I am not even sure what a super fast marathon is. Let’s assume the benchmark is the world record, we cannot find any better: 2:00:35. But most likely you won’t be able to run a sub 2 hours marathon in any case, so you need to lower the expectations with two hours. Is that OK?…
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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…
Running two (almost) mountain marathons in a span of 14 days
After MIUT, my confidence grew, and felt quite strong. Now, my next big goal is Lavaredo 50k, a famous trail mountain run, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, at the end of June. But it is 8k more than what I’ve did in Madeira, so I need to keep the momentum, and the strength. Already registered for Moieciu…
Talking to myself during the marathon. Episode 1
During a marathon, I talk a lot with my own self, mostly because of the challenges I face while running the 42.195 kilometers distance. You cannot keep your mind clear and disconnected, no mater how hard you try. Music, calculating the plan, always analyzing the streets, the hydration points, always help. But they are not…
Man started writing training plans after running first half-marathon
You never know who sits next to you in the tram! It might be the next coach – of whatever – that can change your life! A guy from a suburb of a capital city in Europe just nailed it: he managed to run a half-marathon in a staggering time of 2 hours and 12…
Marathon calendar 2024 in Europe – asphalt mostly flat only! :)
The marathon calendar 2024 is just under way! I love to participate to a marathon, and discover the city / town in the same time. Did a few, and I am planning to do even more in the future. For now, in Europe. This is why, I came up to the idea to add up…
Tips for running a marathon – personal experience
I have written as short as I could 20+ of my marathon experience, in order for you to pick a bit my experience, and take maybe better decisions before or during a marathon. Since that article is pretty long, though, I was thinking to make a shorter one and to provide clear tips, out of…
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…
Valencia Marathon 2023 – the process is complete!
After coming second in my age group on 1st December 2022 at the marathon with the same name, I’ve taken a brief decision to tackle an even better time in the future, and I’ve realized that Valencia Marathon is one year apart. All was agreed in my brain and somewhere in May, if I am…
Preparing Valencia Marathon 2023 – my training plan
Step by step, I will be sharing every of the 16 weeks of training before the Valencia Marathon, which will take place on 3rd of December 2023. Now, I wanted to find a way to prepare it properly and the way came through: a personalized program to follow each week, sent by the organizers. Well,…