Holyrood parkrun wasn’t on my list of parkruns to visit, as when I am in Scotland it is usually visiting relatives in other parts of the country. However, we were at DRS Conference for a week, and the student accommodation they rent out to attendees is very close to the entrance to Holyrood park. …
Study period 2 (November and December) is my busiest in terms of teaching, and this year has been the busiest so far, due to several reasons. I’ve worked every weekend over the past two months, and should be looking forward to some rest and relaxation. I started this period of rest and relaxation by getting …
The Kattegattleden Route Kattegattleden (The Kattegat Trail) is Sweden’s 1st national cycle route, covering 390 km of Western Sweden. It starts in Helsingborg, and ends in Gothenburg. It is possible to do the route in the opposite direction, but this is the more popular direction of travel. Many riders begin in Copenhagen, taking the ferry …
After living in Gothenburg for over 5 years, and even having applied for Swedish citizenship, I finally decided it was time to take part in Göteborgsvarvet. This is advertised as the largest half marathon in Europe, but I wasn’t aware of that until I moved here. There are usually over 50,000 people who register, but …
After a few months of talking about visiting another Swedish parkrun, Brian, Henrik and I finally made the trip to our nearest event not done yet (NENDY), Växjösjön parkrun, on 23rd November 2024. Unlike the UK, where there seems to be a parkrun in almost every town, this is not the case in Sweden. Having …
The Gotaleden Trail Route The Gotaleden trail is a 77 km hiking trail which connects Gothenburg and Alingsås, and several smaller towns in-between. The route is largely through forest trails, but includes some on-road sections. It is divided into 9 separate stages, of between 6 and 11 kilometres distance per stage. The terrain varies from …
Although I have lived in Sweden for over 4 years now, and am a regular parkrunner in Gothenburg, I have done very little in the way of parkrun tourism here in Sweden. It’s harder to do this than in Scotland, where there are maybe 40 or 50 within a couple of hours drive. In Sweden, …
This was my first 10km race in Sweden, and my second official, non-virtual race here, and in a lot of respects it mirrored the first official race I ever took part in – the Glasgow Women’s 10km race in 2005. Much like my first race, this was a women-only race, and was a 10km event. …
This was my first official race in Sweden, and my first official race in almost 4 years. I did do a virtual half marathon in October 2020, but we ran that as part of a long training run with Solvikingarna and treated it as a comfortably hard training run, until the final mile when I …
I did my 100th parkrun during the long Easter weekend on Saturday 8th April 2023, and I wanted to reflect again on the impact parkrun has had on my life. This is partially a run report. But it is also about the parkrun community, and how it can help make even emigrating easy as a …