Johan
Bo Bergman
Posted On: 07 Jun 2014 04:27 pm
Vilken bedrift! Stort grattis! We love you. Vi ser fram mot dina berättelser senare i sommar på verandan.
(B är lite avis)
Kramar från Irene och Bosse
Cilla Björk
Posted On: 07 Jun 2014 02:41 pm
Enormt stort grattis till en enorm bedrift! Att ha tränat, tagit dig till Kina, kommit i mål utan större skador och dessutom klarat av den sista svårigheten med passkontrollanten;-) Impad!!! Men ja, självklart mest impad över dina mil och målgång!!! Unnar dig en härlig middag nu!! Kram!! Cilla
06 June 2014 01:41 am (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi
Hey ho, let’s go…
First: It really makes me happy and encourages me to read your comments, I wish I could answer you all but I can’t from the cybertent here.
Yesterday it was time for the long day, it came to be 72 km in total. No big bodytrouble, a sore groin on the left side but that was all. Me and my new buddy Brett decided to try to do it together as we matched up so good the day before. The plan was to walk uphill and run on the flats and the downhills. It started with a 1600m elevation over the first 30 km and we stuck to the plan, powerwalking, feeling good, talking. At the first 3 checkpoints we came in top 20, confident, no issues. I will spare you details today but we struggled on, up and down. The total elevation was 2400 meters over the day so there was a lot of walking. With around 30km left we were abit tired but we were also past our lows, Brett had one after 45 and I somewhere around 55, I think. We could see other competitors in the distance and started sensing the smell of blood…
Pounding on, gaining on them we chewed them up, one by one, until we got up to the top of the last climb. From there it was just a 5km downhill run to finish and the guy ahead of us, Paul, had seen us and gave it all he had. So did we but we couldn’t catch him. So we stormed in 11 (Brett) and 12 (myself) after roughly 10h30m.
Sticking to the plan, working hard without gaining lactic acid in the climbs, running where we could, we did it! I was so happy having Brett there all day and I think he was happy having me there.
Did you know, elephant meat isn’t that bad once you get the taste for it…
Miss you all! When I get home and organized again we’ll have a barbecue on my patio.
Still in chock,
Fredrik
First: It really makes me happy and encourages me to read your comments, I wish I could answer you all but I can’t from the cybertent here.
Yesterday it was time for the long day, it came to be 72 km in total. No big bodytrouble, a sore groin on the left side but that was all. Me and my new buddy Brett decided to try to do it together as we matched up so good the day before. The plan was to walk uphill and run on the flats and the downhills. It started with a 1600m elevation over the first 30 km and we stuck to the plan, powerwalking, feeling good, talking. At the first 3 checkpoints we came in top 20, confident, no issues. I will spare you details today but we struggled on, up and down. The total elevation was 2400 meters over the day so there was a lot of walking. With around 30km left we were abit tired but we were also past our lows, Brett had one after 45 and I somewhere around 55, I think. We could see other competitors in the distance and started sensing the smell of blood…
Pounding on, gaining on them we chewed them up, one by one, until we got up to the top of the last climb. From there it was just a 5km downhill run to finish and the guy ahead of us, Paul, had seen us and gave it all he had. So did we but we couldn’t catch him. So we stormed in 11 (Brett) and 12 (myself) after roughly 10h30m.
Sticking to the plan, working hard without gaining lactic acid in the climbs, running where we could, we did it! I was so happy having Brett there all day and I think he was happy having me there.
Did you know, elephant meat isn’t that bad once you get the taste for it…
Miss you all! When I get home and organized again we’ll have a barbecue on my patio.
