Starting from this post, I am making an exercise on my own, with huge amount of subjectivism, to determine who can win World Cup 2026. As said, Joachim Klement, the guy who predicted corrected the last three winners (Germany, France and Argentina), shocked and mentioned Netherlands. It seems strange, but not impossible. It would be…
Endless days in Tromsø: how does the polar summer feels like
I can say Tromsø is my favorite place to be. The normal touristic season is during winter, but my dream was to run the Midnight Sun Marathon. No better timing for a long holiday in June, in the undisputed Arctic capital. In our previous two trips, during January, we did a lot of activities, about…
World Cup 2026: why we should not watch football anymore
World Cup 2026 draw its curtains over the first group stage at which a quarter of the worldwide nations participated. Since the competition increased from 32 to 48 teams, it was obvious that more goals will be scored, and countless unimportant records are shattered and enhanced at levels never expected even in 1998, the first…
Midnight Sun Marathon in Tromsø & the Viking row
The Midnight Sun Marathon is not only a race, but a dream. At least for me. It all happen in 2017, or 2018. Can’t remember exactly when I found details about the race in a running magazine, before a Bucharest Marathon. I do know it was at least seven years and a half ago. Loving…
Vozinha, Yamal… Hislop, Ibrahimovic…
It is clear that the man of the day, on 15th of June 2026, is Vozinha. And it will forever remain as such, at least for the FIFA World Cup. The 40 years old goalkeeper of Cape Verde Islands kept a clean sheet against ruling European champions, Spain. Of course, Spain are also on of…
What does it take to become a runner?
So what does it take to become a runner? If this got your attention, you are on the right page to learn. It mostly applies in Romania, but it could happen to equivalate also in any places, with similar cultures. First of all, you need to open an Instagram account, and – very important! –…
Bușteni Ultra Race, a mountain run that touches the soul
Trail running is a different thing for me, something quite hard to explain given my polluted city road runner. To attend Bușteni Ultra Race at its first edition, in 2026, was a must. It is – or used to be – one of my favorite places to be in Romania. And knowing the organizer, meant…
The marathon doesn’t have two halves!
It looks like it has no sense, but it actually does. A marathon doesn’t have two even halves, to place it most correctly into the context. As following Bloomberg’s motto, “context changes everything!” 🙂 And so did I made a short cut in the title, to capture your attention. But what is this all about?…
Champions League final: Paris, “better” than London in Budapest
Only four times in history, and again after 55 years! This is the statics behind the clashes between two capital cities in Champions Cup / Champions League finals in European football. Paris Saint-Germain – Arsenal London came for the first time after Ajax Amsterdam beat, 2-0, Panathinaikos Athens in the 1971 final, on Wembley, London….
Is 30 kilometers really the maximum distance a human being is meant to run?
The first time I saw written that the marathon is a bit too long for a human to race, was in Matt Fitzgerald great “80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower“ book (p. 197). It is a personal opinion, of course, but still an educated opinion. Starting from that, I will shift…