What does define a nation? Bucharest marathon vs. Oslo marathon

Norway is great, I can confirm this right now, after my third trip there! From many more that are about to come, but this is not the point of the article. The point is purely sports, mass-sports. What does this mean? Mainly… how healthy & how educated, in the end, is the population. The main…

Olympics 2024 Paris | David Popovici, the swimming sensation

After the 100 meters freestyle final end, where he achieved the bronze medal, at the Olympics 2024 Paris, David Popovici, the Romanian 19 year old swimmer, first ever male swimming Olympic champion for this country burst out at the interview, telling a painful truth, few speak about. Basically, David reinforced the fact that in Romania…

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…

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…