Happiness...

... is something amazing to experience.
In three more difficult years, I am now "on my feet" again and feel better than in the long run. Both physically and mentally!

Just...SMILE!

The sponsorship of Elgon Running Club in Kenya is a POSITIVE thing, that I RUN longer and longer another one and... I have become GRANDFATHER October 10!

The happiness is so great that it almost does not fit into me!

My new black Hoka One One Clifton on their very first run!

I have running a part of the week with Malte, my dog, and yesterday I ran 7 km myself, which felt good after about 2 km of warmth, so today it became a forest walk with Maltes best friend Smilla to go to town and buy a pair of new running shoes. It became a pair of black Hoka One One Clifton this time.

    

Malte och Smilla på dagens skogspromenad.

If I went home and tested them? No, I ran home so my son Magnus got the car. The seller asked if I wanted to try the shoes and I just answered: "Yes!"
... 13.3 km it became and the shoes felt really good.

Just so beautiful!

Continue on the intersection. Do not change a winning concept!

The difficult is easier than you think!

Dare to laugh!
Dare to say hello! to strangers!
Dare to peek around all corners!
Dare to give!
Dare to live!
Dare to dare!

Easy, Light and Smooth!
/Flexirun

Life goes down...

...but always up again!

Always a smile

Certainly it may go bad sometimes, but try to think positively anyway. Some things can not be affected, so do not put too much energy on it. Add more energy to what you can influence or choose to influence.

From now on, I will write my blog as I did back in 2013 when i ran around the BigLake here (BigLakeRun2013).
A little more how I feel and a little how it goes with both my training and the training that the runners do in Elgon Running Club.

Elgon Running Club, Kenya

Rodgers Kiprop and his running friend (escort)

Even if I run again, it's not like before. Then I could run both far and fast every day and sometimes several runs in a day. Nowadays I'm so happy that I'm running almost every day with my dog Malte.
I have plans for projects but I do not intend to tell when it will be without training and writing and we will see ;-)

On the run

I really want to thank You all for pepp under those terrible 3 years. You really have helped me back on track again. Thank You everyone out there!

My running friend Malte the dog

Always try to SMILE!

Always say Hello! to strangers!

Always peek around corners out there!

Always GIVE more than You GET!

Always dare to dare!

Go Easy, Light and Smooth!
/Flexirun

From illness back to running for about 3 years.

Well, one way of looking at it is just to say that it's just... LIFE!

I really do not have so much to say about what happened with me getting a blood infection depending on a small kidney stone that did a small whole between the kidney and the ureter. The feeling that something was wrong was already a few months before I entered the emergency room and stayed at the hospital for 13 days.

However, due to the physical nature of 45 years of running, it turned out that I was both that physically and mentally fit for the fight.. I have been operated 4 times during these years and now I can finally say that I'm probably healthy again.

In fact, in addition to 5 weeks of cold, I have been able to run since the turn of the year 2017-18 until now. It goes less easily occasionally but sometimes it goes really easy which is a nice feeling.

Stockholm Marathon June 1, 2019 is a firsthand and hopefully a little longer project after that in the summer I think.

Another thing is that I'm trying to help 27 Kenyan runners in Elgon Running Club with equipment, thus enhancing their motivation and joy in running.

Thank you Life!

Well, still smiling friends!

"Stairway to heaven"

42.195 km is my mantra...

Edwin Kibet Maluche with his great runners of Elgon Running Club which I´m now trying to help out as much as I can. There will be mer projects don than the shirts I hope. At least that´s my great intention.

Edwin and the runners

The girls.

The boys.

Rodgers Kiprop is a blind runner who will try to break the world record in Naroni Marathon.
He have done 2:50h and aiming for the magic 2:48h :-)

Their new shirt when compete.

Out running with the new shirts :-)

Well, take care and remember always to run Easy, Light and Smooth!

Dare to smile!

Dare to say Hello! to strangers!

Dare to peek around corners!

Dare to give!

Dare to dare!

Such a wonderful day!

A lot of people seem to have enjoyed today, which makes me happy.

I may say that it has been a day of extreme life. It has switched between hot and cold, calm or full speed, tender or not. Yes, I've been part of both physically and mentally.

XC-running in Kenya.

My friend Edwin (red t-shirt) from Kitale in Kenya has been on XC running (yes, running in a terrain) with 8 of his 27 amazing runners in the Elgon Running Club. No, unfortunately, everyone could not follow.

