251 days left to the relay...

... and for now I'm sick! Well, I felt awful yesterday and slept about 20 hours. Bad stomach or with a medical word, gastroenteritis! Well, whatever it was no fun for about 1,5 days. Today I felt much better and no pain in leads etc.
When sick like that I use to think; Ok, hard to relax, lay back and take it easy. At least it can't get worse which mean it only can be better!

Last weekend me and my brother was celebrating my fathers 80th birthday. We had a great dinner in a nice hotel at Tällberg, about 215 miles down south from where I live. Hotel is located right on the shore of Lake Siljan. The 7th greatest lake in Sweden... ;-)
Well, no I was there to celebrate not run around the lake!

A great fall at Lake Siljan Oct 12th

Well, the day after I went back north and passed by one of my cottages in the mountains and fixed it a bit for winter. Filled the sauna with wood, coupled out the water so it wouldn't freeze etc. Still it was a great weather and a joy to drive thru the landscape. One gets happy when the sun is shining I think :-)

Our cottage in the county of Härjedalen.

When start to drive the last 93 miles home I just had to stop to take a picture of a great view just about a mile from our lodge. The mountain you see in the horizon is called Sonfjället. There are quite a lot of brown-bears in this area... You almost always see traces of them.

Sonfjället (The Son Mountain)

A couple of weeks ago my daughter Ingrid called me up to tell me she wanted to run Stockholm Marathon again. I said: I said, Of course! I'm up! Fun! It was so fun last time and now she's willing to do it again. She even wondering about 10 Stockholm Marathons cause then she'll get a Gold Medal! And she wants it! :-)

Ingrid in her new T-shirt
"I'm training for Stockholm Marathon 2014"

Still not healthy... But it's getting better. Thought I could go back to work today but... No! I did correct some science tests for my pupils though. Will continue tomorrow... Nice with Friday and a long weekend. One more week then it's a so called Fall-vacation here in Sweden. One week of an I will run a lot again :-)
I do have some runs next year to look forward to

1. Stockholm Marathon with Ingrid
2. St. Olafs relay (330K or 205 miles) with a friend
3. Hopefully a 48h run again in my old hometown down south
4. Perhaps Stockholm Ultra Festival (100K)...

Really longing for the summer but today this seasons first snow came down from the sky...

Remember to say Hello and do a nice Smile out there when running friends! :-)

Easy, Light and Smooth