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I’ts -17 degrees C this morning. That’s already a bit warmer than when I woke up. Translated it means it’s just flippin’ cold!! 🥶❄️☃️ My favourite trail shoes HOKA Torrent are now prepped with some spikes. The Clifton will be next! @hokaoneone_eu . . . . . #hokaoneone #hokatorrent #spikes #winterrunning #winterrunninggear #customshoes #timetofly #womenwhofly #nobadweather #wintertraining #norway #trysil #myracekit #enjoyyouradventure
January is fast approaching and it means Training Camp Time! Next year I’ll be coaching non-stop from 8th to 24th January at three camps in the Canaries. First in Gran Canaria and then it will be my 4th year at our popular Lanzarote Multi-Stage camp with @sondreamdahl @iancorlessphotography @shane.benzie @runninge.uk @mariepaule24. I love training camps. I learn a lot myself and it is so rewarding seeing people develop their running, grow their confidence and expand their comfort zones. Really looking forward to meeting everybody who will attend in the new year and to run on beautiful trails in the mountains, amongst volcanos and along the coast. 📸-> @iancorlessphotography (featuring the amazing Gemma Game who went on to podium at MDS) . . . . . #lanzarote #grancanaria #training #running #trainingcamp #ultrarunning #mds2019 #ultrarunner #coach #runningcoach #coachinglife #trailrunning #runningcamp #canaryislands #canarias #enjoyyouradventure #hokaoneone #raidlight #hokaclifton #timetofly #womenwhofly #sziols #myracekit
One of my highlights of 2018 was exploring the Atlas Mountains in Morocco in August. Basing ourselves in the mountain village of Imlil we had a great variety of beautiful trails to choose from. Here we’re summiting Jebel Toubkal for a 2nd time. Toubkal is North Africa’s tallest peak at 4167m. The second time we were blessed with the company of @iancorlessphotography (📸) and a superb guide who showed us a new route up and down. We started in the dark to reach the peak at dawn. Majestic! @sondreamdahl . . . . . #morocco #atlasmountains #toubkal #adventure #travel #trailrunning #fasthiking #fastpacking #mountaintrails #raidlight #raidlightresponsiv #hokaoneone #timetofly #womenwhofly #nightphotography #nighthiking #nightrunning #myracekit #enjoyyouradventure
I’m super excited to be in winter wonderland and to soon start my winter training. This year it will include cross country skiing. It’s been 20+ years since last time. How will it go? 😳🤷‍♀️ I’ll let you know by the end of the week. First a flying to visit to London to conclude my 2-week rest and then it begins! ❄️ . . . . . #trysil #norway #winter #skiing #crosscountryskiing #wintertraining #runner #ultrarunner
As it’s Monday, what are you doing to set yourself up for a great week? I stumbled on this in a shop in Oman and it seemed apt to help remind me of the things I have accomplished this year even if my race weekend didn’t go quite to plan! 😁 #dontbetooserious . . . . . #mondaymotivation #newgoals #positive #feelgoodaboutyourself #lovelife #haveagreatday #haveagreatweek #haveagreatmonday
What gear do you need for the Three Passes Trek in the Himalayas in November? All my gear fitted into the @raidlight Responsiv 25l pack and the total weight was about 8kg. This was a generous allowance with some “luxuries” and at least 1kg of snacks (didn’t want to live on Mars bars and Pringles). It was about 2kg heavier than my gear for the Everest Base Camp trek in early January which was more trimmed down. In addition, due to some extremely poorly timed work commitments, I also had my MacBook and charger though it fell on @sondreamdahl to carry this for most of the trek 😂😘. Most trekkers we met had at least double this weight if not three times as much. Why you would need to haul that much stuff around the mountains is a mystery to me and 5000+ meters is pretty tough as it is 🤷‍♀️😳. Swipe to see what I took. More detail to follow! . . . . . #fasthiking #fastpacking #trekking #threepassestrek #nepal #lovenepal #outdoorgear #lightandfast #fastandlight #myracekit #trailrunning #mountaintrails #raidlight #hokaoneone #sziols #enjoyyouradventure #timetofly #hokatorrent #himalayas #trekthehimalayas
Sadly neither of us had the race we hoped for today in Oman 🤷‍♀️. I knew already after starting that it would be a bit tough, based on how the body felt, but accepted that since I wasn’t here to win the race but to enjoy an adventure. At the check point at 25km to my surprise Sondre was waiting. It wasn’t his day either so he had decided to do the rest of the race with me ❤️. We did the next 25km or so together, mostly climbing. It went ok. However, 8 hours into the race I started to feel pretty ill, and couldn’t hold any food or water down. I rested for a while but then decided it was not be my day. Running on these super technical trails, littered with rocks, without being able to fuel to keep your head alert is sure suicide. I am disappointed to not finish but we have seen the whole course and experienced these trails before race day, with the added bonus of seeing it all in day light. Training here, on the most technical trails I think I have ever run on, has made me a much better trail runner so all is not lost. Looking forward to planning some new adventures soon but first some rest! . . . . . #omanbyutmb #raceday #dnf #shithappens #newgoals #happyanyway
Pharmacy Thamel style... 🙈😱🤷‍♀️ They did have the nasal spray @sondreamdahl needed and found it surprisingly quickly in the general chaos. It was in date too. 😂 #nepal #travel #pharmacy #notlikehome #thamel #coldremedy #medicines #shop #hoarder #lovenepal
Today is work day in Kathmandu. The reality is though, when you work for yourself and you do what you love, there is no hard line between work and “life”. For me, if I’m running on trails or hiking in the mountains or sitting in front of my laptop in a cafe, it’s equally work in some way. I may be training for a race, fulfilling sponsor obligations, delivering a camp, providing support to my coaching clients, working for my shop, or developing myself to get better at what I do. It may look to some like I am on a constant holiday. The truth is more that I am always working, I am just mostly location independent. Due to some rather poorly timed work requiring a computer, my laptop was even hauled around the recent hike in the Himalayas! (Thanks @sondreamdahl 😂❤️🤗) Today’s technology is making a lot of things possible, yet so many people are still stuck in the mindset that work can only happen in an office, between fixed hours. The world is my office and my hours are flexible. The output matters, not exactly when or where it gets done, and through most my travels this year, whether at 4000m in the Himayalas, north of the arctic circle in Sweden, in the remote desert in Oman, in a small mountain village in Morocco, my network coverage has been far superior to that “at home” in the UK...🤷‍♀️ The world is my oyster, and yours. Don’t get stuck. Find what you love and go get it. It’s not necessarily easy, but it is rewarding. . . . . . #ultrarunner #coachinglife #flexibleworking #kathmandu #challengethestatusquo #mindset #locationindependent #work #life #selfemployed #travel #adventure #laptoplifestyle #digitalnomad #nomadgirls #choice #mobileoffice #whereiwork

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