The start of a new chapter

June 8, 2020 Jenni Jalonen

I think I knew already back in March, as I was sitting by the airport gate in Stockholm, that it was somehow the start of a new chapter in my life. I arrived in Germany literally just before all the craziness with corona started. My boyfriend Jost had arrived from Nepal the night before. Perfect timing. I had only planned to stay for one month, but I ended up staying three.

Finding balance and tangibility in a world of chaos

April 2, 2020 Jenni Jalonen

How can we find balance and tangibility in a world that otherwise seems incomprehensible and chaotic? How can we make sense of our day-to-day lives when everything appears to change from one hour to the other? Read my thoughts about the actions I take to stay grounded, happy and motivated each day.

Running as medicine in times of uncertainty

March 30, 2020 Jenni Jalonen

I kicked off 2020 with a boost of energy and motivation unlike any I have felt in a long time. This was the year I was going to spend endless days in the mountains again, racing and doing my own projects. I was beginning to feel strong and fit again after a 2019 of being injured and limited in terms of what I could do as an athlete. Nothing was going to stop me this time.

The story of Peanutbutter Mountain

January 29, 2020 Jenni Jalonen

In the blink of an eye so many emotions pass through me at once: exhaustion, hope, excitement, fear. I feel a fear of dying. Or perhaps – I feel vulnerable, like my life is hanging on a thin thread. At once there is life and there is death, co-existing so close to one another. They are not two separate things. They are two sides of one coin.

Glimpses from a month in the Himalayas

January 5, 2020 Jenni Jalonen

No matter how much I talk about it, how many words I choose to write down, it will never be enough to convey everything that I have experienced amongst the snow-covered mountain tops in the Himalayas. There are so many things to process. So many experiences, views, lessons learned.

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower

October 13, 2019 Jenni Jalonen

Fall. There’s something magical about this season, the way nature changes its colors into a palette of yellow, orange, brown and red. The temperature drops and at first it’s a little difficult to adjust to the cold.