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Trail running with backpack and tent

August 29, 2019August 31, 2019
by Team Lost

We started our adventure by taking the bus from Jönköping to Gränna harbour. We ran a few km until we joined the John Bauer trail. This was something new for us, we have never done it before and never been running so long in 24 hours.

We have packed everything we needed for the coming days. Tent, sleeping bags, kitchen, food, new clothes etc.

We started to run on asfalt before we came to super cool trails along Lake Vättern. The weather was perfect for running, a little cloudy and around 24 degrees. Our plan was to make it all the way to Jönköping and we didn’t have any time goal so we walked uphill and toke it easy.

After a couple of hours, near the village of Bunn, we stopped and filled up our water bottles with more water. We took a look at the map and decided where we should put up the tent and sleep for the night. We decided to stop by a lake called Lappsjön. On the way there it started to get darker and darker. Lucky for us we had packed headlights that we used the last 5km.

We found the lake we were looking for, put up our tent, boiled some water and had a late dinner. The food from we brought was from Real Turmat and it was really nice to have food after some hours of running. We ran 27 km the first day.

We fell a sleep fast and woke up early with the birds that did some funny sounds. It was a super cool little place that we had found. We had breakfast. Patrik wanted food for breakfast and Fanny hade müsli. We boiled water for our water bottles and packed everything and got ready for running again.

Our bodies felt ok and we didn’t have any injuries except blisters on our toes from the first day. We hade the same plan as the first day, no stress and walk uphill. Our bags weighted about 5 kilo extra each and it was much harder to run with bags than we had expected.

We didn’t take any longer breaks, just kept moving forward. When we felt tired we walked for a bit. It started to rain in the end but it was just nice.

When we came to the finish of John Bauer trail we still had a bit left home. We ran down to Huskvarna, ca 5km, were we took the bus home.

We had a plan to maybe run the last bit home but it was 10 k on asphalt and we both felt that 31 km the second day was enough. We ended the second day with nice and cool trail running and a great feeling instead of add 10 k extra on asphalt.

We ran 58 k in total, happy and tierd when we came home.

The equipment we used:

All the tent products we use are from Vaude. We really like the brand, the quality and that they have eco friendly products. The have a Green Shape label, that means that their products are made from sustainable materials.

* Tent model : Hogan SUL 2P
* Matress Performance 7 M
* Sleeping bags Alpstein Concept Alpstein 200 DWN
* Backpack Trail spacer 18

We also packed:
* Silva light – Cross trail x 5
* Kitchen from MSR – MSR PocketRocket 2 Mini Stove Kit
* Primus Microntrail
* Food from REAL Turmat
* GoPro

You find the gpx file for the John Bauer Trail here.

Do you know where we should run next?

Do you want to read more about camping adventure, check out our trip to Norway HERE

Läs om äventyret på Patriks blogg.

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ÖtillÖ Utö, race report

May 22, 2019September 3, 2019
by Team Lost

Ötillö Utö is a special race. On this day one year ago we got the idea of doing swimrun together and this was the race we were looking at. We didn’t think that we would do som many races before this.

We took the ferry to Utö at the race day. Started with some Nocco ice pops and rested before the race briefing. This time we knew a little more about everything and could be more relaxed. We didn’t check the course so well. Maybe something that we should do next time. Fanny wrote the swim distance at here hand and we got info that it was between 6-10 degrees in the water. It was cold but we have been practiced in this so it would be ok.

We started with a 2,2 k run before the first swim. The running felt ok and we started quite fast. The first swim was interesting. We tried to have a tow rope for the first time. It ended up with some problems and in the middle we decided to swim without it. We need to swim more with a tow rope so we can use it at races. We could feel that our legs was still a little tired after the races the weekend before in Croatia.

The coming swims went better but it was a little cold and we didn’t get warm at the runs. It was 7 swims in total and the race was 13 k. We where in 4th place after the first swim and hold it until we reached finish line. Super happy and we still know that we have many things to work on.

A fun race and we looking forward to do the longer one next year.

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Running with backpack – Review Silva Strive Light 5…

March 31, 2019May 31, 2019
by Team Lost

We have had the opportunity to test the backpack Strive Light 5 from Swedish Silva and are pleasantly surprised. It is a stable and flexible backpack with many adjustment possibilities. The backpack can hold 5 liters of packing, which is perfect for running in a few hours. The design is stylish, it’s slim to the back, which means it does not skim around. There are many compartments for gels and mobile phones as well as room for liquid by having a liquid blower at the back or bottles on the chest. The backpack also works great for use without a sweater, as it does not give any shafe.

Silva Strive Light 5 has a relatively low price and a good quality. We often use it in training and have had it on several longer races.

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Race report – 2XU Idre Fjällmaraton

August 27, 2018May 31, 2019
by Team Lost

We did it! 28 k in the Swedish mountains. Our goal on this race was to have fun, record some content and share the race at our and 2XU Swedens insta stories.

We came up to Idre on the day before the race and stayed with the 2XU team. It was a long time since both of us ran this far so this race where more like training to upcoming races.
The weather was almost perfekt for running. Not to warm and not to cold. A little bit rain but not to much. The first 8 k was quite easy. After the second energy stop we got to see the magic views. We played some music and had fun. Sometimes it was both sun and rain at the same time. It was beautiful.

The second part of the race was a little bit harder. Big hills and a lot of stones on the trail. It was as promised a tough race. We took it easy without any stress. We are so proud that we didn’t got lost and it was a super fun race.

Go visit our Facebook page if you wanna see the video from the race.