The Alchemist

Feeling stronger by the day, I joined Anna for 18 kilometres of slow city jogging this morning. We passed the newly upgraded “Plikta” playground, where we used to spend so many hours with the kids when they were younger, and continued through the Azalea Valley before heading out over Älvsborgsbron to Hisingen for coffee at my favourite café, Alkemisten. I topped it off with a slice of banana bread which, for some reason, always reminds me of backpacker hubs and beach towns in Thailand.

The big event today, however, is that William has officially gone a full year without eating sweets, a feat rewarded not only by Anna and me, but also by his grandmother. Considering how much I struggled just to stay away for a few weeks, I am thoroughly impressed – and inspired. As such, I have decided to go all in on the “Winter Arc” concept once Anna and I return from South Africa on 21 October: a minimum of 100k running per week and no sweets, "fika" or alcohol until Christmas.