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Weekend i Schweiz

september 15, 2020september 15, 2020
av Team Lost

Schweiz är otroligt fint och det finns så många platser att utforska och upptäcka. Förra sommaren var vi i Engadin för ÖtillÖ Swimrun Engadin. Då gjorde vi sprint loppet som du kan läsa mer om här.

Vår tanke var att göra det längre ÖtillÖ loppet i somras men corona pandemi satte käppar i hjulet. Istället åkte vi dit nu för en träningsweekend.

Fredag

Vi vaknade upp på hotellet Randolins till en utsikt med magiska berg.

Hotellet ligger ca 3 km utanför St Moritz och du kan läsa mer nedan om hur du åker dit. Vi åt frukost och sedan hämtade vi ut cyklar på hotellet.

Runt om kring i Engadin finns det massor med olika trail rundor och vi hade kollat ut en som låg ca 9 km från hotellet. Turen heter Fourcla Val Champagna.

På vägen stannade vi till i affären Go Vertikal för att köpa gas till stormköket. Sedan cyklade vi vidare till Samedan där starten för trailrundan gick. Vi parkerade cyklarna och började springa.

Det gick uppför och uppför och uppför. Starten var på 1600 höjdmeter och det kändes direkt på andningen. Vi gick en rätt mycket i början innan det plattade ut lite och vi kunde springa.

Vägen upp började med en grusväg för att sedan övergå till små stigar. Det var några kor på vägen och det fanns små bäckar så vi kunde fylla på vatten.

Väl uppe på toppen gjorde åt vi lunch, tog det lite lugnt och sen gjorde Patrik sina burpees innan det var dags att springa vidare ner på andra sidan berget.

Tillbaka vägen var fina små stigar som slingrade sig nedför berget. Låren blev trötta och fick en känsla “Rockman känsla” (kolla här så förstår du).

Turen blev ca 17 km och 1200 höjdmeter. Sedan väntade bara cyklingen tillbaka till hotellet. Nu var det mer uppför och vi var trötta så cyklingen tog lite längre tid. Vi stannade även och åt glass på vägen.

Tillbaka på hotellet tog vi det lugn, åt middag och gick förbi spaat och badade lite.

Tips: Spana in denna sida om du vill hitta vilka turer som finns att springa.

Se videon här:

Lördag

Väderprognosen visade regn men vi vakande upp till sol och klarblå himmel. Efter frukosten cyklade vi till Silvaplana.

Det är här start och mål för ÖtillÖ går och omgivningen är verkligen superfin.

Vi åt lunch och sedan mötte vi upp Davide från Paraglidning Engadin. Det var nämligen dags att flyga ner från Corvatsh. Vi åkte en kabinbana upp och sedan gick vi en genomgång hur det skulle gå till innan det var dags att flyga ner.

När all utrustning var färdig började vi gå och sedan springa nedåt och poff så var vi i luften .

Vi flög med varsin guide och fick se Silvaplana från ovan. Det var verkligen super häftigt. Vi landade sedan nere vid ett litet slott. Har du inte testat paragliding är det en aktivitet vi verkligen rekommenderar.

Vi cyklade sedan tillbaka till hotellet pausade lite på vägen och njöt av omgivningarna.

På kvällen tog Fanny en liten löptur runt hotellet för att checka in ännu mer av omgivningarna.

Söndag

Dags att åka hem men innan frukost gav vi oss ut på en löptur bakom hotellet. Vi lyckades tajma soluppgången perfekt!

Patrik gjorde burpees och sedan var det dags för frukost och tåg hemåt igen.

En intensiv och rolig weekend i Schweiz!

Så åker du enklast till St Moritz / Engadin

Flyg till Zurich (det finns direktflyg från Stockholm och Göteborg)

Tåg från Zurich flygplats till St Moritz. Tågstationen ligger ca 10 minuter promenad från bagagebandet och det är enkelt att hitta. Det är två byten till St Moritz och resan tar ca 3h 40 minuter. Vi hade fixat biljetter innan och visade qr koder på tåget.

Från St Moritz går det sedan lokala bussar till hotellen eller hotellens egna shuttle bussar.

Förra sommaren bodde vi i den lilla byn Silvaplana och nu bodde vi på Randolins ca 3 km från St Mortiz.

Hotellen har ofta lånecyklar och det brukar ingå kabin kort så man kan åka upp på bergstopparna.

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Planning for more adventures 2020

september 25, 2019september 25, 2019
av Team Lost

This year hasn’t come to an end yet, but we’ve already started planning for next year. There’s so many races during the year and you can’t do them all so it’s important to have a plan.

We have looked at BAMM for years and we have been curios about the race. BAMM is a two day orientation race in mountain terrain. You compete in teams of two and you bring equipment for one overnight along the course. Distances offered are 30k, 50k and 70k split on two days.

The participants competing in the 50 and 70km distances will carry all equipment needed to manage two tough days and one night outside in the mountain terrain. This is so much adventure!

After passing all the checkpoints the competitors will reach the night camp where everybody will spend the night in a big camp.

This will be a big challenge for us. Our name is TEAM LOST which means that we often get lost and it’s important at this race to find the right way.
We have signed up for 70k. Now we’re looking forward to do more training like this adventure – Jönköping – Gränna.

Are you interested about this race? If you use the code – teamlostfriends you get 10% discount when you sign up for the race next year.

(pictures are from BAMM)

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Trail running with backpack and tent

augusti 29, 2019augusti 31, 2019
av 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

maj 22, 2019september 3, 2019
av 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.

Läs om loppet på Patriks blogg.

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Running with backpack – Review Silva Strive Light 5…

mars 31, 2019maj 31, 2019
av 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

augusti 27, 2018mars 14, 2020
av 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.