Still in chock,
Fredrik
Comments: Total (9) comments
Karin Dahlberg
Posted On: 07 Jun 2014 11:21 am
Fick ett mail för en stund sen att alla är officiellt i mål!! GRATTIS Fredrik till en fantastisk bedrift OCH dessutom till en otroligt bra placering! Ska bli spännande att höra om alla strapatser! Jag kanske rent av springer hela vägen hem till dig😉 Njut nu av kvällens bal o prisutdelningar och sen vila vila.. Kram Karin
Kerstin Strömwall
Posted On: 07 Jun 2014 09:17 am
Grattis till att ha genomfört denna dag! Nu är det väl bara att peppa igen och ut i spåret! Vi har följt dig på blog och lista och är jätteimponerade, pappa och jag. Elefantkött, ja du det är lite svårt att få tag i här men vi vill gärna höra och se en reseskildring live så småningom! Kram från mamma och pappa
Cilla Björk
Posted On: 07 Jun 2014 08:32 am
Jag blir lite rörd av att läsa dina inlägg. I en sån här utmaning anar jag att man kommer väldigt nära den egna inre kraften, en urkraft som man kanske normalt inte lyssnar på. Och med den närhet och nakenhet det ger så önskar jag dig motsvarande urgrundslycka, glädje och tillfredsställelse när du väl kommer i mål idag. Du gör en fantastisk insats, Fredrik!!! Kram Cilla
Per Karlberg
Posted On: 07 Jun 2014 08:02 am
Fantastic! I've spent time looking through the pic's. The sceanery! I don't expect you to stop and tace any for yourself, so greet the official photografer from me. It looks Amazing. I'm really longing for that barbecue, not for the elephant meat, but for all the details. Have a nice and well deserved resting day. Hits from us porch-sitters at Södermöja.
Magnus Strömwall
Posted On: 07 Jun 2014 07:55 am
Galet bra prestation! Gör inget förhastat på sista nu, som t ex att tackla ned några medtävlande på sista målrakan... eller att bryta benet... på nån av dom :)
Emma Campbell
Posted On: 07 Jun 2014 07:46 am
Tjohooo! Du är galet bra! Men också synnerligen trevlig, omtänksam och klok för att inte snöa in helt på dina benmuskler och råvilja ;) kramar från Kolmårdstrollen <3
Tina Karlberg
Posted On: 07 Jun 2014 07:35 am
Well, I have stopped being amazed. Almost. You just do it?!? Looking forward to se that you are all at the final goal. Great, great work!
Eva Johansson
Posted On: 07 Jun 2014 07:23 am
Wow, 72 km och där, helt klart imponerad. Nu är du snart i mål, sista etappen måste ju vara a piece of cake för dig :). Så himla bra gjort//Eva
johan Strömwall
Posted On: 07 Jun 2014 06:21 am
Hej! Måste vara helt underbart att ha fixat den långa etappen!!! Nu är det bara att njuta av sista delen av äventyret, vi är stolta och glada att det gått så bra! Ser fram emot att ses och få höra detaljer...bl.a. om hur elefantkött smakar, när man kommer in till att gnaga på benen, och nästan hela är uppäten...
Kramar frr Johan m fmailj
04 June 2014 02:09 am (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi
Well, you won’t believe this: finished 9 today!!! Yeah! Top 10!
Never ever thought I’d be up there. And I was feeling good all the time. When Jay, head of the doctors, asked me at the last checkpoint how I felt I answered ‘Kicking ass” and it was really from my heart.
So, after a rainy night we woke up to a cold (2-3c) but clear morning. Sleep had been so-so but ok. Got breakfast and coffee this morning anyway, sun up and it stayed up all the race. First leg was easy, tried, as always, to keep a low pulse without letting the field slip away too much. No probs until the last 500meters where I stepped, or plunged my foot, into a mud hole, up to the knee. Had to stop in a creek to wash up. Leg 2 was a hard climb, 700 meters, almost no running. But the scenery… WOW!!
Maybe halfway up I teamed up with Brett, a really nice Australian guy, and we did then rest of the race together wich was really cool,chatting away about this and that, running on flat and downhill, walking uphill. We were really matched tempowise and had a great day in the hot sun! Ran in to the camp together and split the ninth place (I told them to log his chip first).
Had to go into my tent to have a little crying/laughing moment for myself…
Time? Around 6h15min I think.
Looked at the overall so far and I’m 13 before today!
I keep writing this but if someone would have told me this 4 days ago I would have laughed so hard that I probably would popped a vessel or something…
Claude (check his blog too, Claude Kollin) came in walking on a good time and today he is determined to continue. Not in yet, though.
Tomorrow’s “The long day”, 67km, and I’ll be more than happy just to walk it.
We’ll see what happens.
Bye for now!
Never ever thought I’d be up there. And I was feeling good all the time. When Jay, head of the doctors, asked me at the last checkpoint how I felt I answered ‘Kicking ass” and it was really from my heart.
So, after a rainy night we woke up to a cold (2-3c) but clear morning. Sleep had been so-so but ok. Got breakfast and coffee this morning anyway, sun up and it stayed up all the race. First leg was easy, tried, as always, to keep a low pulse without letting the field slip away too much. No probs until the last 500meters where I stepped, or plunged my foot, into a mud hole, up to the knee. Had to stop in a creek to wash up. Leg 2 was a hard climb, 700 meters, almost no running. But the scenery… WOW!!
