Compressport Trail Running Short V2 are compression shorts designed for long distance runners. The manufacturer promises a lot more comfort and increased muscle endurance during prolonged exercise, but also a fantastic regenerative effects. Are simple running shorts actually capable of so much? BASIC DATA brand– Compressport type – Trail Running Shorts V2 use – triathlon, running, cycling material – 70% poliamid, […]
… Click… I feel as if someone turned off the light. I walk a few steps up and I have to rest. My head is buzzing, cold sweat dotted my forehead and I feel everything moving around in my stomach. Each step requires maximum effort – as if someone had put a 100-kg menhir on my back […]
CHUDY WAWRZYNIEC 2016 …Slippery, icy slush poured into my shoe, and I felt it (along with the foot inside) slide over the mud in a completely uncontrolled way. I could only think one word (starting with „F”) before I fell into the big, brown puddle in the middle of the road… it’s cold, wet and pours […]
Dynafit Enduro 12 backpack fell into my hands during II Bieg Śnieżnej Pantery in March 2016. Since thn I had a chance to test it in many different situations – from short road runs to ultramarathons like Bieg Rzeźnika. How did it do in those tests? BASIC DATA brand–Dynafit type – Enduro 12 capacity – 12 l intended use – trail […]
You’ve been running for some time now and you have colected a bunch of kilometers. At the beginning, each additional kilometer gave you great satisfaction – the lengthening distance you could cover, running was easier and easier. At certain point, however, a boredom appeared, hasn’t it? Each workout seemed identical to the previous one, week after week the same thing and […]
Theoretically, we all know that we should rehydrate – even more important for athletes. But in practice it’s not so obvious anymore – we often disregard this issue. Meanwhile, the proper hydration is of cardinal importance both for our health, as well as for the quality of our training. WATER IN THE BODY The average healthy adult human […]
I love nuts in every form. This is one of the healthier snacks – a great „emergency” meal in travel, when the only alternative is some fast food. They are caloric, but if you can limit yourself to a handful, they’ll repay a hundred times with the wealth of health properties. Nuts are very popular in the diet of […]
Compression stormed the sportswear market and overwhelmed it. There is virtually no element of runner’s clothing that would not be available in a compression version. We can „press” ourselves from head to toe. It sounds a little unnatural. How does the compression work and what we gain by using it? Is it any good at […]
How to run to lose weight? How soon do we begin to burn fat? How to eat properly? Is running on an empty stomach good? These and other questions nag people who reach for running as a way to lose weight. And isn’t it true that most of us began running for that reason in the first place? Me […]
If you were to take your brand new super fast lamborghini on a ride, would you step on the gas from the beginning, with the engine still cold, or would you rather let it warm up a bit? The same applies to your body. You can exploit it many times without proper warm-up and you […]
It was only street running for me – until this year. Then something switched in my head and I decided to explore new paths (literally) and I started looking for good trail running shoes. Help came from Ilya Markov, with whom I had the pleasure to take a few winter training that enormously improved my quality of training and technique […]
PLANS, PLANS, PLANS… What to do now? 2015 running season has come to an end. Off season recovery is over and I’m slowly getting back to normal training. I need to plan next challenges or otherwise I’ll won’t do any progress. While participating in recent events and talking to other runners, a draft of a plan slowly built up in […]
In the previous article (The best books about the running – part 1) I presented a list of books that I called „motivational”. They tell stories of runners and triathletes, and their greatest value is that you read them in one breath and they evoke admiration and at the same time a desire for similar achievements. […]
My „runner’s shelf” is constanlty expanding with all the new items on the market. Books about running pop up like mushrooms lately and it is impossible to read them all (although I try hard). Below I present a short list of several books on the subject of running, rather of motivational than technical character. These, in my humble opinion, […]
The high season of marathons is coming to an end and the last big races are practically over. Some have achieved new personal records, others, for various reasons, did not. Now comes the time to draw conclusions and plan new challenges for the upcoming seasn. At the same time, after many months of preparation, making improvements and finally […]
