So what does it take to become a runner? If this got your attention, you are on the right page to learn. It mostly applies in Romania, but it could happen to equivalate also in any places, with similar cultures. First of all, you need to open an Instagram account, and – very important! –…
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Bușteni Ultra Race, a mountain run that touches the soul
Trail running is a different thing for me, something quite hard to explain given my polluted city road runner. To attend Bușteni Ultra Race at its first edition, in 2026, was a must. It is – or used to be – one of my favorite places to be in Romania. And knowing the organizer, meant…
The marathon doesn’t have two halves!
It looks like it has no sense, but it actually does. A marathon doesn’t have two even halves, to place it most correctly into the context. As following Bloomberg’s motto, “context changes everything!” 🙂 And so did I made a short cut in the title, to capture your attention. But what is this all about?…
Is 30 kilometers really the maximum distance a human being is meant to run?
The first time I saw written that the marathon is a bit too long for a human to race, was in Matt Fitzgerald great “80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower“ book (p. 197). It is a personal opinion, of course, but still an educated opinion. Starting from that, I will shift…
18th of January 2026, the 30000 kilometers day
It is not really anything on the other side of this number, once tapped. Every running milestone I’ve touched in my (almost) ten years counting felt roughly the same. As in real life, as Schopenhauer would say, “happiness is always less than we expect, while pain is always more”. Leaving aside the philosophic side of…
Amsterdam Marathon 2025: learning lessons from each kilometer
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…
Living & running with Haglund
How I found out about Haglund deformity. When you run more than 10 years, you make a lot of mistakes. I have done dozens myself, and the biggest, I guess, was to neglect the pain from my right Achile tendon for more than one year. The pain is not huge, apart from some certain moments,…
Băneasa Forest Run: both sides of the story, one conclusion
In November 2024, I’ve decided to participate again at Băneasa Forest Run, after a long pause. This time it was about the 11K race, which I have never attended before, but wanted to in 2022. It just didn’t happen, because of an injury. After some half-marathons in the past, in the famous Băneasa forest, finally…
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…
Running a personal best by accident: half-marathon in 1:28:40
Don’t consider this as an example, because it is not. I am preparing for a half-marathon personal best, so need to deliver some proper training. The thing is, that in one day, particularly 5th of March 2025, reality drifted to another path, without having anything planned. The plan was a longer tempo, of 11 –…