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Queens of Kullaberg

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Have you ever felt while doing sports (of any kind) that the sport itself is only an excuse to spend some time in nature, in the forest, to enjoy the beauty of wood anemones or Norway spruces? Did you feel an irresistible urge to stop the watch because the beauty around you took your breath away? This is what it is like in our hopeless case. As soon as we climb a mountain, and the big blue opens in front of us, we automatically, inertly reflex, press those big STOP buttons on our watches to reflect, think and fly away for a moment.  We often joke that we do all the madness to spend the day outdoors :) That is why we run, we ride 150 km by bike or 90 km cross-country skiing. It is just a way of traveling, moving through narrow forest paths or picturesque villages. It's like after turning on the watch, the adventure begins automatically. We are always accompanied by the feeling that the new, and the unknown may happen just around the corner. This time, on April 24, we plunged into th...

That's how it started...

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One summer, hanging out with some friends, without any doubt, we've made a decision that clearly influenced our lives and started a unique friendship ... but more on that in a moment. 🌱🌼🍉 We've met twice for the first time. And thank God for that, because the first time we felt no sympathy for each other at all. Several years passed before our paths crossed again. We gathered with few friends to run one of the local races in Gothenburg. Most of the girls decided to go 5 km, leaving us alone at the start line of the 10 km run - and here something started to happen ... although we made this first and crucial decision only nine months later - in the summer of 2015 That year we celebrated Midsummer together with our friends, as people living in Sweden do.  Agnieszka dreamed of running Lidingöloppet , 30 km, and asked Kasia if she would like to take up the challenge. Kasia, of course, nodded briskly without thinking. Agnieszka followed the blow and added - Maybe if we are to run...