Maybe halfway up I teamed up with Brett, a really nice Australian guy, and we did then rest of the race together wich was really cool,chatting away about this and that, running on flat and downhill, walking uphill. We were really matched tempowise and had a great day in the hot sun! Ran in to the camp together and split the ninth place (I told them to log his chip first).
Had to go into my tent to have a little crying/laughing moment for myself…
Time? Around 6h15min I think.
Looked at the overall so far and I’m 13 before today!
I keep writing this but if someone would have told me this 4 days ago I would have laughed so hard that I probably would popped a vessel or something…
Claude (check his blog too, Claude Kollin) came in walking on a good time and today he is determined to continue. Not in yet, though.
Tomorrow’s “The long day”, 67km, and I’ll be more than happy just to walk it.
We’ll see what happens.
Bye for now!
Comments: Total (9) comments
Kestin Strömwall
Posted On: 06 Jun 2014 10:52 am
Fint Fredde! Ta det varligt sista dagarna - håller tummarna så att det går bra! Tänk - snart är det över! Kram
Anders Lindberg
Posted On: 05 Jun 2014 08:23 pm
Du är sanslöst imponerande! Go for it!
Eller: kör så det ryker! Alla tummar hålles in i det sista - och som bror din bror säger: med ditt smarta upplägg så håller du tempot, närmar dig medans dr andra saktar in...
Oooooliiiiidligt spännande!
Emma Campbell
Posted On: 05 Jun 2014 06:49 pm
<3 Följer dig varje dag :)
Cilla Björk
Posted On: 05 Jun 2014 02:34 pm
Är så otroligt imponerad av din prestation hittills - och framförallt all den träning som jag nu ser verkligen ger resultat!! Det här är ju beviset på att ditt träningsupplägg var helt rätt för det du nu utför. Tänker på dig lite extra idag när långpasset är riktigt lååångt!!! Många kramar!! Cilla
Johan Strömwall
Posted On: 05 Jun 2014 11:53 am
Hej! Helt otroligt att kolla resultaten efter varje etapp, Du verkar stark, andra blir långsammare. När jag skriver detta är Du ute på den långa etappen, vi tänker på dig, hoppas hoppas allt flyter på som tidigare!!
Pappa har fått nu shunten igångsatt, och mådde enligt mamma genast bättre, hoppas det håller i sig. känns som goda nyheter, kanske ger det Dig lite extra positiv energi att höra det också!
Ser fram emot rapport från dagens etapp!
Kram Johan m familj
Tina Karlberg
Posted On: 05 Jun 2014 09:13 am
...and the goal is drawing nearer! Fantastisc job! All possible fingers crossed!
Per Karlberg
Posted On: 05 Jun 2014 07:45 am
Good job. You’re fantastic. I really enjoy your blog and am fascinated by this. Are the food ok? Enough and good? It looks a bit boring to eat from aluminum bags. Keep up the fantastic spirit and take good care of you. The next leg seems to be a very very hard one.
Hakan Thomee
Posted On: 05 Jun 2014 07:29 am
Otroligt bra jobbat Fredrik!!
Topp 10 verkar vara som i en liten ask...även om det inte är tävling, eller hur. :-)
Kör hårt!
Bo Bergman
Posted On: 05 Jun 2014 04:02 am
Fantastisk prestation Fredrik!
Själv plågade jag mig runt i Blodomloppet i går. 5km!!!
Lycka till med fortsättningen.
Bosse
03 June 2014 12:28 pm (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi
Hola! (sharing tent with Spanish guys and a Mexican girl…)
Today was… well, wet and cold. Rain all night, tents all humid and clothes damp. On top of that we overslept a bit so it got bit stressful getting all gear in order for the start. Tried to go really slow (Yeah, right…) in the beginning, after 5km there was a rather hard uphill section for the rest of the first leg, I hung in there, tried not to do anything foolish like try to catch someone or care if I got overtaken. Then came the rain… First as a drizzle and then as hard rain and strong wind. We even had a small hailstorm!
