City run

With a few exceptions, I have trained at the Utopia USM gym two to three times per week for the past 18 months. Today, however, was the first time I ran there. Normally I bike or – on the coldest winter days – take the bus, but I am beginning to think that running back and forth is far better: it allows me to skip the treadmill warm-up while adding some much-needed variation to my usual lake loop.

Meanwhile, my Achilles tendons continue to mend but, with 87.5 km of running already this week, I fear that my volume may once again be drifting toward the high side. Luckily, already in one week from now, I plan to start tapering for Umeå Ultra 50k, mostly in terms of volume though as I have the 10k race “Umemilen” scheduled for 1 September.