“2X2 Race is not for everybody”, a guy who finished it 2nd in 2022, Ionut Husariu, to be more specific said. I couldn’t agree more back then, when I have started the race, but failed in a shameful manner to make at least the first cut off time: 4 hours on Moldoveanu Peak, the highest…
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Lavaredo Ultra Trail 2024 – the story of a mighty experience
Lavaredo Ultra Trail was on the wish list for quite long, and in 2024 the time for the participation came, as I was successfully extracted at the ballot. A procedure that becomes more frequent at such competitions, ones of the most popular in the world, with limited slots available. Being in the mountain side, it…
Running a marathon – thoughts about my journeys
I was thinking… what does it actually mean to run a marathon…? How rewarding is it, how good or bad for our bodies? It come up to my mind, because I was trying to count in my head how many times I have actually ran a marathon distance or more, or even less, but with…
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…
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…