Spontaneously Chasing Sub 7:30 at Vätternrundan – 315km Around a Lake at 43km/h | 2026

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315 kilometers around Sweden’s second-biggest lake. One target on the clock: seven hours, thirty minutes.

This year I’m not riding Vätternrundan with Ängby. A week before the start, my teammate Leo asked me one more time to jump into the Sub 7:30 group of IMF — “I Move For Life,” a fundraiser focused on cancer research and support — and I spontaneously said yes. The catch: 40 riders I’d never ridden with, no idea how strong they were or how well they could handle a bike at speed.

What followed was 315km of Belgian rotation into the crosswind, holding 43km/h, a few too many overlapped wheels in the first 100km, a feed-zone system run out of buckets, and managing my blood sugar across seven-plus hours of effort. Then, just past the northernmost point at Askersund, the sky opened and hailed down — and the group fell apart on the final climbs.

The last 40km were down to a handful of us, full gas towards Motala. We crossed the line in 7 hours and 25 minutes — five minutes inside the goal — and I still had a 1300W sprint left in the legs.

This is how it went.

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**Chapters:**
00:00 — Intro
01:15 — Around Sweden’s second-biggest lake in under 7:30
01:36 — Why I’m back: my history with Vätternrundan
02:23 — 2022: piss-pouring rain & under 8 hours
03:09 — The plan, the expo & the two feed stops
03:55 — Numbers, fuel & prepping the feed bags
06:12 — Bottles, kit on & heading to the start
07:47 — Why I’m not commentating live this time
08:07 — Lining up & rolling out of Motala
08:45 — Who I’m riding with: the IMF Sub 7:30 group
09:35 — First 100km: near-crashes in an unfamiliar group
10:39 — The Belgian rotation explained
11:35 — The pee problem at 40+ km/h
12:30 — Gränna (km 80): candy town & the first climb
13:12 — Into Jönköping — and only 42 km/h average
13:53 — Fueling: stable blood sugar & the real-food plan
14:23 — Feed stop 1: the bucket system
15:34 — The group thins & a crash at km 180
16:28 — Karlsborg & feed stop 2: injecting
18:17 — Clawing back to the front
18:52 — On target to the northern point: Askersund
19:17 — The hail hits & the group falls apart
20:40 — Last 40km: all out for the goal
22:15 — Flying into Motala & the 1300W finish
22:58 — Post-race & the next goal: sub 7 hours
23:43 — Outro

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