Running to Think

To my dear vegetarian folks, if you do sports and you are also following a vegetarian diet, please help my research by answering these few questions. Thanks for your time. Caroline   Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey , the world's leading questionnaire tool...

A boring week with total mileage of 75 km. 19/03/2014 After a fast recovery from the trip back from Spain, I finally met my hills in Liege Sart Tilman. They gave me a painful welcome though: half marathon on steep irregular terrain. A tumble on the ground started something that I still feel: pain between the left rhomboid and the spine. 20/03/2014 Easy...

Nothing special happened in week 11. Just feeling closer to race day and slightly more stressed. Weekly total mileage: 85 km. 11/03/2014 A very easy run in the morning. 10 km on the usual dusty road near El Goloso, Madrid. At 6pm I realised that the fridge was quite empty and needed to go shopping. Thing is that the house where I was living is 4...

I bought myself a bag of Chia seeds today.  Have you ever heard of it?  Well, this seed is usually referred to as superfood. This made me as curious as excited to try it out. Chia is a seed that comes from the desert plant Salvia hispanica, that grows in Mexico. The first discovery dates back to the time of Mayan and Aztec cultures.  "Chia" literally...

Whenever I am waiting at the airport I feel quite inspired to write something about me or whatever is currently around me. Or I just have nothing better to do to kill some time. The period I was travelling consistently, I was used to write a piece each time, in each different airport. I wrote about everything, my feelings, the person in front...

Another week of trail running around Madrid; another week of 120 km and 9400 kcal burned to convince myself that I am ready for the 80k of Paris. I started this week doing something I would have liked to do a while ago: resting. 03/03/2014  04/03/2014 intervals on a longer distance of 3km for a total run of 23 km. Really cool interval...

Hello girls and boys! I am sure that what I am writing here has happened to you at least once in your life. I mean, have you ever had the feeling of being fat and just not comfortable with yourself?  Exactly! Awkward silence is what I was expecting. So, keep reading. Let me go even more in depth. Imagine this scenario: your main ambition...

Preparing the hydration pack with an awful isotonic drink. That smile will disappear soon Whenever I prepare the hydration pack for a long run I realise that I would never use all the stuff I put in the bag. Even though I am aware of this terrible mistake and regardless the fact that I really force myself to drinking and eating during workout,...

I’m not the type of athlete who ever skips breakfast. I truly believe those who still claim that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Several studies actually prove this fact even though very few people are aware of how important breakfast really is.  As an actively sportive person, very keen towards nutrition and quite pragmatic,...

Have you ever been walking around after a workout, chilling in the city and suddenly got the feeling of eating a cow? (allow me the expression, I shouldn't say this as a vegetarian) So far, the best advice I could give to myself was "eat fruit!". This would usually give me two solid hours before dinner. Years and years of eating fruit in such situations...

I dedicated week 9 to exploring the country side around Cantoblanco, the district of Madrid where I am staying. As I mentioned earlier the terrain is quite diverse, giving me a series of options that I choose according to my schedule. Regardless the terrain that can be simply road or rocky or sandy or muddy, what really characterises this place is...

I've no memories of cute feet. I've never had unhealthy feet either and that's something I am proud of. Increasing the milage, switching from road to trail shoes and back, keeping my feet more wet than dry are all contributing to make my feet look ugly ugly ugly. I think I've never seen my feet this ugly. And that's something I am proud too.Why? Because...