Running is my life right now. Whenever I get an occation I run. It is really challenging since there is snow and ice on the roads. In addition, it gets dark early in the afternoon. Today was so good. Such beautiful weather. I have some photos on Instagram. Snow and blue sky! And sweetie.

It is, so called, sportlov in Sweden right now so I saw a lot of skiers on the train to Stockholm tonight. I also watched TV today and saw some skiing from Holmenkollen in Oslo. It is true, watching sports give more energy than watching news. I think there should be both good and bad news, not only bad news all the time.

A lot of focus has been on Olof Palme today. It is 30 years since he was murdered. Investigations are still open even though it is such a long time ago. I remember that day and I remember Hans Holmér leading the investigation. Tonight I will read what Dagens Nyheter has to say about this.

Anna

I have a day off. Sometimes I just like to do nothing so I have spent most of my day listening to the radio. I don´t know why but there are rarely good news reported. That is why I have started to follow sports on TV. That gives me energy. Very positive.

I was lucky today because weather is good. Rather cold but sunny. I have running in my mind and focusing a lot on Women´s health running. Today in exactly 2 months . Since I am in Stockholm I could not walk with my sweetie. I have noticed that it is good to walk after running. Good for the muscles. So tomorrow I will probably have pain. So, just a little something from me today.

Anna

Today I have focused a lot on training and recovery. With sweetie. I follow the weather forecast, but it is not always that predictive. I could actually run today and that was a challenge due to a lot of snow. And ice. This week I bought something for my shoes so I will not fall. Could run in snow today.

This evening has been very snowy. There will be no sun tomorrow but I hope the temperature will be stable. My sweetie is very happy to go for a walk after my running. Always exciting. She is best!

Mentioned time yesterday. I think I will have a time of about 2 hours and 10 minutes. This is good for me. I have something exciting ahead.

Anna

No pharmacology writing tonight. It is Friday. I have been lazy writing, but that is because I don´t have much news to write about. Ok, I am boring sometimes. I feel ashamed about that. I admit.

Maybe I am boring because I focus very much on the Woman´s health running. I am in rather good condition but I would like to do the best I can. I am heading at a time about 2 hours. From today, I have two months.  The biggest challenge is that it is snow, cold and dark. This weekend I was going to run but since there is quite a lot of snow, I will go skiing. I think. Let´s find out tomorrow.

I must admit that I am very jealous of professional skiers, runners etc. That is why I sometimes follow sports TV news. So tonight I just recover. Waiting for tomorrow. What will weather be like?

Anna

Biology is a very vast subject. For me, biology is nature, including animals and eg flowers. However, with my background, biology is more focused on pharmacology. That is how different drugs interact with receptors and cause a physiological and/or behavioral change.

I am very worried when I read the news because politicians, with no whatsoever, biological knowledge try to get involved in research. They see things from a political point of view with no biological understanding. Pharmacology is very complex and that makes it very interesting. There are many things that are not understood but politicians think they understand. This scares me.

I would like to exemplify by one of the greatest discoveries for mankind. The discovery of penicillin 75 years ago. This lifesaving discovery has made a great impact and what would be interesting to find out is what problems has it caused? Resistance? Environmental changes? Lobotomi was also a great discovery, but that is nothing anyone would like to talk about today.

Politics is too much based on feelings and not on knowledge. There is so much research that has been done that can be implicated in daily life. Here, politicians have a great work to do.

Anna

I have continued my training with new focus. It feels good. I have now two months to prepare for Women´s health running. I have been a bit reluctant for out doors training but since there was no snow last weekend I tried and that made me remember. This weekend was cold. Some ice on the roads, but I put on some more clothes. I cannot have my sweetie with me when I run so I take her for walk afterwards. She loves this walk. I wonder what it is like being a dog. The world must be different since they have an extra dimension by the nose. She knows my tracks even if I am not at the same place. Funny.

Since this running is more (21 km) than last time (Hässelbyloppet), I think I have to try two laps next time. Just to try how it feels. Nature is beautiful now. No blueberries as you can see on the photo above. They are recovering and waiting for better time. The animals in the forest are hiding. Saw a deer and traces of rabbits.

To conclude, it feels very good to have spent time outdoors even thought it is very cold. Watched Kalla and Kallur on TV performing good skiing and running.

Anna

I have been able to go running a few weekends. Surprisingly. There will be some more snow, I am sure about that. But this has made me look forward. It is wonderful to feel fresh air and get some sun. So, to get some motivation I am going to join Women´s health running in April (Stockholm). That is about 21 km. Right now my training program is running for 10 km and then walk with my sweetie for 10 km. So please join!

Anna

I get so sad when the internet is not working properly. There seem to be some people finding it entertaining to disturb. So since internet did not work this afternoon I read an article about Lappish people in Dagens Nyheter. I get very sad and upset when I read about it because I have suffered a lot due to my Lappish background. The justice do not work in Sweden so I have suffered a lot. A lot. However, this article made me smile.

The article was about a fight between Lappish people and the Swedish government. It was about the rights to fishing and hunting. This was finally, after many years,  judged in favor to Lappish people, and it was also very good for so called “urinvånare” all over the world.

Tonight I went for training that I like a lot. I need to start to keep a strict diet. My policy is however if I go training I can have candy. When I need motivation I sometimes think of an animal and tonight I thought of horses. Strong, running horses. It is fun, you should try it!

Anna