Escape from boredom

Last Saturday, me and my brother Jonas spent a couple of hours together running Elgrittet 54

All done, all worn out.

The last week has been extraordinary, last Sunday the weather was really warm, but then it immediately got really cold – making the snow really hard and crusty, which again made it possible to easily run places I have not been running before.

Even found this oasis

On Sunday the weather was really nice and warm, so the snow became wet. Then on Sunday evening and continuing it has been really cold, so today the snow was really hard, making it possible to walk on the field without breaking through the upper, crusty layer. So I had to try to run on it, and I brought #3 along. Using a back pack and a tow rope he joined me on his snow sledge. We had a lot of fun together and I got a really good workout as well.

Last weekend me and my friend Bendik did participate in the three day sprint tripple run – http://sandsjobackatrail.se/. I have published a run report here https://www.hiul.no/sandsjobacka-trail-en-kickstart-pa-lopesesongen-2018/

Or, not today, but in excactly two months:

Härmed bekräftas anmälan för dessa deltagarna:

Sprint Triples 12.01 Göteborg Sandsjöbacka Trail
Rune Hellem Sprint Triples Men

Thursday evening I attended the race Hodelyktløpet, “the headlamp race”. 12k trailrunning in Østmarka, Oslo. Read my race report published here https://www.hiul.no/lopsrapport-fra-hodelyktlopet-2017/

Took a picture just minutes before start

And then at home, did not manage to avoid the mudpools – it was dark…

Yesterday I participated in my first tennis tournament ever. Did spend Saturday evening watching videos on Youtube (for about 10 minutes) on how to play tennis, and just minutes before my first match I had to read the rules, learing that the first serve goes to the left side, then the second to the right. Another good thing I got to know just minutes before the match was which lines was important during a single match. Must admit that I was afraid that I would not even get to serve or get the ball over the net, but I did and I only lost one of three matches without points. The two other ones was 10-3 and 10-5, pretty happy with that. And finally I got to learn that my raquet from 1990 was outdated. Conversation went like this:

Person who knew a lot more about tennis than me: “Rune, are you sure that you do not want to borrow a raquet?”
Me “Do I need to?”
Person who knew a lot more about tennis than me: “Yes!!!”
Me “….mkay…” (I was until yesterday pretty proud of just owning a raquet, but now I know what I want for xmas)

Read all about it here https://www.hiul.no/en-flott-dag-med-mye-bra-tennis/

Got home Sunday evening after spending three days of running in Bohuslän, Sweden, the Icebug Xperience. A stage run, starting on Friday with 23k, then 29k on Saturday and 22k on Sunday. Really enjoyed the event, the weather was really nice all the time so I even got a slight tan in my face. My legs did not enjoy it that much, but only sore mucles, pain that will go away in a few days. I was afraid that I would get long lasting pain, but thanks to good preparations and help from naprapath Trond it went well.

It was great fun to finally run a long event, it 12 years since the last time – the 6 hours event at Eidsvoll, after that my legs did hurt to much and I had to start riding the bicycle instead. So being able to run such a distance again is really fun, and ending up as #52 overall and #46 in the mens class was way better than I could hope for, quite happy with that.

Have posted quite a few pictures on my Facebook page, and IcebugX has even more

Before going to Icebug, must admit that it did put extra pressure on me when it came in the newspaper upfront. I did say: “You have to wait until I’m finished”, but I need to say it out louder the next time. Anyhow, quiting was not an opiton at least.

Rune er klar for fredagens styrkeprøve
Denne helgen skal den treningsglade karen fra Momoen bruke til å løpe Icebug Xperience, et løp i Smögen/Kungshamn-omådet der deltakerne i løpet av disse tre dagene skal tilbakelegge 74 kilometer.

– Jeg liker litt utfordringer og er glad i å løpe. Men da jeg meldte meg på i januar, var jeg usikker på om jeg kom til å klare å fullføre, men nå har jeg god tro på det, sier karen som flyttet til bygda i 2013 etter å ha funnet sin Elin, med etternavn Glede.

Han ligger på massasjebenken hos naprapat Trond Aasberg hvor legger og lår får «siste olje» og knaing før tredagersturen.

– Det ser bra ut nå, sier Åsberg mens han masserer leggmuskulaturen.

Rune Hellem, som kommer fra Mo i Rana, har konkurrert siden barnsbein av.

– Jeg har aldri levert noen store resultater, men har som mål å være på første ark av resultatlista. Ellers er det like viktig å stille opp, ikke minst i de lokale arrangementene, det være seg på sykkel, ski eller løp.

I forberedelsene til helgens styrkeprøve har han og broren gjennomført Rana Ti på topp i løpet av ett døgn. Etter 21 timer var målet nådd.

– Vi kommer neppe til å gjøre det igjen. Men en vet aldri, sier Rune smilende.

Gjennom sommeren har både turorienteringen og stolpejakta vært ledd i treningen.

– Dette er to fine tilbud jeg anbefaler alle, og en behøver ikke ha noe mål som meg å sikte mot for å delta, sier Hellem som også er med i hovedstyret i Høland IUL.

– Idrettslagene (MIUL og Høland) har vært en fin måte å komme inn i lokalmiljøet på.

Last Saturday, Marlow Grand Prix 2017, 1 minute and 5 seconds slower than last year…doh!!