Spending five nights in Bodø was not in plan. Actually, only one was scheduled. The main course was Lofoten, and just a layover, for one night, in the “bridge” town, which offered us the link from Oslo to Svolvær. The impression of this frugal stay is not great. Bodø looks moist, sad, deserted. It is…
Jacob Kiplimo, of Uganda, new half-marathon world record: 56:42!
Jacob Kiplimo doesn’t come from nowhere, as he became the youngest athlete to represent Uganda at a Summer Olympics edition: Rio de Janeiro, 2016! 15 years old! Fast forward, nine years later, the guy from the country with the grey crowned crane on the flag, finished the Barcelona Half Marathon, on 16th of February 2025,…
2X2 Race – running on clouds
If there is one race I’ve participated at, in my almost one decade running “career”, I can always speak about in huge terms, that is, without any doubt, 2X2 Race. I’ve written a couple of times about my experiences from there, but I never truly expressed my real feelings experienced in 2024, when I’ve achieved…
PHOTO | Discover Lofoten for New Year’s Eve
Lofoten came on are radar quite natural, given our growing passion for Norway. After two years in a row in Northern Norway, now it came the third. I didn’t name this by accident “Discover Lofoten”, as this company shaped in the best way possible our trip, and not only that, but our whole view about…
Eating habits: fasting – how it really works
Short answer to continue the title is: I don’t really know. But I am sure nobody, or very few know how fasting, in general, really works. Now, I see all sorts of people who promote longer and longer fasts, only with water for several days. So for me, a guy that reads a lot and…
Rapid, wrap up for 2024 & hopes for 2025, under Marius Șumudică
I was waiting for Dinamo – Rapid to end, in order to comment how my favorite team stands at the end of 2024, and what are the certain prospects for 2025. Horrible game. Both teams played miserable. If somebody would tell them at the beginning of the game that it will end 0-0, both would…
Inside, The Village – a different kind of Romania, in the remote rural
After competing at the “Run for Life” Cross in October 2024, organized by Life Call, we both won our races, and then gained several wonderful prizes. Anca got a two days accommodation at Inside, The Village, in Dâmbovița county, Romania. Of course, being a two persons award, we both went there. It happened in mid-December…
Running early in the morning, the best thing: haha, what a joke!
Have you ever heard conventional wisdom from so-called healthy life style specialists – who usually don’t look anywhere near a healthy life style – saying that running early in the morning is somehow a blessing? That is the best idea, the best practice, ultimate habit? Well, yeah, I’ve heard also them a lot, and I…
How well do you sleep? My heart rate
Being obsessed about numbers in many regards, especially when it comes to my own person, I am leveraging my Polar watches I have for almost six years now not only to track my exercise – mainly for running it has a pivotal role – but also to track my sleep. Yes, for so many years…
Short overview of high speed trains around the world
How can you define a high speed train? Conventionally, it needs to go above 200 km / hour at maximum speed. Of course, this can still be debatable, but it is a global accepted truth. Now, we see more and more projects around Europe to switch flying mode with railway journeys, which is not a…