Running Jämtland Härjedalen

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• Spring!
  Spring has arrived and almost all snow is now gone. That calls for trailrunning! Here’s my tip to you: Andersön is a peninsula in Storsjön just 20 km from Östersund. It’s a popular place for us trailrunners and it aslo host a race, Andersön Runt on the 26th of may. The terrain varies but it’s [...]
  
  
• Upcoming race!
  This weekend Helags Adventures hosts Icebug Winter Run in Östersund. 10 km on a 5 km lap on ice and snow. Conditions are perfekt and the weather forecast for the weekend looks sunny See you on the ice!
  
  
• Winterun!
  Great conditions on Storsjön these days. Be sure to check it out! 22-23 of mars Icebug Winter Run http://iwrostersund.wordpress.com/
  
  
• Icebug Winter Run – preperations
  22-23th of mars, Östersund holds a new running event, Icebug Winter Run. Four different competitions packed into one two-day event. Friday: Fredagsloppet (4x 2km relay) Saturday : Ismilen, 10 kilometres on ice in central Östersund! Familjestafetten, 4x 2km relay for families. Promenadloppet These are pictures taken from todays testrun. Conditions are absolutely perfect! Start in Badhusparken. [...]
  
  
• December sun!
  Östersund is now white! We’ve had lots of snow the last days and it looks wonderful. Sun sets early in the afternoon and creates this warm light from the horizon. Running conditions are great – temperature at -9 degrees.                                 [...]
  
  
• Sunday morning silence
  There are some great running trails in Östersund. Here’s one! Start in Badhusparken and run south along Storsjön. Terrain varies from asphalt and gravel to trails. Keep running for about four kilometres and then either turn and run back or cross the railroad and run back on the upper side of the railroad.   R
  
  
• Winter running approaches
  Andrew Sutherland who wrote this blog is leaving for is home country, South Africa. I, Richard Kalenius will keep the blog running and hopefully keep you readers interested in what Jämtland Härjedalen has to offer when it comes to running! I’m studying Sport Science at Mittuniversitet in Östersund and have been running frequently for a [...]
  
  
• Season Finale!
  Season finale of 2012, was a race called “Slutspurten” (Finishing spurt) at the Ski Stadium in Östersund. The end of a balmy August, the leaves still have the last tinges of gold and an early winter is fast approaching, it was perfect to run a final race for the great summer season of running that [...]
  
  
• AXA “Oppet fjäll” (Open Mountain) 2013
  So the best news on the trail running circuit in Sweden for 2013 is that the AXA “Fjäll marathon” is growing, with two new races scheduled for in 2013. So what’s the big deal with this race? Well for starters, its regarded as the premier trail marathon in the running season in Sweden. Since 2005, [...]
  
  
• And so winter begins
  The balmy autumn weather has had a strange effect, apart from having some of the most amazing runs I have had in a long time, its been good seeing other runners out enjoying the weather too. The soft sunshine, long shadows across the pavements, leaves crunching as you run over them. Its almost as if [...]