Posts

Showing posts with the label marathon

Porcul in Ajun

Image
"Ce faci in weekend?" "Pai, nimic. Ma gandeam sa bag ceva munte daca nu e prea tarziu." "Nu e!!! Du-te, ca o sa iti prinda bine!" *** asa incepea conversatia cu Radu acum doua saptamani cand am pus la cale singurele doua iesiri "adevarate" pe munte din weekendul trecut inainte de concurs.  Si uite-asa a reusit Boss sa mai ingrase Porcul in Ajun de competitie *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vineri a fost o zi proasta rau. Dar rau, nu asa. Cu nervi si dureri de stomac, aproape ca am plecat cu lacrimi in ochi la Brasov. That bad. Pe drum insa am noroc sa stau cu Raresucu in spate si sa motaim amandoi “ca baietii” in timp ce mama si Dada se intretin in conversatii. Am avut noroc de un drum relativ bunicel si am ajuns la Brasov repede. Ne-am reunit cu Soimulica, ne-am miscat cu talent, am tras niste emotii nasoale apropo de plata unei parcari, trece si asta, usor-u...

This damn thing called running. Me against the Marathon.

Image
Know that it took me so long to write about this marathon because I’m still up a bit on Cloud no. 9 so to say. It falls into the “holy shit you did it” category. I mean, you literally friggin’ did it! I’ve waited for this damn marathon for 4 months. Not only that I’ve waited for it, but I’ve worked for it after at some point I had actually decided to postpone it for next year. And now that it finally happened, it kind of went by too fast, you know what I mean? Of course if you had asked me at like mile 25, I’d have said something completely different, but as we say here, “after the war lots of brave men make an appearance” so move aside people, I’m about to boast! Let’s see now. I’ve been running for pretty much 1 year and 5 months. Meanwhile I’ve broken some, I’ve repaired some, I learnt some more, I improved overall. It’s hard. It’s hard because I always want more, but the time that I can allow for training and the discipline necessary when it comes to sleeping, reco...