My friend Edwin Kibet Maluche wich is teamleader for Elgon Running Club.
I man with great heart and soul.

Emanuel Rutoo came in 3rd place this time which is really good.
Congratulations!

One of the pieces in the jigsaw I chose to engage in is that ALL will be able to compete in the competitions.

I will try to sponsor as much as I can and are there more out there who are interested in helping so just belong to you. Shoes, clothes, registration fees, etc. are the ones that apply in the first place. Go on feeling!

I myself ran on snowy roads today. Not like some others in "snöpuls". Pulse I got anyway .. Great job all the others who moved you forward in the nice winter weather!

-14°C and blue sky. Perfect day!

 I often run now which does not mean I'm running far. It will be 3-5 km generally every day. Malte is still going to get out of trouble. I'm waiting for some test answers yet, but it seems that most things are ok now. Yes, we'll see you!

The mountains in the background.
Just so beautiful!

The idea is that I'm going to run a marathon in Stockholm with my son Magnus as said. Must be fun! Then there is another project in progress in my mind that I will combine with Elgon Running Club in Kitale, Kenya.

Me and Malte out on one of our runs.

What makes fun of joining projects is that they give energy to each other in some way :-)

Once again I will tell you that:

- Dare to laugh!

- Dare to say hello!

- Dare to peek around the corner!

- Dare to dare!

Easy, Light and Smooth!

/Flexirun

Almost 2 years...

...with kidney problems. Or yes, the kidneys have not been wrong, but a small and sharp stone made a hole in the ureter leading to a severe blood poisoning.

The stent (tube) from my kidney...

I stayed in the hospital for 13 days and because of the morphine I was constantly high. Blood and kidney tests were taken every six hours.
Yes, the situation was quite critical and I had not until just over a year after understood how bad it was. The physics team expressed it as being my physique that made sure I'm still living. I actually cried when they said it...

From one of my runnings when looking around a corner :-)

When I got home (February 2016) from the hospital, after two weeks, I walked slowly with Elton (now in the dogs heaven). I was so tired, no exhausted and had a pulse of 160 bpm...
Elton used to pull a little while but not this time. He walked slowly beside me and had a real eye on me. It was he who watched me now.

Well, I did have a mission though! Julia, my middle child, was about to run her very first marathon in the beginning of June. I had 4 month of exercise ahead of me. I started and did run the whole race with her. I was so happy and it did not feel that bad either.

After a year or so the urine began to turn red after 45-60 minutes of effort. It turned out that it was old coagulated blood that was calcifying. When the calcification broke, some blood from the kidney could come. Well, I feel much better now and it is going in the right direction I think.

 

From my lovely runs up in the mountains where the views are most spectacular :-)

Me and Malte.

Ok, that is all for now I think and I do wish You a GOOD 2018 with a LOT of smiles, Hello and peeks around all the corners.

Go Easy, Light and Smooth! "ELS
/Flexirun

What happened between January 30 and April 24 2017.

Well, I will show this period in pictures. Next time in text and I will try to update as often as I can.

I will write about my rehab of my body and training for my 100+ miler next summer.

As usual it´s not a competition because I only/always run for FUN and in a Easy, Light and Smooth way called ELS.

Ok, let´s go and it´s nice to be back!

Always smile, say Hello! to strangers and check around all the corners!

Easy, Light and Smooth.
/Flexirun

Those shoes I got from my kids when having my 50th birthday.
Will never throw them away!

Dumbbell instead, or after, running

A cool sign saying - Welcome!

A very old barn...

One of many runnings with refugees.
We, meet, we have fun, we run and just feel good!

An old barn on the way..

A great friend and I on a run :-)

After run!

Happiness!

Seen from my run. Probably a carrion...
Yes, there are bears around here.
No, we didn´t wait to see... ;-)

Kastalen (castella=defence tower) from 1172

A nice picture with my iPhone thru a telescope.
No there was no "man in the moon" but perhaps cheese...

LI have been taken my 2nd grade at the fraternity JG and, yes, I wear a tuxedo :-)

My dog Elton checking the defense tower called Kastalen from 1172.

The moose is hard on the trees in winter

At the hospital, and had just awakened after surgery. Rosehip soup and crackers were really good!

Just a day after my surgery I hit my toe into a chair.
But I still can do my weight training