October 19

Trail running is fun except when you’re wearing regular running shoes and they get all gross and soggy.

August 21

I did a little math and I will have around 3 weeks off between my upcoming race and starting the 18-week training plan for the next. Fun times!

July 18

Hooray! Successfully switched from my usual Pumas to another brand.

June 16

I told myself that I would run 10km+ at least once a week but then allergies hit.

June 8

June 1 (1)

I got a running vest for the sole purpose of being able to bring dried fruit on half-marathon+ races (I did first test with those fruit purée pouches and it wasn’t ideal). That’s a new achievement unlocked, right?

May 18

Another hot but successful Helsinki City Running Day.

April 27

Beat my PB for that one by around three minutes, not bad!

March 24 (2)

Shaved a whole 4 seconds off my PB… without meaning to, mainly because my PB dates back to many years ago and I forgot to look it up before the start so I didn’t really have anything to aim for except finish.

March 24 (1)

I highly recommend the Marseille marathon – nicely organised, good route, nice views from the starting line… maybe I am a bit biased, but not that much!

February 14

This was a few days after that bad tumble and took around two to three weeks for my knee to start working almost regularly again.

January 24

So many peeps out there running at -5C with their gloves off – how do they do it?

January 17

It’s all fun and games up until you slide on seemingly nothing while attempting to run on fresh snow.

January 3

Every single time I come back from Marseille, I tell myself that I should really, really move back. But living there is not the same as going back for a week’s holiday, is it? Probably Helsinki is also exciting when you don’t live here.

January 2

Even though my tendon was quite sore, I still went up my usual running route (not very wise).

December 28 (1)

On a previous outing I had seen signs towards some ruins and I decided to head down there for a run-slash-walk down there, early one morning. Not much to talk about but there was Pokestop there, so there’s that.

December 19

Every year I forget that running outside on slippery surfaces requires special muscle movements and my legs hurt after a long run more than normal…

December 14

I’ve grown soft – running outside in negative temperatures for more than half an hour now seems like a terrible idea.

November 5

I think this is the day that I resigned myself to the fact that all evening runs will happen in the dark for the next six months or so. Even if the evening starts at 4pm.

October 28

Shaved 14 minutes off my Marseille-Cassis PB and didn’t even get rained on!