After the first leg it was better running but still bad weather. Got to the second checkpoint a bit tired but ok and got the information that this stage was shortened because of heavy weather with snow in the mountains (where we were supposed to run) and it was just 3km left. I looked over my shoulder and saw another guy just 100 meters behind me so I started running. I thought I would be too tired to run but made the last three km in 15 minutes and it felt good to be able to speed up after 20km of tough, cold and wet running. Need I say he tried to catch me but he couldn’t J. Came in 15 today…
Claude also made it today! He borrowed a couple of walkingsticks from one of the Spaniards. He (Claude) is a tough guy!
Now the sun is out, we’re slacking in the sun and worrying about where they will add the 18km we didn’t get to run today.
Comments: Total (8) comments
Anna Kollin
Posted On: 04 Jun 2014 08:29 pm
Bra jobbat Fredrik! Vilken otroligt bra placering du har!
Lycka till imorgon!
Karin Dahlberg
Posted On: 04 Jun 2014 07:33 pm
Highlight of the day, to log in to your blog and read about today's struggles and accomplishments:-) and doing so from the sofa...checked out all the photos as well, what a scenery! Henrik is wondering if you have a GoPro mounted on your forehead so you can capture every step of the race?
Good luck tomorow Fredrik, you're a pro! // Karin
Emma Campbell
Posted On: 04 Jun 2014 07:14 pm
Du är bäst!! Hejar järnet, å du... smålata systern blev inspirerad och sprang 3 km häromdagen ;D
Annika Lindholm
Posted On: 04 Jun 2014 06:49 pm
Hej!
Är så imponerad av dina fina resultat och roligt att läsa bloggen. Verkar som om du är i toppenform!!
Hoppas det fortsätter lika bra, och ta hand om dig.
/Annika
Magnus Strömwall
Posted On: 04 Jun 2014 02:51 pm
Nice job bro! Continue being smart, its easy to make mistakes and slip/trip when tired. Youre not twentyfive... but we ARE impressed... promise :-)
Johan Strömwall
Posted On: 04 Jun 2014 01:33 pm
Hej! När Du läser detta är Du ju redan i mål efter Stage 4...konstigt att ni har sådant väder, det trodde jag inte!!
Hur som helst, du verkar ha koll på läget, fortsätt vara smart, det är mycket kvar! Kul också att kolla alla bilderna, du är med på ett antal, ser bra ut!!
Kram fr oss i Nykvarn
Tina Karlberg
Posted On: 04 Jun 2014 09:44 am
Rain and snow in the desert. Sounds like home, except for the desert. Now, you keep that cool head and quick leg of yours. Hope you hear our cheering from over the hilltops!
Yasmin Osman
Posted On: 04 Jun 2014 09:37 am
Hej!
Underbart att du orkar fortsätta. jag är verkligen imponerad. Keep the spirits up. Kram Yasmin
02 June 2014 12:27 pm (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
First, thanks for your cheers and comments, it’s nice to have some kind of contact with the outer world!
Today I woke up in a damp tent. We camped by a dry river but the ground held a lot of water appearantly and it all oozed up into our tent during the night. RACEDAY TWO – it really felt like raceday one as I had no intention to come here to race but my result yesterday gave me a different feeling for today… I’m still not here to race but you know me… Started off a bit too fast, trying hard to keep my pulse down the first couple of km;s but it was not easy… First leg was quite easy running, second too but after that it was slightly uphill, wich is ok, but big sharp stones everywhere made it almost impossible to run so I powerwalked most of it. At checkpoint 3 (30km) I was in 11:th place and feeling good but the walking took its toll so the last, fourth, leg saw me walking almost all of it. Got passed by one and ran over the finishline together with a german guy finishing 12, both of us. Lot of sweating today, not very hot but humid, humid.
Dead tired in my legs but as they felt really good this morning even after yesterdays beating I have good hope for tomorrow. I won’t compete! That’s a mantra I’m constantly repeating to myself. We’ll see how that goes. I came here to just do this and come back alive and well.
Small toe issues but nothing bad, body’s holding out well so far!
I’ll get back to you tomorrow.
Oh, and a funny thing has occurred: I’m starting to think in English! I speak it all the time, even with the guys from Norway and sometomes even with Claude.
SDMoL!!
Today I woke up in a damp tent. We camped by a dry river but the ground held a lot of water appearantly and it all oozed up into our tent during the night. RACEDAY TWO – it really felt like raceday one as I had no intention to come here to race but my result yesterday gave me a different feeling for today… I’m still not here to race but you know me… Started off a bit too fast, trying hard to keep my pulse down the first couple of km;s but it was not easy… First leg was quite easy running, second too but after that it was slightly uphill, wich is ok, but big sharp stones everywhere made it almost impossible to run so I powerwalked most of it. At checkpoint 3 (30km) I was in 11:th place and feeling good but the walking took its toll so the last, fourth, leg saw me walking almost all of it. Got passed by one and ran over the finishline together with a german guy finishing 12, both of us. Lot of sweating today, not very hot but humid, humid.
