Summer trails

There is something with the smell of the pine forest here in Västerbotten that immediately makes me think of trail running, of early mornings and long summer afternoons when I have been running with Elin or alone through these forests, chasing CRs or just adding kilometres to kilometres.

Today, I went out for a first longer run along the dog sled trail where I was surprised to find so much snow and ice in the forest.

Likewise, passing through the bogland, the water was freezing cold. Still, the run had a definite summerly feel to it, including going into the water at Nydala beach afterwards to clean up my legs a bit.