Rugby World Cup 2023, France edition – quarter finals

The Rugby World Cup 2023, held in France ended its group matches and there are some very interesting clashes in the quarter finals. By far, the biggest surprise of the competition was the progression of Fiji ahead of Australia, team which they beat in a spectacular game. However, the qualification of Fiji in the quarters…

Chicago Marathon 2023 – Kelvin Kiptum’s New World Record 2:00:35

Chicago Marathon 2023 was announced as a World Record tentative, but not from Eliud Kipchoge, but from Kelvin Kiptum, a 23 year young prodigy from the same Kenya. Well, Kelvin Kiptum already amazed in Valencia and London, where he run his first and only marathons, in 2:01:53 and 2:01:25 respectively. Two of the fastest five…

Piatra Craiului Marathon, once again: the experience

Piatra Craiului Marathon is the oldest continuous running event organized in Romania, as I am aware of, at least. Dated back in 2006, in 2023 it had registered its 16th edition, because the ones from 2020 and 2021 were cancelled, mostly because of the pandemic. Now, about this one, I’ve heard around 2018 and I…

Rugby World Cup 2023: Australia – Fiji 15-22

At the 2023 Rugby World Cup 2023, Fiji managed to impress from the first match, when they lost against Wales, 26-32, but missed at the end a huge try chance. Now, in the second match, the side from Oceania managed a huge upset to Australia, beating the forme World Champion 22-15. A huge surprise in…

Sport and money – case study

Is sports all about money? Yes, it is. The main and key idea from which we should start. As a matter of fact, Neymar’s statement from a press release, where he said that he and Messi experienced hell at PSG. Wait, what? Does anybody have any idea how much Neymar earned in his six-year stay…

And then, here is Andorra! You must visit it!

My madness to complete a Spartan Race Ultra brought me to small, but very beautiful Andorra. In fact, from the bus ride started in Barcelona, one of Europe’s hubs of basically everything, things started looking great. Our accommodation happened to be in Andorra La Vella, the capital city of the very small state from the…

UTMB 2023 – two decades down, endless to go!

UTMB or Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc, if you choose the fancy version of the name is, in both ways, the most popular mountain ultramarathon in the world. The essence of the event is the 172 kilometer race that goes around Mont Blanc, the highest peak in Western Europe, thru three countries, France, Italy and…

Running on top of the mountain: X2 Race

I have just written some words about what running can be from my perspective, now I’ll switch my attention to a lovely Race, 2×2, but not the big one, just the shorter version, X2. One year ago, in 2022, I’ve presented the way in which I have failed to complete the queen version of the…