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Branding. Gococo 2012

2012-02-02T22:12:00.006+01:00

(Photo: gococo.com)

Check this out friends, pink compression socks from Gococo. The best socks in the whole world now also exists in pink. Guess who is lucky? me. I own a handful of these coconut shelf made socks and love them so much that I can barely go training in any other socks anylonger. They are simply the best and I guess that the skisocks would have been much warmer than the Everest ones I had today at the office to not freeze to death.

Eats. Smoothie

2012-02-02T13:15:00.000+01:00

In the absence of Starbucks my Starbucks cup is very useful. This morning I celebrated that it is Thursday by having a blueberry and raspberry smoothie. It might sound strange but when it is cold I love to eat icecream and frozen drinks.

Style. Hoodie day

2012-02-02T08:30:00.000+01:00

I guess it is feezing record of the year in Stockholm today so I tried to do the best of this situation and get dressed in a lot of clothes. Because of that I got the brilliant idea to have an official hoodie day today wearing one of my favourite Abercrombie ones. I think we need an official hoodie day in our calender like a causual Friday or the suitup day - don't you?

Branding. The Nike Blast

2012-02-01T22:48:00.001+01:00

Now it is cristal clear. After a lot of thinking of go or no go I have finally decided to not miss one of the top notch training event of the year, the Nike Blast that takes places in the Ericsson Globe arena in Stockholm this weekend. The two previous years I have been to the convention in Oslo and it have been unbeatable. Like the class in the attached video with Michael Jackson's former choreographer Tony Stone. Looks fun right? If I was nikiefied before I got more nikiefied after.

Note to the coach: 90 minutes powerrunning to check fot status.

Eats. Nudle lunch

2012-02-01T19:13:00.000+01:00

When I was a student I was not a nudle consumer. But this week I have turned to one. Not student, but nudle eater. Only a japanese nudle eater though. Mixed with some chicken, corn and my favourite broccoli I promisse it is delicious. But remember, it has to be japanese nudles.

Style. A perfect mess

2012-02-01T09:12:00.000+01:00

One of my 100 hobbies is home styling and interior design. I love the simple, functional and white theme and in my rockstar crib every piece of furniture is selected by thought. Some IKEA stuff since I live in an IKEA country and some other things. It is just one area where I have a problem to find a working concept. The hallway. It is always a mess and looks like a rest dump every evening with luncboxes, training items, shoes, bags, phones, acessoares, mails and so on. What to do? all organization tips are warmly welcomed!

Thoughts. Social media 2012

2012-01-31T22:59:00.002+01:00

After a funny combat class that I went for at my training free Tuesday I went for a powerwalk talk. I actually thought a bit about how the internet will change in 2012. First I think that the social media boom will last, but the number of bloggers will decrease in favour for twitter. Then I think that the Facebook introduction as a public traded company will force them to improve their service more rapidly, which the users are not ready for so the popularity will decrease a bit. So a fail for Facebook in 2012. Then I think that the photo sharing medium instagram will increase in popularity and Google+ will still be there but not a popular networking tool. Last but not least, I think Linkedin will have a good year since the unemployment rate will increase when the economy goes into recession and having a broader network becomes more and more important. That is what I think, what about you?

Note to the coach. 70 minutes Bodycombat.

Eats. Kegoatie

2012-01-31T16:22:00.001+01:00

Now when it is supercold outside it is too cold for me to get fuel from keghurt, so I have created kegoatie. That is oatmeal topped with Keso, berries that are free of choice and some nuts and seeds for the extra finish. Right now I am getting hungry by just looking at the picture.

Style.Best Tuesday wins

2012-01-31T09:03:00.001+01:00

Todays start was much better than yesturday although it is Tuesday which is the day of the week I like the least. I thought it would be a bad hairday since I was not brushing my hair after the shower last night but straighten it all out was not a mission impossible. For twitter followers, a new round of the competition best Tuesday wins is on today! (#besttuesdaywins)

Thoughts. Happy ending!

