Kullamannen by UTMB 2026
On October 31st I returned to Sweden 🇸🇪 for my third Kullamannen by UTMB in a row 🤩. After running the 100-miler in 2024 and 2025, I took on the 50K (Seventh Seal) this time and went all out 🚀😂.
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Race |
Kullamannen by UTMB 2026 - 50K |
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Date |
2026-10-31 |
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Type |
Trail |
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Position |
74 of 488 finishers (AG: 8 of 51) |
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Duration |
5h23m43s |
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Distance |
53k |
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Nano Summary ⚡️
I had mixed feelings going in 😟😅: part of me worried I’d miss the “real” 100-mile challenge, but the 50K let me balance training with Lifting+WOD. Racing all out was a blast 🔥, though I paid for it 😂: hamstring cramps stopped me several times, I slipped in the mud and tumbled down 3–4 steps, knocking the wind out of me 🤕. The stony beaches were as brutal as ever and drained my speed 🪨, but this time I kept jogging through them 😎. I finished in 5h23m43s and was glad not to be completely wrecked like in previous years 🥳.
My son Casper ran the kids’ race while I was out on the course, so we both came home with medals 🏅🏅 (and I really like this year’s medal 🤩). I also earned two UTMB Running Stones 🤠. My family cheered me on, though they missed me at Hovs Hallar because they were shopping and I was moving too fast 😂. At the finish, my daughter was the only one there in time; the rest of the family took longer to get there from the parking lot. My wife now says I’m not allowed to run the 50K again because I run too fast for her to get her shopping done 😆.
Impressions 📸
🚌 Pre-race…
On Thursday, we drove to Båstad after work and school 🚗. I picked up my race bib on Friday, then we all headed to Gekås Ullared for a proper family shopping trip 🛒😂.
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The tennis arena was buzzing on race morning 🎾. We saw the Kullamannen knight 🐴, who leads each race out; Casper got ready for the kids’ race, and my daughter joined me at the start 🤩.
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🚀 Race…
The route wound over hills, past grazing cows 🐄 and old stone walls on the Swedish west coast, before the brutal, stony beach sections 🪨. Near the end, I met my family waiting by the car to cheer me on 🚗🥳; my hamstrings cramped one last time just after I left them 😅.
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🏅 Post-race…
Finisher medal and a well-deserved beer 🍺. My daughter was the only one who made it to the finish line in time to see me 🤩. It took the rest of the family a while to get there from the parking lot 😅. When they arrived, Casper and I compared medals 🏅🏅, and the official result came in 📊. Back home, the new medal joined the wall 🤠.
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Recommended? 👏🏻
Absolutely yes 🤩.
Kullamannen is a superbly organized UTMB event, with a fantastic route along the Swedish west coast: forest trails, cliffs, mud, stairs and those brutal stony beaches 🌊. The 50K gives you the full Kullamannen flavour in one (long) day, and it’s a great family trip too, with a kids’ race and plenty in the area for the family to explore while you’re running 🇸🇪.
This one gets my top rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️