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Ultrarunning
Ultrarunning or trail ultramarathons have gained popularity in recent years along with increasing interest in trail running. Ultrarunning usually requires intense training and can cause sweat and tears (sometimes even blood), but the experiences it brings in the middle of the beautiful nature are worth it all.
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Herajärven kierros Trail in Koli National Park area is around 60 km (38 miles) hiking trail in incredibly beautiful scenery. The Herajärven kierros Trail actually consists of two ring routes around Lake Herajärvi: a 35 km (21.7 miles) loop around the northern end and a 30 km (18.6 miles) loop around the southern end. On the Herajärven kierros Trail, you can enjoy varied nature, rugged hills, green forests and blue lakes.
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Are you struggling with poor performance in running? The legs feel heavy and you feel short of breath? You're trying to come up with explanations for the complete fatigue that has gradually intensified. Or maybe you have always imagined that you just weren't born to run.
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If a year could be a low rated movie, it would probably look like 2022. At the end of January, my mother unexpectedly passed away, and in the middle of February I got corona. Difficult symptoms lasted a long time.
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Looking back to 2021 I had an amazing year on the trails, both with trail running shoes and hiking boots. The year included a lot of kilometers, beautiful sceneries and new challenges. But it also was a year of injuries, bad weather, and periods of working too much. This is the summary of my training in 2021, my reflections on the performance, and the list of my trail running goals for the coming year.
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The Sevettijärvi-Pulmanki Trail is the most popular hiking trail going through Kaldoaivi wilderness. Kaldoaivi is the largest wilderness area in Finland. The 2924 sq.km wilderness area is located in Utsjoki, in Northern Lapland. The landscape varies from fell highlands to dense birch forests, with countless lakes and river valleys.
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I started trail running in April 2020. Before that, I didn’t even know what is ‘trail running’. Really. I had heard the word (polkujuoksu in Finnish), but I thought it had something to do with the way you run, like stamping style (how embarrassing is that!). Trail running is, well, running on trails instead of running on roads, concrete, tartan or other paved paths. It’s related but different sport from running. The core of trail running is simply being in nature. I would never had guessed how astounding impact trail running could have on my physical and mental wellbeing.
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