Anti-viral writings for financial resilience, location independence and meaningful relationships.
A couple of days ago I finished my 4th marathon. I think it’s the first marathon that I didn’t know I was going to run with at least 6 months in advance. Despite this, and the fact that I didn’t have any expectations at all, and the fact that it was minus 2 degrees Celsius, … Read more
Two days ago I finished my first ultra marathon. The total distance was exactly 60km. It was the final leg of a bigger race, a duathlon between Bucharest and Sofia (cycling from Bucharest to Sofia and running back). The average pace was 6:45, 7 minutes / km, which is a normal (albeit a bit slow) … Read more
I started to run roughly 3 years ago. It all started with a year-long challenge, called taming twelve monkeys, in which I picked a specific setback (or unsolved situation) I identified in my behavior and dedicated an entire month to solve it. One of those 12 months was about running. I always was fond of it, you know, I always … Read more
Well, it’s been almost two weeks since I posted something here, but I had a good reason for that. Last Sunday I finished my second marathon, in Vienna. It was a very rich experience, with many unexpected situations and some serendipituos encounters too. It was my first international competition (outside my country, that is) and, … Read more
It’s been more than a year since I started to run constantly. I can safely say now that running is an important part of my life. And it changed so many things, starting with my morning routine and ending with my travel plans. I confess I started to look for places which are holding at … Read more
Short answer: put one feet in front of the other. Repeat until done. Long answer: bear with me for 15 minutes (more or less, depending on your reading speed) and read the story of my first marathon ever. How It All Started In 2011 I decided to ditch all my near year resolutions and start … Read more
