There is definitely change going on, the temperature is rising. Mornings are brighter. I really like this time of the year. Change from darkness to brighter times. I saw this sign on the photo below last weekend. Sweet.

I am very focused on exercise right now and I will be till summer. Women´s health is coming up soon. Long distance running. I try to find inspiration to keep up a good mood. And I try to not get wounded. I must admit that it is a little challenging to run now because there is still a lot of ice on the roads.

Anna

Today is woman’s day. So, I should write something. It says a lot that there has to be a woman’s day. What am I doing tonight? I am just spending my evening at home watching CNN. Saw an interview with a Swedish minister representing freedom. No clear take home message for women´s situation in Sweden. It is good to watch various news, that broadens your mind.

Ok, all for tonight. Thank you for reading!

Anna

Sportlov has really been the topic this week. It has been rather calm in Stockholm since a lot of people leave for sports vacation. So, I have been lazy writing. The truth is that I don´t have much to write about since I am so focused on training. And the exercise is, more or less, the same. Weather conditions vary.

This week´s exercise has been cycling, running, walking and barre. I have also watched some sports on TV. A lot of skiing from Holmenkollen. Great fun to watch. Tomorrow is Vasaloppet and there has been a lot of preparation for that. I think that someone from Norway will be winner tomorrow. Norway are strong now.

Tonight will be early. Sleep is good to recover and I will go for a run tomorrow.

Anna

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