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Monday Jul 2, 2018 #
7 PM
orienteering race (Trekvallars Day 1) 1:19:23 [3] 6.2 km (12:48 / km)
shoes: Inov8 Oroc spikes
Don't you wish sometimes, that you could bank time? I mean, thanks to the efficiencies of the Viennese transport system and the fact that as it turns out, flights within Europe aren't treated as international and don't require you to be checked in >90min beforehand, I was actually 2 hours early for my flight to Stockholm. I could have done with re-using those 2 hours later on, though; while an optimist might have thought that flying in at 1515 would be ok for an event near Nacka with starts from 1730-1930, the pessimist in me wasn't so sure...
I'm well aware that Arlanda Airport is 40km NW of Stockholm and the airport bus takes nearly an hour to get into the city, so had planned to catch the Arlanda Express train which is 250% faster and 250% more expensive. Thankfully I hadn't bought a ticket yet, because the trains weren't running :( Waited half an hour for my bag to materialise (checking in early has its drawbacks when this means that one's luggage is the last to emerge at the other end), then over half an hour in the Flygbussarna queue - I was lucky to get on the 4th one which came along - which then stopped at 2 other terminals, so basically I left the airport precinct an hour and a half after landing.
Not-unexpectedly, the traffic was shite, especially in the city at peak hour, and so the bus took half an hour longer than it usually does, and I finally got on the subway towards Sodermalm at 6pm. Dumped my bag at the hostel, grabbed my O gear, headed down to Slussen to catch what turned out to be an 1845 bus towards the event. I have certainly never taped my ankles on public transport before! Thankfully the OK Ravinen clubhouse is just across the road from the bus stop :) Arrived at 1905, heard from Briohny how nice the forest is, changed shoes and ran 1km to the start, starting almost precisely 4 hours after my flight had landed.
It was lovely forest, but surprisingly dark among the trees (overcast and trying to rain) and I could only read my map properly when on the top of any little open mossy hills. And yep, the forest is dry all right; it's even safe to go through marshes, although still very slow. Actually, I was surprised how slow I was in general - looked at my watch at control 6 (which I'd taken a bad route to and then got confused by the tracks) and had been out half an hour already. So by the time I finished it was nearly 9pm, and I hopped on the next bus out of there. I'm ashamed to say that dinner was courtesy of the McDonald's at Slussen; after all, the steps up from the bus interchange take you right through its foyer, and I'd never really got around to lunch...
Weird that the sun currently sets an hour later here than it did in Vienna. Apparently that's the difference between 48 and 59 degrees latitude (longitudes are almost identical and the flight today went pretty much due north. At one point I looked down and saw Bornholm!).
I'm well aware that Arlanda Airport is 40km NW of Stockholm and the airport bus takes nearly an hour to get into the city, so had planned to catch the Arlanda Express train which is 250% faster and 250% more expensive. Thankfully I hadn't bought a ticket yet, because the trains weren't running :( Waited half an hour for my bag to materialise (checking in early has its drawbacks when this means that one's luggage is the last to emerge at the other end), then over half an hour in the Flygbussarna queue - I was lucky to get on the 4th one which came along - which then stopped at 2 other terminals, so basically I left the airport precinct an hour and a half after landing.
Not-unexpectedly, the traffic was shite, especially in the city at peak hour, and so the bus took half an hour longer than it usually does, and I finally got on the subway towards Sodermalm at 6pm. Dumped my bag at the hostel, grabbed my O gear, headed down to Slussen to catch what turned out to be an 1845 bus towards the event. I have certainly never taped my ankles on public transport before! Thankfully the OK Ravinen clubhouse is just across the road from the bus stop :) Arrived at 1905, heard from Briohny how nice the forest is, changed shoes and ran 1km to the start, starting almost precisely 4 hours after my flight had landed.
It was lovely forest, but surprisingly dark among the trees (overcast and trying to rain) and I could only read my map properly when on the top of any little open mossy hills. And yep, the forest is dry all right; it's even safe to go through marshes, although still very slow. Actually, I was surprised how slow I was in general - looked at my watch at control 6 (which I'd taken a bad route to and then got confused by the tracks) and had been out half an hour already. So by the time I finished it was nearly 9pm, and I hopped on the next bus out of there. I'm ashamed to say that dinner was courtesy of the McDonald's at Slussen; after all, the steps up from the bus interchange take you right through its foyer, and I'd never really got around to lunch...
Weird that the sun currently sets an hour later here than it did in Vienna. Apparently that's the difference between 48 and 59 degrees latitude (longitudes are almost identical and the flight today went pretty much due north. At one point I looked down and saw Bornholm!).