BLOOD! PAIN! TEARS! The essence of a good race report! Well, sorry – this one will be weak then! My biggest challenge this year, the longest distance and the greatest total elevation gain. It was supposed to be hard … to knock down… chew and spit out … was supposed to … RACE IN A NUTSHELL […]
… 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 […]
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 nose runs and gusts of wind throw me off balance every so often. I’m trying to bite into the frozen energy bar while running, freezing water doesn’t help washing it down… Golden Autumn You say… yeah, right! BUT FROM THE BEGINNING… Maraton Bieszczadzki was my last goal to accomplish this year. In August (08.08.2015) I […]
September was a bit disappointing. In July and August I had a lot of starts, including trail mountain ultramarathon „Chudy Wawrzyniec” which was the final goal of the first half of the year training plan. In September, I had planned only one loose start in the Island Beskids („Noraftrail” in Zalesie). Unfortunately I was unable to start for […]
August – summer holidays in full swing, the time of vacations and rest. On the other hand, for many runners is the time of hard training for the autumn marathons peak. The time when training sessions should gain volume and intensity. Since the beginning of the year I’ve been preparing just for August. I trained for trail […]
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 […]
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 […]