Dead tired in my legs but as they felt really good this morning even after yesterdays beating I have good hope for tomorrow. I won’t compete! That’s a mantra I’m constantly repeating to myself. We’ll see how that goes. I came here to just do this and come back alive and well.
Small toe issues but nothing bad, body’s holding out well so far!
I’ll get back to you tomorrow.
Oh, and a funny thing has occurred: I’m starting to think in English! I speak it all the time, even with the guys from Norway and sometomes even with Claude.
SDMoL!!
Comments: Total (9) comments
Mia Järund
Posted On: 03 Jun 2014 11:17 pm
Det går ju riktigt bra! Det är bara att öka!!
Stolt över dig.
Vi gjorde blodomloppet idag som vi lovade. Regn och kallt men trevligt kram
Irene Lundell
Posted On: 03 Jun 2014 06:32 pm
Fredrik,
Så kul att följa dina uppdateringar. Och så skönt det måste känna att kroppen är med dig. Lite tävling är väl livet i alla fall ;) men jag anar känslan att du inte vill ta ut dig... kroppen ska ju hålla hela vägen. Och jag är säker på att den kommer att göra det.
BTW, know the feeling about English. I work in English all the time, write 90% of my e-mail in English. Sometimes I find myself having spoken English to a Swedish colleague over lunch without noticing.
Njut av loppet, människorna, Kina och naturen!
Kram
Per Aldén
Posted On: 03 Jun 2014 07:31 am
We are so impressed by you Fredrik! Keep going, we are following you at the blog and web site/Sergel City
Sergel City
Posted On: 03 Jun 2014 07:30 am
Heja dig!!
Vi på Sergel är med dig i varje steg! Härligt att höra att det går så bra för dig!
Hälsningar från alla på Sergel
Cilla Björk
Posted On: 03 Jun 2014 05:58 am
Mina ben är bara lite stela nu efter lördagens lopp, men jag tror inte kroppen vill springa riktigt ännu. Och du gör det igen och igen. Är så otroligt impad över din prestation! Malin sitter här bredvid och har just läst ditt inlägg också. Hon hälsar! ;-) Fortsätt nu i kontrollerat tempo, lätta fötter och gott humör. Heja dig, Fredrik!!!! Kram Cilla
Johan Strömwall
Posted On: 03 Jun 2014 05:57 am
Hej! Grattis till en ny jättestark insats, hoppas nu Du kan hushålla med krafterna under dag 3, bra att Du tänker rätt, pacing is everything! Det blir ju mer och mer ett mentalt krig mot tröttheten, men Du klarar det! Kör hårt, men inte FÖR hårt!
Vi ser fram emot nästa rapport. Skrev på svenska så att du inte glömmer Ditt modersmål...
Kram fr Johan m familj
Per Karlberg
Posted On: 03 Jun 2014 05:24 am
There are still no photos or videos posted from step 2.
Per Karlberg
Posted On: 03 Jun 2014 05:19 am
Fredrik
You’re our hero! Believe me; I understand your mind struggle to win over your competitive personality. Regard that as a competition in itself.
It’s very good to hear that your body is holding up. But you should be more careful picking spots for your tent. And you say it’s humid during days and you expected storm and thunder the day before yesterday. I thought you were running in a desert? Interesting!
I looked through the 227 pictures yesterday! It looks very beautiful and you all seem to have a very friendly and good spirit in the group. I wish you a good stage 3 and expect to take good care of yourself.
Per
Tina Karlberg
Posted On: 03 Jun 2014 05:13 am
Great to see your fine result from the second day of running. You are right to be proud. Even though you're NOTNOTNOT competing... Hope you get the recovery that you need, as well. All the best!
02 June 2014 01:40 am (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
And, btw, today’s result was 5h13m/39km.
Really
Really, really proud of myself so far!
Really
Really, really proud of myself so far!
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01 June 2014 01:13 am (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
Yay! Finally running after a lot of travelling and waiting.
