Humility...

...is something that can be difficult to live up to.

Humility!

 I find myself up in the blue sometimes which does not have to be any fault in any way. On the contrary, it can be a way to test the boundaries a bit.

Helen Keller (the very first deaf-blind person to graduate an academic exam) is supposed to have expressed humility in the following ways:

"I long to do great and noble tasks but the most important thing for me is to do simple things as if they were big and noble."

Humility is to be moderate, modest, and unpretentious. To consider the views and needs of others as important as our own.
If you hurt someone, you should have the humility to admit it and do good again.
Humility is NOT humiliation!
Humility reminds us that, rather than being proud, we should be grateful for our success.

Malte in the forrest with me on a run.

Soon there will also be an update from Elgon Running Club in Kenya by the way! A lot is happening there right now and so on the straight arm I know that new shoes are sought after.

The lodge..

Dare to smile humbly!!
Dare to say hello! to strangers in a humble way!
Dare peek humbly around the corner!
Dare to venture... humble!

Easy, Light and Smooth!
//Flexirun

LOVE..

.. is the essence of our existence. The vital force that gives us energy and direction and connects one heart to another.

Love!

Running is Love!

Love is an irresistible attraction and affection for a person, a place, an idea or for life itself.

Love is to cherish others and treat them with tenderness. Love grows with tolerance and appreciation. It has the power to heal. It obliges us continuous improvement while we are freed from the need to control or shape anyone in our image.

My dog, Malte, is Love!

Charity of commitment and seasoned with kindness is our greatest gift of love.

To practice love:

* I allow myself to have deep relationships.
* I engage wholeheartedly.
* I show love through good deeds.
* I accept and appreciate those I love.
* I work with myself in the way love requires.
* I care about what I love in my life.

Dare to smile!
Dare to say Hello!
Dare to peek around corners!
Dare to do what You think!
Dare to accept!

Easy, Light and Smooth!
/Flexirun

Hello friends out there!

Someone has wondered how I can have such "OPENNESS".

Always try a Smile my friends!

It may not be so weird. Admittedly, you never reach goals as an ultra-runner and you have to work with certain things constantly and throughout your life.

The road might be long but not impossible!

For me, OPENNESS means being:
Honest, clear and sincere. To show who I am and what I feel without disgusting me. I appreciate new ideas and opportunities. I have a sincere desire to get in touch and I have no hidden motives. I want to care about the opinions and feelings of others.
I am willing to receive the gifts of life!

My dearest friend, Malte, when running my Life!

The longer one wants to be able to run, the less one has to "seduce" himself. It's just honesty that works from 100km and longer ...

I'm running again even if it's not some extreme stretches ... right now. Slightly dragged with a cold and a slight inflammation in a health which is sketchy really.

Contact the nearest Life you have and:
Dare to laugh!
Dare to say hello! to strangers!
Dare peek around the corner!
Dare to try OPENNESS!

Dare to smile!
Dare to say Hello!
Dare to peek around corners!
Dare to do what You think!
Dare to accept!

Easy, Light and Smooth!
/Flexirun

Mars...

.. is in Roman mythology generally considered the Roman god of war.

I have been fighting for 55 years without resistance worse than having been able to master them. The last three years, however, have been so tough that before Christmas 2018, I had to enroll myself.
This was due to post-traumatic stress caused by all the stored thoughts I carried on after the blood infection I suffered.

Well, today I feel much better again, even though I don't run more than maybe 20% of what I once did each year.. 

During these three years I have still won a DM in marathon and have had another three marathons in Stockholm with my children so I am quite satisfied anyway.

One thing is that I started to accept, more and more, that I may not be able to run as I always could. It goes slower and right now I have a little boring inflammation in my right foot so I can't run for now.

Instead I have been doing som other nice things. Me and my wife went down to Stockholm to see our children and our grandson. We also went for a historical walk with a guide in the old part of the town (Gamla stan).

Hell of a weather but so interesting with history.

Today, 2019-03-29, I had my last conversation with my therapist. She is really good and I believe that you can't handle everything yourself. Sometimes you simply have to take help from experts.

Well I do feel alright once again and slowly I will build up my body for longer and longer runnings.

Me and Malte 2019-03-29
Little more than 3 years after my kidney stone and sepsis.
So nice to be out there again!

Dare to smile!
Dare to say Hello!
Dare to peek around corners!
Dare to do what You think!
Dare to accept!

Easy, Light and Smooth!
/Flexirun

What has happened since last time?

Well, not much but I really think I feel better which is the most important for me.  Last Saturday and Sunday I felt a little pain in my right achilles. Well, a lot of work on my step-machine and a lot of heel raises. One more week or so with some Aloe Vera ointment will do the trick I think.

Where I come from.. 

Me, my middle-daughter and my son will run the Stockholm marathon this upcoming summer (June 1). It will be, as always, so fun to run that race.

No, I'm not running to do a specific time anymore. The social part is so much more for me.

I'm on with my running even if it's just about 20% of how much I ran 3 years ago. Before the kidney stone and the huge blod infection. Well, if you're an ultra runner you got patience.

I think, even if been a bit low mentally, from post traumatic stress for about 3 month now I must say I'm doing a pretty good progress. That's one thing I'm happy for and must thank my family and all my friends for. Without friends things are much, harder I can say!

"Friends" are much more than humans. It can be a dog, the nature or just feelings. I believe in human mental strength. There is so much force in it that we neither know nor really master. We, learn as long as we live!

Malte my dog

Once again I want You all to dare a smile, a hello and to peek around the corners.

Easy, Light and Smooth!
/Flexirun

No matter where I go I will find me!

"There you go!" was my thought of the day when out running with my dog Malte.

When a dam breaks, a tidal wave is often formed. It basically rages EVERYTHING in its path.

After a while the wave settles and the calm comes back but with the difference that most of what has been is in disarray ...

Most of the time, most things can be rebuilt. So even in my case! It won't be, or will look like before, but it will be something new instead.

Today I ran around 1.5h with Malte up in the forest. I don't care about time or speed. Only I ran and managed more and more every day. Even a Ferrari runs on gear one and two ..

We met some pieces out there. Both people on walk, horses and riders as well as a dog owner. Of course we said Hello! to each other.

Also, we smiled! Something I learned is that even if you are smiling on the outside you might not do it on the inside ... and vice versa. Today I actually smiled on both sides.

I also chose to peek, and choose roads, around corners. Although a road I walked on three years ago almost led me to eternity and transformation into star dust.

Then I would like to thank all those who in any way helped me on my way through these three years. Family, hospital staff, friends, animals and nature. Great hugs to you!

Continue to dare a SMILE!

Continue to say HELLO! to strangers!

Continue to PEEK around the corner even though it can be a bit exciting.

Dare ACCEPT and RESPECT!

Dare to venture!

Easy, Light and Smooth my friends!

//Flexirun

Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year!

I do hope the very best for You all!

One wish I have is that anyone who can have the opportunity to have their own dreams come true. Big and small doesn't matter. A dream is a dream!

Me and Malte on one of our runnings in the Winterland.

Malte, my companion!

A nice view from above.
In the middle You might see the Castella build 1172.

The Castella (Kastalen) from 1172.

Beautiful winter trees.

Easy, Light and Smooth!
Dare to dare!
/Flexirun