As you probably have noticed I quite often go to the closest National Park Sipoonkorpi for trail runs, especially the long ones. It’s easier when there is more space to choose from. In Finland I always use this app called … Continue reading Finding trails – Sipoonkorpi National Park, 10 k
In the beginning of the week I was a bit down and could not seem to find motivation at all. Legs were sore from gym and running again on flat surfaces and I felt like there is no progress at … Continue reading Training – Finding motivation and finally progress
Our summer holiday trip was intended to be also a sort of testing trip for the gear. Wanted to test the equipment and of course wear the shoes in so I won’t have problems at Kili. Second reason was to … Continue reading Getting the gear together – Testing results after Lapland/Norway trip
After all that hiking and work starting it was obvious I could not do the amount of training I did earlier two weeks. Decided that I will do what I can, but no pressure and no tight schedules. Last thing … Continue reading Training – Easy rest week
It is hard to describe the feeling you get when you just keep going up and reach the top. The saying you get hungrier the more you eat is very true with hiking as it seems you need to get … Continue reading In my head – Nature, silence and back to work
When the groove is on it’s hard to stop… We had one day to drive from Engabreen glacier at Halsa, Norway to Umeå, Sweden and as there were few ferries on the way at Norway end, we decided to leave … Continue reading Finding high places – Hemavan, Sweden
Second week of holiday so naturally more training than normally. Unfortunately I got a bit sick towards the end of the Lofoten islands visit so had to take easier for a few days. Still we did all the activities we … Continue reading Training – Second hiking week
Time flies when you are having fun and all things must come to an end… So did our holiday and suddenly it was our last day in Norway. We left Lofoten in the morning the day before, but as it … Continue reading Finding high places – Engabreen glacier, Svartisen, Halsa, Norway
Last day in Lofoten islands and the intention was to find a nice longer hike somewhere high… surprise, surprise! As the car park for the trail head was full and the roads are too narrow to park along the road … Continue reading Finding high places – Munkebu, Moskenes, Lofoten, Norway
Queen’s route the day before was the most strenous of all our hikes both physically and mentally so far, so the next day was going to be a rest day. We drove to towards Lofoten islands and as it was … Continue reading Finding high places – Veggen, Haukland beach, Norway
