Finally on holiday and in Northern Finland! It was a few days drive 1200 kilometers pit stop at along the way for the night and off in the morning again here. Drive was ok and made a few stops here and there so it did not feel that long. , but you do know you …
Training W28 – Holiday mode and learning to ride a bike
I am clearly in the holiday mode as I sleep until 9:30 am and and have done double the amount of training activities than normally. Being on holiday with kids is fairly active and a full day job on its own. We have been to museums, Suomenlinna fortress island, Korkeasaari zoo, climbing in an outdoor …
Finding high places – Högberget, Sipoonkorpi National Park
Went hiking with kids to my local National park Sipoonkorpi today. Weather was perfect sunny, not too hot. This national park is where I do most of my long runs as it’s fairly close and there are plenty of routes/trails to choose from. I hardly ever do the same trail during the summer, but at …
Getting the gear together- Day bag
As we are heading hiking soon to Lapland on our holiday it makes sense to use the time there to test the gear. Got the boots and poles so bought the day bag also from sale along with rain cover and small pouch for phone. We do have porters who will carry our “big” back, …
Training W27 – Trying to keep up with the good start
Week was OK, but clearly office move + pre-holiday hassle at work has taken its toll and I was pretty exhausted the whole week even without exercise. Managed to get something done though. First run was a 10 k trail run at Sipoonkorpi National forest on Sunday. Terrain was very versatile from rugged cliff to …
Getting the gear together – Boots
With some good after midsummer sales I decided to start looking into the kit list suggested. There a quite a few things that I need to get, but luckily there is also plenty of time. But most important things first, hiking boots… Price was 159 EUR with discount which I think is not too bad. …
Training W26 – kick-off
Started training this week again after being sick. Managed to do a short 5k first run at summer cottage, got drenched and lost my sunglasses in the forest. Won’t post the zig-zag I did trying to find them and won’t calculate the ascent as my Suunto watch did not quite follow up with me up-and-down …
Training -Midsummer in Finland – time to launch the site!
Here I am at my parents house in Finland waiting for my eldest son to arrive with train that was VERY late. Tomorrow we will head out to summer cottage for a few days for a well deserved break. Getting ready for Kili has been a bit on halt due to the busy end of …
Finding high places – Kivikko, Helsinki
View from the natural top of Helsinki. Well almost the highest… I think the highest is actually about 100 m to North still, but I tend to climb here on my runs. Nice view to Helsinki Malmi private airport and the city. So now I will start blogging. First I need to test how this …