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Kondition kan tränas på fler än ett sätt.
Trevlig läsning!
/Erika
To have a twin sister in my life is a true and valuable gift. Someone to share happy, crazy, cool, traditional, turbulent, akward, sad and tough moments with. To help and support each other at all times no matter where we are and what we do in the world. We make each other stronger as individuals and together as a unit we often see beyond any limit. Love ya lil sis! @linneanilssonwaara @waaraworldwide
Erika
Linnea & Erika. Half an hour between these faces. Identical or not – who knows and it doesn’t matter.
Where ever you are in the world we’ll always be together through our hearts.
Linnea Nilsson-Waara
Trailrunning and completing the last part of the famous Vasaloppsleden. The track goes from Sälen to Mora (located in Dalarna, Sweden) and has a distance of 90 km. You can do this track skiing, bicycling and/or running/hiking. The most popular style is skiing and the competition is always held the first sunday in march. The competition brings about 15 000 people from all over the world and the starting tickets get sold out very fast. Different kind of competitions are held during this week and they estimate an impressive number of 60 000 people to participate. So for us it was very convenient to do the track by our selfs.
About one month ago I did half the track together with one of my class mates. I had never ran that long distance before so 48 km was a good start. Today I did the rest of the track (which ended up in 44 km) and together with my twin-sister Erika. The first part, from Sälen to Evertsberg is more difficult because of more narrow paths, bigger differenceses in altitude (more up hill) and many narrow foot-bridges. From Evertsberg to Mora is like an Europe-road but in the forrest and most of the time the track goes slightly downhill.
Do the track all in once or stay in huts along the way
Along the track you’ll find huts and if you want to stay over night you just pay a small fee and bring your own sleeping bag and mattress. Our father is very interested in skiing and one day we’ll hopefully do the track together. I guess it will be skiing or hiking.
Over and out!
Ready, set and go! It’s around 10 am and we’re prepared to start the race.
Some stop for energy refill is necessary. Here we have bars, nuts, raisin, sandwiches and coffee. And water of course.
Putting our marks in a guestbook along the track.
WOW! Jack Sparrow in the middle of the forrest. But he looks kind of sad…
The paths are wide and good.
We did it! 44,5 km of trail running. Proud and a bit sore in our bodies. But our minds are shining and we’re feeling very happy.
Active time: 4 h 5 min. Total time: 5 h 28 min.
Erika is entering the finish-line as a zombie 😉
The whole vasalopps-track is completed. Linnea is raising her hands towards the sky – victory! Happy, proud and thankfull.
We got the best reception by Sam who picked us up in Mora and he had also brought coffee and sandwich.
This weekend I’ve been up in the mountains in Grövelsjön and its surroundings. The autumn has shown it self from its most beautiful side, with all the yellow and red colors and also a sun that is still warming. In Rendalens community you can find a dramatical mountain with three tops which together goes under the nickname ”The Queen”. The real name is Rendalssølen and the highest top is called Store Sølen, 1755 m. But it’s not just the top that makes it worth going there. The track all the way to the valley, the crystal clear lakes and the massive mountains give that little extra to get the perfect cinnamon bun. From Grövelsjön it takes about 1 h and 15 minutes drive. And from where the hike starts it took us 4 h and 20 minutes with return, total distance 24,5 kilometers. Note that we did jogging, a bit of walking and also took a 30 min stop on the top for a lunch break. Before continuing the last 500 height meters to the top you should refill your bottle with water (down in the Valley).
Rendalssølen from a distance. The highest point, which looks like a shark fen, called Store Sølen (1755 meters above sea level), is where we went up.
On the ”road” again. High on mountain life.
Taking the opportunity to refill the water tank.
The Valley, up on 1200 m.
My friend is looking out over Norway with its spectacular view.
It’s quite steep on the top. But with an incredible view.
Go, go, go. And in between, remember to slow down, breath and enjoy the mountains.
The track and environment invites to jogging.
Thank you Rendalssølen for my first visit to you.
Linnea
Idag genomförde jag och min klasskamrat Ida Lindström Halvvasan Plus, från Sälen till Evertsberg + 1 km lite feljoggning. Total sträcka blev 48 km och vi tog oss igenom till största delen joggades! Ingen av oss hade tidigare ens sprungit ett marathon, så idag slog vi båda två distansrekord. Stolta och med en kropp som liknar status efter en hel helg med fotbollscup (dvs. mör, sliten och trött, men lycklig) har vi nu försett oss med taco-middag och två godispåsar vardera.
Eftersom sträckan blev längre än halva Vasaloppet diskuterade vi om detta kan kallas kort-ultra eller lång-mara. Same same and no difference 😉
Tack för oss!
Linnea
Nästintill identisk packning, men olika färg.
Jag och Ida gör oss redo. Vår skjuts Danne (och Samantha) är redan redo!
Checkar av Vasaloppets olika hållplatser. Evertsberg är målet.
Där allting startade.
Vattenpåfyllnad.
Vi suktar efter diverse godsaker och smider planer på att köpa godis efter målgången.
Lingon och blåbär fanns det gott om längs leden.
ÄNTLIGEN! 48 km genomförda till fots och största delen joggandes Obeskrivlig känsla av seger när vi dansar oss in över mållinjen i Evertsberg. Halvvasan genomförd tillsammans med grymmaste Ida Lindström! Följ henne på instagram: @1dalindstrom
Waara Worldwide 