Author: Anna

Today I have focused a lot on training and recovery. With sweetie. I follow the weather forecast, but it is not always that predictive. I could actually run today and that was a challenge due to a lot of snow. And ice. This week I bought something for my shoes so I will not fall. Could run in snow today.

This evening has been very snowy. There will be no sun tomorrow but I hope the temperature will be stable. My sweetie is very happy to go for a walk after my running. Always exciting. She is best!

Mentioned time yesterday. I think I will have a time of about 2 hours and 10 minutes. This is good for me. I have something exciting ahead.

Anna

No pharmacology writing tonight. It is Friday. I have been lazy writing, but that is because I don´t have much news to write about. Ok, I am boring sometimes. I feel ashamed about that. I admit.

Maybe I am boring because I focus very much on the Woman´s health running. I am in rather good condition but I would like to do the best I can. I am heading at a time about 2 hours. From today, I have two months.  The biggest challenge is that it is snow, cold and dark. This weekend I was going to run but since there is quite a lot of snow, I will go skiing. I think. Let´s find out tomorrow.

I must admit that I am very jealous of professional skiers, runners etc. That is why I sometimes follow sports TV news. So tonight I just recover. Waiting for tomorrow. What will weather be like?

Anna

Biology is a very vast subject. For me, biology is nature, including animals and eg flowers. However, with my background, biology is more focused on pharmacology. That is how different drugs interact with receptors and cause a physiological and/or behavioral change.

I am very worried when I read the news because politicians, with no whatsoever, biological knowledge try to get involved in research. They see things from a political point of view with no biological understanding. Pharmacology is very complex and that makes it very interesting. There are many things that are not understood but politicians think they understand. This scares me.

I would like to exemplify by one of the greatest discoveries for mankind. The discovery of penicillin 75 years ago. This lifesaving discovery has made a great impact and what would be interesting to find out is what problems has it caused? Resistance? Environmental changes? Lobotomi was also a great discovery, but that is nothing anyone would like to talk about today.

Politics is too much based on feelings and not on knowledge. There is so much research that has been done that can be implicated in daily life. Here, politicians have a great work to do.

Anna

I have continued my training with new focus. It feels good. I have now two months to prepare for Women´s health running. I have been a bit reluctant for out doors training but since there was no snow last weekend I tried and that made me remember. This weekend was cold. Some ice on the roads, but I put on some more clothes. I cannot have my sweetie with me when I run so I take her for walk afterwards. She loves this walk. I wonder what it is like being a dog. The world must be different since they have an extra dimension by the nose. She knows my tracks even if I am not at the same place. Funny.

Since this running is more (21 km) than last time (Hässelbyloppet), I think I have to try two laps next time. Just to try how it feels. Nature is beautiful now. No blueberries as you can see on the photo above. They are recovering and waiting for better time. The animals in the forest are hiding. Saw a deer and traces of rabbits.

To conclude, it feels very good to have spent time outdoors even thought it is very cold. Watched Kalla and Kallur on TV performing good skiing and running.

Anna

I have been able to go running a few weekends. Surprisingly. There will be some more snow, I am sure about that. But this has made me look forward. It is wonderful to feel fresh air and get some sun. So, to get some motivation I am going to join Women´s health running in April (Stockholm). That is about 21 km. Right now my training program is running for 10 km and then walk with my sweetie for 10 km. So please join!

Anna