2012-01-30T21:35:00.000+01:00

Do I have to say I wish I was at the place on the picture? One day of cold and I am out of the game, dreaming of summer 24/7. The hot part of summer is nothing I have to dream about because it is kind of easy to fix also in polar cold Sweden. And that was exactly what I did after the first office day of the week. The destination was not Australia, but Sportlife in Stockholm. First out was a core class. Well needed so to say and I like core training. After that the real fun begun with the super pro instructor Jessica Clarén. She is the kind of trainer that differentiates the good ones from the great ones. 60 minutes of all in training to music to die for. All great from beginning to the end and it felt as hot as in Australia when the hour was over. So a happy ending of a day with that started like a nightmare.

Note to the coach: 30 minutes core and 60 minutes spinning.

Eats. Sallad day

2012-01-30T12:53:00.001+01:00

I started the day with a sallad lunchbox today. Chicken sallad spiced up with jalapenos. Very yummi even at a cold winterday!

Style. Freezing cold

2012-01-30T08:34:00.000+01:00

Today I had not the best start of the week so to say. First I forgot my badge at home and had to run up all stairs to get it. Then when I came to Arlanda Express, guess what? the SJ trains were moving but not the AE train. The third bad thing is the freezing cold unhuman condition. -13 degrees and merely survivable. I guess I am lucky having to spend the day inside an office building today!

Training. All in

2012-01-29T18:43:00.000+01:00

The fashion weeks of 2012 edition will soon begin. In a few weeks the New York one will start and I fear that I will not qualify this year either. But I had a colourful outfit on todays runway. I know that pink is the colour to dress in and multiple layer outfit is the way to go. I followed the matching rule and of course I paired my green singlet with a green hairband in accordance with my do it all the way policy. So guess what I did after the run? did it all way and ended the training Sunday with a bodypump class held by one of the gladiators from the TV show, Gladiatorerna.

Note to the coach: 60 minutes of Lesmills Bodypump 80.

Eats. Golden lunch

2012-01-29T14:42:00.002+01:00

Since I am a wellknown breakfast junkie I just celebrated a 13,3 km run with digging some golden semolina pudding from my royal breakfast bowl. What a supernice running weather it was today. 0 degrees and 100% sunny in Stockholm. Sad to say, but my foot is not collaborating to 100% and I am very sad about that. It is getting better but not perfect and I really, really wanted to go for an aerobics class this afternoon but it will not be possible so a pumpclass will be my second physical activity today.

Note to the coach: 13,3 km running in 5:30-6 km/h speed around Södermalm.

Style. Lost & found

2012-01-29T09:40:00.001+01:00

My pink ICA card was gone with the wind and was a millisecond from ordering a new one. I mean, who does not want to collect bonus like a retired and get the very interesting last issue of the magazine Buffé with Marathonmia to flip through. But guess what I just found the card at when I sorted out my japanese yen's that I will go to Forex and change back to euros. But first, it is time for a Sunday runday in supersunny Stockholm. It could be worse! What are your Sunday plans?

Training. Castle run tour

2012-01-28T18:39:00.000+01:00

From Sunday to Saturday I have felt lika a half of myself because my left foot have not been in running condition. Almost not in training condition at all. Today my running ban was over so when I was done with running my errends in the city I jumped out of my Abercrombie style and into the Nike suit and went for a checkup tour. I had no plan where to run when I left my crib, but the distance of 10 km was cristal clear so I turned on my Nike GPS watch and started. First out was Kungsholmen but when I came to Drottningholm I got the idea of putting a royal touch on this run so I passed the castle where some reception was held. Then I decided to run over to Hagaparken and it was a great decision. The running conditions were perfect with a bit of snow on the ground and -1 degrees. My feets were moving forward and I was not thinking about anything and the run was over before it begun. But 10 km was the distance of the day and I am very happy about that my foot was only feeling a bit strange for the first kilometer so I finished the run with the final kilometer in a 4,15 km/h speed. Happy Saturday!

Note to the coach: 10 km running.

Eats. Rosehip soup

2012-01-28T15:12:00.001+01:00

To clarify for once and all rosehip soup is not a kids food only eaten at kindergarden. And if it is, I am still allowed to eat it because I never went to kindergarden. It is a fantastic eat also for grown ups like me before a run session. I just had a little bit late lunch with the one and only tasteful rosehip soup topped with Keso and two slizes of hard bread to energy boost a bit because in a little while I will go out for the first run this week to check if my left feet is runnable.

