Simon Kågström's blog

From the department of silly names
For some reason, swedish running competitions are always organized by people that can't spell. Well-known examples are "Vår ruset" and "Tjur ruset". Today, I participated in yet another race of this kind, "SpringCross" (although it makes sense if you read it as pure english). This is a 12KM mostly cross-country race on norra djurgården in Stockholm.

I got caught on a photo from the race (by Martin Ekequist):

I'm the third guy from left in green. The result of the race was mixed though. My goal was to finish the race in less than one hour, which I just managed with a small margin (58:58). Everyone finishing in less than one hour got a slightly nicer medal in "gold", as opposed to "silver" if you were slower than that. However, I became really tired during the race and in fact almost threw up during the last rise before the finish.

Next weekend is "GöteborgsVarvet", the biggest half-marathon in Sweden (and just as misspelled as the other races). I'm hoping to do better then.

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