A few days ahead the big final, the eternal classic New Zealand – South Africa, that will seal once more the Rugby World Cup title outside Europe, against all odds in 2023, a major announcement has been made: from 2027, the competition, held then in Australia, will not have 20 nations participating anymore, but 24!…
Running lies: “compete with yourself” | How to race uphill
In running, there are some significant lies and the one that states “competing with yourself, not with others” has the power to amuse me every single time. I mean, be honest… Have you ever participate in a race and didn’t feel a need to overpass somebody or to feel the joy, once you did it?…
Have I learnt to run fast? Faster than 40 minutes for 10 kilometers
An intriguing question with a though answer. In my mind, pretty often, there is one of Emil Zatopek’s statements: “I know how to run slow, I need to learn to run fast”. This is pretty much what I am trying in this period. I am using a training plan for a marathon, not an easy…
Kelvin Kiptum – how to run a marathon at world record pace?
On 8th of October 2023 the world record for marathon was corrected again, but this time not in Berlin, but on the streets of Chicago. Kelvin Kiptum crushed everything and in spite of me being sure the Kenyan will get the WR, there are a lot of unusual components involved and I want to present…
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…