Oat flakes, like groats, are slowly coming back to our tables. Runners and athletes quickly completed their menu with oatmeal, which is a lightweight but very nutritious breakfast. It delivers a dose of slowly released energy, richness of elements, and most importantly, it can be combined with many extras, creating countless variations. Thanks to this, oatmeal can never get […]
Garmin Fenix 3 is the next generation of highest quality sports watches. It hit the market in the first quarter of 2015. I waited for mine nutil mid-April and since then I use it regularly during various activities – mainly street and trail running, biking, swimming and indoor activities (gym). It’s been a while since my […]
Last year, when I finished my running season by completing „Crown of Polish Marathons„, I was fed up with street running and in my head, for some time now, a new idea was growing up – trail mountain running. I needed a news running goal for the upcoming year… nad I discovered „Chudy Wawrzyniec„. The trail […]
Elemental Tri Series is a series of triathlons organized between May and August 2015 (Olsztyn, Strawczyn i Białystok). The organizer of the race is LaboSport Poland, and it all happened thanks to sponsors: Elemental Holding (naming rights sponsor), Beko, Etixx oraz Giant. I had the opportunity to participate in Elemental Triathlon Strawczyn, on August 2, 2015, at the Olympic distance (1.5km swim, […]
… Time to get back to reality and gather strength for new challenges. However, I will soon post a commentary on this fantastic triathlon. Elemental Tri Series in Strawczyn was a very interesting race. The route was very demanding, but organized in a very spectacular way. There will surely be a multitude of pictures and interesting […]
Before the last triathlon (Group Azoty Triathlon Radłów) I wrote about how I prepare for a race in terms of training and diet. Today, two days before the Elemental Tri Series in Strawczyn (Sunday, 02.08.2015), I decided to describe exactly how to prepare for a competition in terms of equipment and how to deal with Transition Zone. […]
It’s scorching from the very morning till late evening. Sitting in the pleasant chill of your apartment, you feel the outside calling you to get some fun. And then you go outside – it’s so dreadfully hot you can’t even breathe, after two minutes all the clothes stick to the body, and the you only dream about crawl under a […]
WHAT DETERMINES THE ENERGY DEMAND I have bad news for you – there is no magic demand that would be correct for everybody, man or woman. Each of us needs a different amount of calories to function properly. It depends on age, gender, physique, and lifestyle. Did you know that the brain, although consituting only 2% of the […]
WHAT IS CARBO LOADING Carbo loading is a type of diet used by endurance athletes before races lasting more than 90 minutes. It works by increasing the proportion of carbohydrates in the diet during last 2-3 days prior to the start in order to allow muscle glycogen storage above the natural level. Glycogen is a polysaccharide […]
HOW IT ALL BEGAN Yesterday, reviewing my workouts diary, I discovered that exactly 3 years ago – 19.07.2012 – began my running adventure. I remember the day like it was yesterday. Over the past few months I struggled with to loose weight, exercising 15 minutes a day at home (always after work) and I felt that my […]
Grupa Azoty Triathlon Radłów is a race organized in Radłów near Tarnow (Małopolskie voivodeship). It was held for the first time this year and I must admit that it was undoubtedly a success. Not without a few minor mishaps, but as for the first time, the organizers did great. The weather was great as well, although it was questionable […]
PREPARATIONS Today is a preparation day for „Groupa Azoty Triathlon Radłów”at a distance of 1/4 Iron Man which includes swimming in open waters (950m), cycling (45km) and running (10,5km). This is my first (and perhaps only) triathlon competition this year. 2015 was supposed to be for me a year to prepare for trail running and all my […]
It finally happened! On 08.08.2015, thanks to the trail mountain race „Chudy Wawrzyniec” I became an ultramarathon man! The run was organized in Rajcza, in Żywiec Beskids, leading through red and green hiking trail over six peaks: Rachowiec, Kikula, Wielka Racza, Jaworzyna, Wielka Rycerzowa and Muńcuł. The finish line was set in Ujsoły. The whole race measured approx. 53 km and over 2,000 meters […]
Welcome to my page. It was set up mainly in order to collect and organize my thoughts and experiences on what „drives” me – i.e. running and healthy lifestyle. You will find here a lot of information about running, cycling, triathlon and healthy eating. Probably a lot will be changing before the page will take its final shape, so please be […]
