Don’t consider this as an example, because it is not. I am preparing for a half-marathon personal best, so need to deliver some proper training. The thing is, that in one day, particularly 5th of March 2025, reality drifted to another path, without having anything planned. The plan was a longer tempo, of 11 –…
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Thoughts about Oradea, Cluj-Napoca, and their railway
Some more thoughts about… the railway! Living in Bucharest and coming from Bacău, a town from the Eastern part of Romania, I’ve heard, not once, how wonderful are Cluj-Napoca and Oradea, two cities from the Central – West part of the country. Except they are… not! Wait, don’t judge this from the start, because I…
Travelling by train in Romania: Bucharest – Cluj-Napoca – Șuncuiuș
In the last 20 years, I’ve travelled a lot by train, many times in Romania, and I think I could write a novel if I want to. But I don’t want to, because it won’t be a happy, successful one. Rather full of grief, hopelessness and amusement, if you can stomach everything. The main railroad…
PHOTO | Bodø, the magic given by the fresh snow
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…