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Currently, I have become very interested in measuring my pulse. I will write more about it later. To get some more knowledge I have ordered a book to read about how to use your pulse to get your training at a personal level. Individualized. Training should be fun, but I also like to read about the physiological changes going on in your body when doing exercise. The heart grows to adapt. Etc.

I am also working on my own book. I am very happy because I have had my book corrected so I use good Swedish. I have learnt some and I will bring these advice further on when I will write my next book. I am very happy because I write proper Swedish but I need to do some changes. Writing a book is not the same thing as writing a thesis.

I need to do exercise to be able to write. So these hobbies make a great part of my life. It gives me time to reflect. This book will be rather emotional. I have accepted that maybe this book reflects a part of my own life and that the next book will be a part of my future life. Life is emotional weather you or me like it or not. My book will go together with poems, so this will be, with no doubts, emotional writing.

Training, training, training. To increase fitness is not always easy, and to change habits is a challenge. I do exercise because I think it is fun and it makes me feel good. However, now that I have decided to join Hässelbyloppet, I have to do more exercise. I thought I was in a rather good condition since I have done quite a lot of cycling. But no. I have really found out that running is not cycling. My pulse is higher when running. It is amazing that the heart can beat so much. But that is good. Always good to have the heart work. This weekend I stayed in Stockholm so no walking with my sweetie. Maybe next weekend. I miss her dearly.

Time passes rapidly. No doubt. I enjoyed this weekend very much. I must admit that I was a little tired, but to wake up and find a day filled with sunshine is the best. It felt like it was the last taste of summer.

So I got into a training mood rather quickly since I was told that there might be rain in the afternoon. My sweetie is always very eager to go for walks. She cannot run since her paws get hurt. I wanted to find out how my running is right now. And I must admit, it was tough. I can run far, but not at the pace I would like. So, one hour for 10 km. I would be very happy if I could reach 55 minutes. I know I shouldn’t´t think about time, but it is always tempting.

After running I went for a walk. I haven´t had time to search for mushrooms this year so I had a look. Normally there are a lot of “kantareller”, but not this year. It started to rain in the afternoon and I had the photo below, illustrating autumn.

A few signs of autumn have appeared. Even though I don´t like that it is getting darker and colder, I like to watch the leaves slowly change colours. To go for long walks with my sweetie, fresh air and also to search for mushrooms.

As you know, I spend a lot of my spare time on exercise. This summer I have only done training to enjoy nature. Not to have any feeling that I would like to reach next stage at a physiological level. My pulse has actually decreased and I interpret that as a better oxygen metabolism in my body. Last spring I did a lot of cycling, and changed to running during summer. I definetly feel that I use other muscles when running and cycling. I have had so much pain!

Last weekend was “Tjejmilen”. I have participated a few times but not this year. However, last Saturday when I saw all runners, I got very inspired. I remembered that it is very fun to feel the pulse increase just when the start is off. 10 km. And the happy feeling when reaching goal.

So, I am going to join Hässelbyloppet (10 km) in October. Unfortunately, I don´t have all time I would like to have to really be prepared. Would like to run for 50 minutes. But, I have to realise that it will be approximately one hour. I really hope that it will be sunshine that day so I can keep it as a nice memory. I run for fun.