No storm or rain last night although that was almost a promise from the weather guys. Nice morning bit a bit cold. Started at 08.00, everybody screaming and running off. Me and Claude took it really cool the first stage (10km) and made it as around 40 to the first checkpoint, pulse never over 125, mostly walking uphill. About one km into the second stage Claude’s foot started hurting and he told me to run on. So I did. Keeping pulse in zone 3/5 I suddenly noticed I started to pass other runners, one by one…
The sun got hotter, the sky was (is) totally clear and the temperature started to rise up to over 30 (38 now). Anyway, drinking good, taking my electrolytes I finished 16 (out of 113) just an hour after todays leader!!!
Sore but blisterfree feet, not exhausted. All good! Slacking at the campsite, waiting for Claude to arrive. I hope it won’t be in a car….
Oh, and we saw a wolf!
Bye for now and thanks for comments on the blog, it’s nice to read them.
No storm or rain last night although that was almost a promise from the weather guys. Nice morning bit a bit cold. Started at 08.00, everybody screaming and running off. Me and Claude took it really cool the first stage (10km) and made it as around 40 to the first checkpoint, pulse never over 125, mostly walking uphill. About one km into the second stage Claude’s foot started hurting and he told me to run on. So I did. Keeping pulse in zone 3/5 I suddenly noticed I started to pass other runners, one by one…
The sun got hotter, the sky was (is) totally clear and the temperature started to rise up to over 30 (38 now). Anyway, drinking good, taking my electrolytes I finished 16 (out of 113) just an hour after todays leader!!!
Sore but blisterfree feet, not exhausted. All good! Slacking at the campsite, waiting for Claude to arrive. I hope it won’t be in a car….
Oh, and we saw a wolf!
Bye for now and thanks for comments on the blog, it’s nice to read them.
Comments: Total (11) comments
Eva Johansson
Posted On: 02 Jun 2014 02:37 pm
Heja heja Fredrik! Vad skoj att kunna följa dig och Claude på resan. Ha det "gott" och sköt om fötterna//Eva
David kusin
Posted On: 02 Jun 2014 01:59 pm
Heja Freddan! Stolt över dig. Kör hårt nu
Emma Campbell
Posted On: 02 Jun 2014 01:37 pm
Go go go!!! Fler som vill lyssna på varghistorier här ;) Kram!!
Elaine Viksten
Posted On: 02 Jun 2014 12:08 pm
Well done! Bra jobbat! :-)
Sekreterarna Sergel
Posted On: 02 Jun 2014 11:40 am
Heja på !!!
Hoppas du är lika kvick i fötterna som vi är i fingrarna ! Vi hejar på dig.
Hälsningar
Inger & Eva
Anders Holgersson
Posted On: 02 Jun 2014 11:22 am
Jättekul att följa dig Fredrik, och härligt att det börjat så bra. Men så verkar du skött din försäsongsträning exemplariskt också. Fortsätt spring med hjärnan i coolt läge så kommer det här att gå superbra :-)
Per Karlberg
Posted On: 02 Jun 2014 09:06 am
You're great. Fantastic! As I understand it you are out right now running the second stage. Good luck today as well and I hope Claudes feet will hold him moving today. Here are we already talking about the next “Soup run” where you can tell us all about your adventure. Will that be on your porch? When?
Irene Lundell
Posted On: 02 Jun 2014 07:39 am
Hej,
Så kul att ha hittat till din blogg så att jag kan följa äventyret. Det låter som om första etappen gick riktigt bra, hoppas det fortsätter på samma sätt! Många kramar
Tina Karlberg
Posted On: 02 Jun 2014 06:34 am
Keep it up! You seem to have made a cool-headed start, yet finishing 16, so really impressed. May your feet be with you!
(Myself, I only took few and slow steps yesterday, after the Stockholm Matathon, so hope you are feeling much better than I did. I am sure you did!)
Cilla Björk
Posted On: 02 Jun 2014 06:31 am
Heja dig! Oj, vad vi tänker på dig här hemma! Igår var väntan väldigt lång på att få höra att ni kommit i mål. Och att få veta att din första dag gick så bra! Själva sprang vi ju marathon - en häftig upplevelse. Smärta i kroppen - och sådan enorm lycka att springa in på Stadion och över mållinjen. Helt enormt! Varmt lycka till på din andra etapp! Här skiner solen och jag ska jobba;-) Kram Cilla
Johan Strömwall
Posted On: 02 Jun 2014 06:24 am
Skönt att höra att allt verkar funka! Hoppas Claude är ok, hälsa och önska krya på!!!
Vi håller alla tummar och följer Ditt race med stort intresse, ha kul and "Race Smart"!