Style. Yoga event

2012-01-28T11:06:00.001+01:00

What a perfect start of the day I just had. Now you all think I have been running, travelled to a warm and sunny country or been to a rockstar class at the gym, but that is not the fact. I have been to the Casall store for a yoga event with Fitness magazine and Casall trainer Cecilia Duberg. I have tried yoga before quite many times but never understood the fun with it, but this was fun. Very fun. Actually so fun that I will have to put the activity into my activity plan especially now when I own two yoga carpets, but how often? A hard start joining the twitter challenge (hashtag: #yoga30days) with 30 days of yoga in a row feels to be to much now in the beginning of my yoga "career".

Music. Resusicate Me

2012-01-27T19:44:00.002+01:00

In the past September has not made many songs that have went into my playlists, but the one "Resuscitate Me" passed all my qualification factors to end up at my training playlist. Music is a very important ingridient in my everyday life. The right song at the right place is like having the right mix of veggies in a sallad. Without a perfect match the value is low no matter how good the pieces are by themselves. The same thing when it comes to going to a gym class. If the first song is not the right one, the whole session becomes tougher. Bodypump 80 that I went to today has the right mix of the right music like most of LessMills clases. I mean, who can not be willing to give a little bit extra at a class starting with the song Resusciatate me with September?

Note to the coach: 60 minutes Bodypump at Sportlife.

Eats. Macarone STHLM

2012-01-27T19:26:00.001+01:00

I have not spent the Friday eating macarones but for a little while when I walked home from Arlanda Express to destination Sportlife for my Bodypump class I thought about when the macaron boom will hit Stockholm. Last year was the year of cupcakes and sweet places like Cupcake STHLM opened up. As far as I know there are no macaron places on the map. Yet. Or are there any?

Style. New DS trainers

2012-01-27T08:40:00.001+01:00

the right answer to yesturdays question what it was inside the bag from Runnersstore was of course a pair of running shoes. In pink and blue, my signature colours. The very best model of Asics, DS trainers will be my partner in crime throughout running season 2012.

Event. Runnersstore

2012-01-26T20:04:00.001+01:00

I do not classify as a ultra runner like Duracellen and Marathonmia because to these category of runners the ones that have run more than 44 km are to be counted. My record is "only" 43,5 kilometers and that have happened one time. I have neither any plans to run longer than a marathon. But I still went to Runnersstore after the office day to migle for a while at their Ultra running event where Andreas Falk from Runnersworld was having a lecture which was nice. And as you can see, it is dangerous to approach that store because it always end up with a bag including a new item. So can you guess what is hiding in the bag? I can tell it was love at first sight and more than that.

Eats. Iceberg dinner

2012-01-26T19:50:00.001+01:00

I hope you are not tired of the keghurt theme because I am not so I eat is more than often. I just had a serving of keghurt iceberg edition which consist of the two ingredients blueberry yoghurt and Keso. Yummi and sweet friends!

Style. Must have item

2012-01-26T12:56:00.001+01:00

As the large fan of Nike products I am I did of course got a new must have when I saw the new invention, Nike fuelband. How fantastic wouldn't it be to have a fuel conting bracelet alongside with the normal ones? I so need this and it is close to worth a trip to the US to get one before it comes to the Swedish market.

Branding. IKEA redesign

2012-01-25T23:01:00.000+01:00

When I woke up today I read the local newspaper while having breakfast. In that it was an article about redesign of IKEA furniture. As the trend spotter I am I think this will be a huge thing in a couple of years and the company Bemz that transform old IKEA pieces into personalized versions feels very 2012. Or probably 2013 because now the early adopters are redesigning their IKEA home. I mean it is a really good business idea now when the world economy is going into recession and people have more limited budgets but still the design and home decor interest is booming. I cannot do anything else than love this idea! And no, I have not forgotten to do my daily physical activity today, but that chapter I save until tomorrow morning!

Note to the coach: 60 minutes Func and 8 km powerwalk.