My second time with Blodomloppet (Blood 'circulation' run). I ran this the first time in 2022, also sponsored by my company. This is a run to raise awareness for blood donors. Donated blood is a fresh produce and can last 6 weeks only. I am a blood donor in Sweden! Our company sponsored the run so me and 4 other colleagues joined the run to form a team to be able to share a picnic bag. This is a 5km run at Djurgården. Since I moved to Sweden, I have stopped running and I have lost my form. No stamina. No strength. Since my colleague was keen for the run, I decided to join too - just for that picnic bag! So, I trained sporadically until I could run at least 4km.
On that day itself, it rained! Oh my wrists ... they hurt from the cold and rain. My colleagues, on the other hand, did not realise that it rained and even commented that they were lucky that they missed the rain. I was a bit surprised and I wondered if the rain clouds were just above me only. It was a painful run for me. When the rain stopped at KM2, I was not in my best shape anymore. I just wanted to finish the distance. In total, it took me 33:54 minutes. I thought it will take me 35 minutes so I am happy that I finished 1 minute lesser. Also, I was injury-free but I had a cold the next day. Sneezed so much!
The picnic bag that we got at the end of the run - potato salad, soft bread, hard bread, vegetarian prawn salad, cheese, cherry tomatoes, snack paprika, cookies, a 1.5 litre bottle of carbonated water.
Me before the run - it was drizzling then. I was dreading the run already. I have run before when it is cold and my body hurts - wrists, hands, and creeping slowly up my arms. Physically painful. It is difficult to explain this to others can withstand the cold.
Me after the run - so happy that I am done with it! I needed a photo for memory.
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