Kram fr oss alla, speciellt Svea hälsar, Du måste berätta om vargen för henne när Du kommer hem!
/Johan + familj
31 May 2014 02:05 am (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
After getting all our gear checked, getting our bib’s (nummerlappar) and tent assignments we were bussed here in the afternoon. I managed to get hold of some Nescaf`e at a departmentstore in Bole (forgot to bring it from home and risked getting too much blood in my coffesystem during the week but it’s all taken care of now, in the eleventh hour. J There will be no cellphone or email (not even the almighty facebook) contact during the week so this is the only means of communication. Just had dinner and sorting the gear out for tomorrow. Soon bedtime! Wonder if I’ll get any sleep tonight, tent’s been changed to concrete houses (that’s really a matter of definition…) because of risk for a stormy night and the floors are uneven bricks. Oh, well…I’ll write again tomorrow to tell you about the first day, I really look forward to the racestart!!
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anders lindberg
Posted On: 01 Jun 2014 08:32 pm
Wish you all the best! Ive prepared for good podiatric carebon your rertunr! The blog is soemwhat cranky at rhe moment but you'll get the message:my money is on you. Youre an otrotpedic surgeon for good sakes! Let mw know when the need for an anaesthetist kicks in....;-)
I'll do my very best to support from afare if needed!
Go for it, Fredrik. You can do it!
Abders L
Maria Pekkari
Posted On: 01 Jun 2014 08:04 pm
Snyggt jobbat! Grattis till första etappen klar!!
Kram maria pekkari
Emma Campbell
Posted On: 01 Jun 2014 07:11 pm
Grattis till första etappmålet! Kör på å ha så kul imorgon oxå! Kram Emma å Kolmårdstrollen
Karin Dahlberg
Posted On: 01 Jun 2014 07:04 pm
Vilken bra tid! Riktigt spännande det här!! ..även hemifrån soffan! Ser fram emot din nästa uppdatering och lycka till med morgondagns etapp!
Tina Karlberg
Posted On: 01 Jun 2014 04:37 pm
Det såg ju lysande ut, det där. Vad starka ni är! Det blir spännande att höra hur ni har uppfattat den första etappen. Per hälsar, förstås!
Tina
Johan Strömwall
Posted On: 01 Jun 2014 03:43 pm
Hej och grattis till en suverän första etapp! Spännande att höra hur Du upplevde dagen! Såg att Claude också kom i mål, ca 2 h efter Dig. Hoppas allt är bra, att fötterna, knäna och humöret håller! Kom ihåg metaforen om elefanten!
Kram fr Johan med familj
Jaklina Milinkovic
Posted On: 01 Jun 2014 02:46 pm
Lycka tilll!!
Yasmin Osman
Posted On: 01 Jun 2014 11:19 am
Hej!
Fortsätt kämpa, lycka till och hoppas det går bra. kram Yasmin
Magnus Strömwall
Posted On: 01 Jun 2014 09:39 am
(31 maj) Grattis bro! :)
Cilla Björk
Posted On: 01 Jun 2014 07:52 am
Spännande att höra hur det går. Konstaterar att du kommit i mål på din första etapp - grattis!!!! Kram Cilla
30 May 2014 09:33 am (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
Arrived in Bole this morning after a night at the Urumqui Sheraton Hotel. Large (I mean, really large) and luxurious, totally empty. Police and military present everywhere because of the attack last week. Felt rather safe, actually. We've booked a night on the way home at the same hotel, one guess: will we use the spa..?
Claude has an upset stomach right now even though we both avoided the “spicy horseintestine” we could have had for breakfast
Claude has an upset stomach right now even though we both avoided the “spicy horseintestine” we could have had for breakfast
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Tina Karlberg
Posted On: 31 May 2014 10:01 pm
Ran a marathon today, just to try it out for you. Can tell you that it\'\'s loooooong. Not impossible, but looping. Take care, all the best, you\'re well prepared. Enjoy!!! Per hälsar.
Eli8sabeth Wester
Posted On: 30 May 2014 12:36 pm
Hej!
Så kul det ska bli att följa er båda på era strapatser! Lycka till o hoppas tånaglarna är i behåll när ni kommer i mål!
