Cristiano Ronaldo and a huge achievement! “Who had believe me that I have scored five times more than the great Pele?”, stated, around 2001 the great Josef Bican when questioned that some reports showed he scored more than 5.000. It is hard to believe though and it is hard to believe also that Pele did…
Running through the snow. Plenty of snow!
What can I say… as I am getting older, it seems like cold weather and even snow are challenging my feeling more and more. I don’t like them like I used to, but still, even though it’s March, I’ve went for a couple of runs around my soon-to-be neighborhood and experienced almost blister like conditions….
Gianluigi Buffon will “play” football until 46 years. At least!
Recently, Gianluigi Buffon signed a contract extension with Serie B, Serie C wanna be, Parma. His childhood club… OK, it is nice, in some aspects, that Buffon, the legendary Italian keeper will be active for so long. Not really… I mean, OK, it is nice to remember Buffon from 2000, 2003, 2006, even 2012 or…
Adrian Mutu coach at Rapid, before the inauguration of New Giulești Stadium
Rapid Bucharest is about to play its first game on Giulești Stadium, the new version, on 26th of March. It will happen with Adrian Mutu on the bench, the new coach. After 29 matches in Liga 1, with one more game to go from the regular season, Mihai Iosif was changed. OK, no big deal…
Running in the Mountains: 2X2 selection and further enthusiasm
2X2. When started to write here after many, many years I was in Hungary and didn’t met too many runs with ascent, despite running a lot. Ironically… It is ironic that also I have started to go running on mountains, in 2017, before actually going on a serious mountain hike. In fact, I did only…
Going for the PB Half-Marathon – 1st of December 2021, Titan Park
2021 didn’t seem a year for records in terms of running, given that I am not a fast runner anyway. Still, one day, I’ve went to a crazy 1:33 half-marathon, even though I wasn’t planning anything and that moment I’ve realized that I actually can go below 1:30 on the half-marathon. Truth being said, my…
Marius Șumudică, the hot potato next to Rapid Bucharest
Days before the match between Rapid and Dinamo, Marius Șumudică, probably the best Romanian football coach of the moment – and I am not joking – put his guns, metaphorically speaking, on Daniel Niculae and Mihai Iosif mostly. Not very polite. OK, this is it… Their problem… I don’t forget, though, one year and something…
Spartan vibes in Veszprem: “One hour burpees or you go home!”
Spartan Races cut my path somewhere in 2019 and, absolutely without any warning, they took part of my 2020 in many corners of Easter Europe. I have write about some of them, yes, but I have some particular memories that deserve developed more in detail. Trust me, you’ll like them. So let’s start with the…
How can we still love football?
I’ve starting watching football in 1998. Enjoyed thousand of football matches on screen, hundreds from the stadium, but as years went by, my passion decreased and not because I’ve changed some priorities, because the level of the game dramatically went to the floor. I’ve tried, after some large breaks, to watch a full match: PSG…
The Speed Project Diary, episode 1
I know that what I have faced was called The Speed Project Do It Yourself, the virtual version of the great 550 kilometers run between LA and Vegas, but my reality is no virtual stuff at all. I mean, I felt for months the live pain in my right knee after the… wonderful experience. And…