Running to Think

Drinking is the most important aspect of nutrition. We all know that. I usually do not drink anything that differs from water or tea and coffee. But during the day, especially when I need proper hydration or, while at work, I actually love to have something to sip next to me. I found an "insanely" natural beverage here in Belgium, almost by accident....

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...

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...

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,...

Hi friends, today I want you to introduce a fantastic sport to you. It's called CrossFit. Crossfit has been founded by Greg Glassman and Lauren Jenai back in 2000. It is the principal strength and conditioning program for many police academies and tactical operations teams, military special operations units, champion martial artists and hundreds of...

Hi my measuring freaks, if there is anyone who does not like to measure her or his own progress, please raise your hand. Thing is that you get a boost when you have the feeling to be close to your target. And that, my friends, can happen only if you can measure it. The easiest  and most well know method is measuring your weight with a scale....

Dear ladies (and gentlemen), we all know how hard the battle of losing weight is and our attempts to shape the body to what we consider ideal. Big thighs, flappy bellies, hanging arms... all things we don't like and we wish to change by means of exercises specifically designed to destroy that garbage (and us), sometimes in concert with a well-balanced...

Dear friends, as an active vegetarian who does sports, I've always been asking myself if vegetarianism would have had an impact on athletic performance. Therefore I decided to investigate the matter within my master's thesis titled "The Impact of Vegetarianism on Athletic Performance".  This...

Long story short: everything, just in the right amountCARBOHYDRATES Most endurance athletes and coaches know how important it is to maintain the body's carbohydrate (glycogen) stores. They are also aware that, despite the fact that the depletion of glycogen may be delayed to a degree, by consuming carbs during activity, the body's stock capacity...

The period in which I don't run due to an injury is usually dedicated to, well... eating. I love eating. More specifically I love to spend time in the kitchen and experiment new recipes or just make those I remember from my mum, when I was living in southern Italy. Today I want to write about one italian recipe that is easy to make, healthy and really...