Running to Think

Christmas is not just chocolates and candies, especially when it is time to think about new running shoes. Recently my running habits have changed into trail, and I am basically burning more trail shoes than road ones.  Anyway, I hit the road "once in a while", and with that I mean for about 60 km per week.  After a distraction of about...

It has been a while since my last post. A lot happened in my life. I changed job, moving from academia to industry, finished the renovation of my house, found some time to go on holiday, also lost motivation to run long distance for a while. But I never stopped completely. There was some kind of innate mechanism in my brain that was forcing me to...

Tears of sweat poured during the intense training sessions of the 90s, when I was a first-league race walker in Southern Italy. Tears of sorrow today for Annarita Sidoti, champion and mother, and symbol of the cleanest (and poorest) discipline of athletics. Race walk to Heaven. Rest in peace...

Before the memories of the trail running of Sunday fade out (as if that were even possible) let me share the report of a race that has been scheduled in two months, and for which I have been struggling with nutrition and mileage... this time without inflicting any injury to myself. To start with, I finished Trail de la Lesse in 5th position and arrived...

Motivation leads you nowhere without action. That's what they say. I have been keeping myself motivated so far. To overcome the struggle of injuries, hills, miles and sweat. But motivation is not enough to accomplish things. Action is necessary. Motivation only triggers action. And I am acting. This sunday I will put myself to the test. To prove...

The end of the week has been marked with the long distance running session that has been scheduled, namely 42 km self supported, completed at the pace of 4:34" per km on 270 mt elevation gain. Legs were rolling like wheels. I never pushed along the test and was running very relaxed, breathing and looking around as if I was running on a much shorter...

The number of injuries I got in the past, thought me that preparing an ultra trail does not only mean running the long distance on the road or hilly&muddy tracks.  Fortunately, it also means creating diversity in the training, strengthening joints, knees, quads, arms. In three words, HITTING-THE-GYM. This might sound hard but I'm finding...

A small update from the running department. As some of you know, I set my next race to May 17, Trail de la Lesse. A 50 km trail run nearby Liege in Belgium. One more time to "feel the hill", pumping lactate around the blood stream. One more time to feel alive. The training of the last four weeks has changed to become harder and harder. A steep...

When I don't run, I don't think.  And when I don't think, I don't live.  The burdens of life in the last weeks,  maybe months,  have been so big and unexpected  that sucked out the time I was used  to dedicate to running.  Away from the forest, away from the road,  away from sweat and aching legs,  away...

Dear food lovers, Today I am writing about a sport bar that might be of interest to many of you: PRIMAL Nutrition. Who are they? When two belgian sport fanatics, get a break from their daily crossfit session, something good happens. Here is their vision: without proper nutrition you cannot even get close to your maximal performance. Eating...

It has been a while, I know. We've been quite detached from the mainstream, from the blog, email, news, twitter... Even away from people. But we did it for a good cause. We are familiar with awkward mixes with our training schedules, food and beverage. Mixing our skills, however, has gone even further, providing us with fresh ideas that only...

Hi folks, I hope you enjoyed the holidays with your dear ones, moments to cherish fully. I wish you the best for the years that come. May this year be filled with love, family, health and ofcourse physical activity! I spent my holiday abroad. Francesco and I planned to go to his hometown Molfetta, in Southern Italy. I got in contact with his culture,...

Believe it or not, Christmas is over. And with Christmas also candies, chocolate (a bit less for those who already abuse sugar on a daily basis), cakes, sugar, fat, pasta, fish, meat, panettone, bread, cakes and cakes and cakes. Every year I prepare myself for the toughest period of the year, that they refer to as Xmas. I even strategically try...