Amsterdam marathon was the top running goal for 2025. If you want to be honest, the process starts long before the race. It is mostly mental, only after this you need to think about it in a physical way. “A marathon is a bit too far for a human being to run”, concluded Matt Fitzgerald…
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Marathon 2025: national records, emotions and lots of idiots
On 12th of October 2025, two things happened at different hours, because the time zone. Both in Romania, and in US, the national marathon record was beaten. The similarities stop here, though, because the difference between Bucharest Marathon and Chicago Marathon are exactly like the ones between the cities, and even the two countries altogether….
RUNNING LEGENDS | Can an ultramarathon be easier than a… marathon?
Can running an ultramarathon be easier than running a… marathon? The short answer is: definitely NO! Like it’s a very obvious answer, but I am conflicted in how many morons state the opposite, on social media, and many tend to follow or to have a second thought. An ultra is something beyond a marathon, from…
Essentials: the feeling of failing to finish a half-marathon
11.65 kilometers. I stop my watch. The feeling is different. After more than 150 races of all sorts in which I’ve started in more than nine years, for the first time I call off one voluntarily. It is strange. I try to announce my DNF, but can’t find where I should do it. I am…
Jacob Kiplimo, of Uganda, new half-marathon world record: 56:42!
Jacob Kiplimo doesn’t come from nowhere, as he became the youngest athlete to represent Uganda at a Summer Olympics edition: Rio de Janeiro, 2016! 15 years old! Fast forward, nine years later, the guy from the country with the grey crowned crane on the flag, finished the Barcelona Half Marathon, on 16th of February 2025,…
Secret tips for running a super fast marathon
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?…
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…