/Elisabeth
29 May 2014 01:30 am (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
At last in the hotel in
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Magnus Strömwall
Posted On: 30 May 2014 09:19 am
When youre out in the middle of nowhere, your bodies are beggin for mercy, the few remining brain cells not yet overheated are wondering what the hell youre doin, remember - you could have been sitting at home, in a boring suburb, in front of the tv watching Ernst decorating a room with old used light bulbs... Things can allways get worse than It is ;-). So keep your heads cool. Kick ass. Ill be watching./ Bro
Karin Dahlberg
Posted On: 29 May 2014 10:29 pm
Hej Fredrik, skönt att ni konmit fram, vilken nagelbitare innan take off! Kanske en mening med att testa stresståligheten 😊 kul med blogg, ska verkligen bli spännande att följa era strapatser! En stor lyckospark nu och ta väl hand om dig! Kram Karin
27 May 2014 07:12 am (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
Night before take-off to Beijing. All racegear sorted out, flags and patches on. Packing for the other 6 days on the move is harder, I'm so set on the race that I've almost forgotten everything else I need to bring along. The phone keeps ringing, friends and family saying good bye and wishing me good luck on the trip.
Short note today, got to focus on my packing...
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Kerstin Strömwall
Posted On: 02 Jun 2014 08:20 pm
Lycka till! Vi håller tummarna för att du ska må bra och ha en riktigt härligt upplevelse! Kram!
Anna Kollin
Posted On: 28 May 2014 08:55 pm
Stort lycka till!
Anders Lindberg
Posted On: 28 May 2014 01:27 pm
Jag håller på dig! Fantastiskt modigt och häftigt projekt!
Håller helt med om att det är alltför lätt att hitta ursäkter till varför man ska skjuta upp saker och ting...och till slut är möjligheten förbi. Strongt av dig att gå hela vägen.
Jag är definitivt avis, även om jag aldrig skulle klara av att springa ens en halvmara!!
Jag ska göra vad jag kan för att följa så mycket som möjligt av din tripp via bloggen och websidan. Efter att ha kollat utbildningstv-programmet från i februari om evenemanget så lär det bli med skräckblandad förtjusning... ;-)
Lycka till!
Johan Strömwall
Posted On: 28 May 2014 08:27 am
Kul med Din blogg, hoppas Du har kraft att skriva en kort rapport på kvällarna där ute i öknen...
Ha en trevlig flygresa; ett tips, res i kompressionsstrumpor, eller medicinska stödstrumpor, det hjälper mot "heavy legs".
Glöm heller inte någonsin bort hur man äter en elefant...
Kram från storebror
26 May 2014 09:05 am (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
Tried to post earlier but it all disappeared :-(
Today's been abusy day! Worked all morning, at my lunchbreak I rushed to the Chinese visaoffice to pick up my visa (yeah, yeah, plenty of time...), worked until 5 pm, stressed to the Addnature-shop (motorbike in rush-hour traffic is mandatory ;-) to get some more freezedried food (repacked my food yestaerday before I found out that that wasn't such a good idea, the customs in China may complain...), home to find my running shoes finally arrived to the postoffice, drove there to pick them up, went home again, wiped the sweat from my forehead, got into running gear and had a nice, slow (14km@6min/km) terrainrun with a fully raceready backpack (8kg:s exactly), slammed into the shower, made dinner for me and Gustav (my 19 y.o. son) and ironed/sewed my country patches onto my tops. Discovered that a lightweight rainjacket is very meltable...
And then, right now actually, landed in my favourite armchair with a glass of Raml
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Cilla Björk
Posted On: 27 May 2014 05:58 pm
Haha:-) Enjoy!
25 May 2014 07:34 am (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
Most of you reading this (family and friends I suppose) are Swedes and why would I write in English, then? Well, maybe someone else is interested and just maybe they don't know a word Swedish so...
Right. What's all this about? In short I've spent most of my years answering invites with "I don't think I can", "let me think about it", and such. This time, as a part of my "new me", was different. Claude, a friend and colleague at J
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F S
Posted On: 26 May 2014 08:49 pm
Cool, I'll see you in a couple of days,then!
Olivier Moratin
Posted On: 26 May 2014 09:06 am
I was exactly in the same boat. I started a couple of years ago and signed up for the race after a friend did it. I'm looking forward to sharing the adventure with you as newbies :)
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Maria M på Täby
Posted On: 10 Jun 2014 08:17 pm
Johan Strömwall
Posted On: 09 Jun 2014 06:44 pm
David Stromwall
Posted On: 09 Jun 2014 04:48 pm
Emma Campbell
Posted On: 09 Jun 2014 07:17 am