Motivation. It is the key word that gravitates around every successful football club. Others are just, at most, complementary things. Now, the subject, to be clear from the beginning, is Mihai Iosif. A football coach about which Europe heard so little, but whom put a lot of work in re-birthing Rapid Bucharest. I know, this…
1 year. 353 running days. 5.254 kilometers
Well, things are progressing. The COVID-19 pandemic is still here, but got used to it. On 19th of March 2020 I flew back from Bucharest to Budapest. Alone in the plane! In that same evening I’ve started running after a three days break. I didn’t stop a single day until 11th of… December! 268 days…
Barnsley, Barnes… Burnley!
FC Liverpool came short, 0-1 at home against a modest team named Burnley. OK, the away winning club has two England championship titles in 1921 and 1960, but their CV is nothing compared to Liverpool’s especially that the 83rd minute penalty goal scored by Barnes put an end to a non-losing home streak of The…
You don’t need special shoes to run! 6.000+ km story of Kalenji
Look very carefully at the picture. This ordinary Kalenji Ekiden Trail shoes gathered more than 6.000 kilometers! I don’t know to tell you exactly how many, because I never thought, when I have started using them, that they will be so long in service. Though, the motive is simple. When I’ve been relocated to Budapest…
Spartan Year 2020
The Spartan was something I’ve confronted first time in 2019. It was a curiosity started since 2017, when I’ve been at the Zarnești Challenge. This is why, in 2019, I’ve done two Spartans, both that took place in Romania. A Super and a Sprint. But the Beast was missing to complete a Trifecta, even though…
5.062 kilometers for 2020
I was thinking short how my first post here, for 2021 should look like… Nothing to mention from this new year in terms of sports as only few days passed. But I know for sure that the numbers reached in 2020 won’t be matched in 2021. Not because I cannot do it again, but I…
First Marathon: Budapest – Esztergom. Not for me!
At adidas Runners Budapest I have met Laszlo. Even though he’s Hungarian, he was born in Cluj-Napoca and speaks Romanian fluently, of course. He runs great, but with long pauses in time. Never ever ran a marathon and now the idea keeps him more awake than ever.
When your mind is lazy, you cannot fulfill anything
OK, the right title for this should have been that I was a lazy cunt and couldn’t break my half marathon record in September 2020. But because of the joke called political correctness, I prefer to leave it here. Fact: on 6th of September I took part at Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon. My best…
A dream that needs to come true: 10K under 40 minutes
NATO run is a nice event held in Budapest so considering it would have been my last from this city I gave it a shot on 18th of October 2020. One day before I have ran a beautiful 22K in Tihany, but at a quite steady pace, 4:52 / kilometer. I know my limits and…
Running a Marathon in a beautiful city – Budapest
Some time ago I’ve decided to use running as an ‘excuse’ to travel more. So, running marathons all around Europe, in the first place, can work very good. Berlin was on my bucket list and I have completed this on a September rainy day in 2019. 3:39:03. Not great, not bad. Just decent. I had…