The weekend started with climbing outside for
the very first time here in Norway. It was amazingly cool! I went with a friend
who is an experienced climber, and had a fun time. The same guy asked me if I
were up for 7 Nutsløpet on Sunday… I´ve only heard about this before, but
decided to give it a try. Basically it is an off-road run where we climb (or
should run up) 7 small mountains. It is 14km long, and has a total of 900
altitude meters to ascend. It is arranged by Den Norske Turistforeningen www.turistforeningen.no, who also
arrange 7 Nutsturen, which has the same route, but is more of a hike.
Well, just before 8am Sunday morning we got our
BIB´s, and started to get ready. I had no idea whatsoever to expect, I did not
know the route at all, but have been on one of the tops; Dalsnuten many times
before. I´ve even tried to run up a few times and know very well it is a steep
climb… so I put on my heart-monitor to keep an eye on my pulse, didn´t want to
collapse either ;)
8:45 sharp we started and it immediately went
upwards. I don´t have off-road shoes, so I thought normal running shoes would
be OK… not exactly, the minutes we descended the very first hill I slipped on a
wet rock and twisted my ankle, BUMMER! I sat down for what felt like an
extremely long time, and checked for swelling and warm parts. Maybe it was the
adrenaline, or the fact I had a BIB on my chest… but I decided to continue,
just a bit more careful downhill from now. And wohoooo I am glad for that! I
just loved this run! Super duper hard, up and down hills, through small
forests, over swamps,and the delicious reward when reaching a “summit” where
you met super-nice people clipping a new clip in your BIB, while you enjoyed
the view – just fantastic J
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| Borrowed from www.dntfjellsport.no |
After finishing the 5th “summit” I
started to cramp in my calves. I especially felt it when jumping up on rocks
and slowly running downhill, I tried my best to ignore it and stretched now and
then. When I finally ran, or limped the last 200m I could see the muscles
curling back there, ohhh it hurt sooo bad L But… it didn´t matter at all
– I finished my first trail run on 2:34 ish, and am extremely happy with that.
I know I´ll come back to these tracks to train and run some more, only with
proper shoes J
If you are in the area, come join me next year!
J
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