Blog — jënni jalonen

How quickly your world can be turned upside down

I was out running in the forest this morning and at the end of the last technical section before the road I sprained my right (“good”) ankle. Badly. A cracking sound, immediate pain from hell and I knew this can’t be good.

RunningJenni JalonenOctober 15, 2022ankle injury, foot injury, running, trail runningComment

Not all days are good days — Tjurruset 10 km

Felt like a bag of 💩 today, which somehow matched perfectly with today’s objective @tjurruset_swe 10 km 💩💦

Running, RacingJenni JalonenOctober 1, 2022tjurruset, tjurruset 10 km, racingComment

Sörmlands 100 Halfmarathon🥈

My first half marathon turned out to be the trail half at @sormlands100 yesterday 🥈

Running, RacingJenni JalonenSeptember 18, 2022sörmlands 100, sormlands100, half marathon, racing, competitionComment

If I can’t run, I’ll ride

If there’s one thing I’ve gotten good at from going through two surgeries and years of rehab, it’s changing to another strategy when the first one doesn’t work. Not putting too much thought into it, just doing the work that needs to be done.

Training, CyclingJenni JalonenAugust 2, 2022cycling, road cycling, biking, ankle rehab, ankle injuryComment

My first 1st — Scenic Trail Skyrun 27K 2200m+

Having signed up only a few days before, I went to Tesserete 🇨🇭 with no other expectations than to have a go at my first sky race and to test my legs on a course with a lot of elevation

Running, RacingJenni JalonenJune 26, 2022scenic trail, scenic trail skyrace, ticino, tesserete, karpos, scarpaComment

La Comblorane 25K — 5th place

Just 6 days after an 18 hour day of climbing four 4000ers, it was time to put on a bib again.

Running, RacingJenni JalonenJune 13, 2022la comblorane, combloux, racing, race, trail running, trail runner, scarpa, pace on earthComment

Four 4000ers in one day — Nadelgrat

When my friend @unsettledfeet asked us if we wanted to go to Saas-Fee and climb the Nadelgrat traverse, @jostkobusch and I were quick to say yes. We did, however, underestimate the effort of climbing four “easy” 4000ers in one day…

Summer plans

My summer plans are starting to form, and I’m particularly excited to stand on the starting line of a race (or actually several) again! In a way, this will a journey back to the roots, to where it all started and where I found my love for running in the first place.

RunningJenni JalonenApril 4, 2022summer plans, summer 2022, 2022, trail du tour des fiz, mcc, utmb, monterosa, monterosa skymarathon, scarpaComment

Let's talk female physiology & performance

Lately I’ve started diving more deeply into the topic of female physiology. How does being a woman affect my training and performance?

This moment changes everything

Today I choose to see opportunities instead of limitations. Witness the beauty in the small things rather than listing all the things that don’t go the way I had planned, and then beating myself up for it.