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New York – Round 2?
Posted on June 21, 2019 Leave a Comment
Over a week ago I’ve got a email newsletter from NYRR with the email subject of ‘ The Virtual Marathon is back ‘ . This is the second year that NYRR offers this option to get into next year’s marathon. They have 500 spots for the virtual race, it’s cost $150, and you’ll need to […]
Boston
Posted on April 24, 2019 2 Comments
Boston. Where should I start? What should I say? One thing for sure that it will be long. So if you stick around it’s better to get a cup of tea. Let’s start at the beginning. 31st of March – Luke and I were planning the final sightseeing plans for Boston. Everything was perfect. 1st […]
Tokyo Marathon 2019 – race recap
Posted on March 17, 2019 1 Comment
Wow I can’t believe that race day was already 2 weeks ago. I’m so behind with all of these posts. Sorry. So after an exciting few days in Tokyo which was filled with sightseeing and great food ( will definitely write a post about these later on ), on the Thursday we went to the […]
20 days till Tokyo but …
Posted on February 10, 2019 Leave a Comment
In 3 weeks this time probably I already finished the Tokyo marathon. Tokyo is 9 hours ahead of England. So when I’ll start the race on Sunday morning around 9.30am most of the UK will be still asleep or just going to sleep. It’s now less than 2 weeks till we are flying out , […]
Training summary w/c 28th January
Posted on February 5, 2019 Leave a Comment
28. January – 3rd February 2019 Another week gone, I really can’t believe how fast these days going. Week 7 of Ironman Bolton training. Week 14 of Tokyo / Boston / London marathon training. Monday: Monday’s are still rest days. I really can’t get myself into thinking to do any kind of workout. Eventually would […]
Training summary w/c 21st January
Posted on January 30, 2019 Leave a Comment
21 – 27th January 2019. Wow I can’t believe how fast these days are passing. Probably it helps that I’m way to excited about the Tokyo trip. Week 6 of Ironman Bolton training Week 13 of Tokyo/ Boston/ London marathon training. Monday: As always it was a rest day. I’m starting to like these days. […]
Training summary w/c 14. January
Posted on January 22, 2019 Leave a Comment
14 – 20 January 2019. This was my week 5 of Ironman training and Week 12 of Tokyo / Boston marathon training. I can’t believe how fast the weeks going by. Monday: Rest day, favourite day of the week. Done nothing at all this day. Got my recommended 10 000 steps in by 10am at […]
First race of 2019
Posted on January 21, 2019 1 Comment
Well this was kind of an accidental race. I bet you wondering how is it possible? Let me start at the beginning. Last year when I was training for the Berlin – Chicago marathon, I’ve run an awesome 18 miler training run. Few weeks after that I was supposed to run my 20 miler. Back […]
Training summary w/c 7th January
Posted on January 14, 2019 Leave a Comment
I realised that all my Facebook posts are about my training posts. I love sharing my ups and downs but I bet it gets annoying after a while. So instead of sharing daily , I’ll write a post about how my week of training went on Mondays. Monday’s are my rest days so will have […]
You can. End of story.
Posted on December 21, 2018 Leave a Comment
Wow what a year. I didn’t manage to achieve all my goals this year , but it’s life. Stuff happens , they knock you down but you get up , learn from it , move on and get stronger. Started the year out strong , was planning to run a race every month just to […]
Training?… When? What for? Why?
Posted on December 8, 2018 Leave a Comment
I really have no clue what to write about my training sessions. Loads of people keep asking me about it. But I just don’t know what to say. few months ago I tried to write-up weekly training summaries but I just don’t have the time for that. When? Could say I started my training in […]
Tokyo Marathon – Friendship run registration
Posted on December 8, 2018 Leave a Comment
Since I missed out on the 5k run before the New York marathon, I’ve decided that I’m going to be as prepared as I can to be able to register for the other pre marathon Saturday races. The Friendship run in Tokyo is only a 3.5k long fun run. So it’s not the usual 5k […]
I bit the bullet ….
Posted on December 1, 2018 Leave a Comment
Back in September a friend of mine posted something on Facebook. It was an invitation for a Free month training with a triathlon club. Becky is totally awesome, she’s done the best of the best, the hardest race, an Ironman. She forwarded my details to the owner of the club , Dave. Well that’s how […]
Prostate Cancer UK – 2018 Berlin
Posted on November 18, 2018 Leave a Comment
After getting a bag, fat ” No ” at this ballot as well, I knew my only option to be able to run the race is to go with a charity. After having a really good experience with my London charity I was really looking forward to pick a charity for Berlin. The official Berlin […]
MACS – 2017 London
Posted on November 18, 2018 Leave a Comment
After getting a big, fat ” No” at the London Marathon’s ballot in October 2016 I’ve decided to try a different tactic. I’ve decided that I’ll run a charity, run for a good cause. I have to say , me and my family are really lucky, we haven’t been affected by any kind of life […]
I never been lucky in my life with drawings until …
Posted on November 13, 2018 1 Comment
I was supposed to write this post a few weeks ago but somehow I didn’t manage to do it. I’m part of a fair few running groups on Facebook , some of better than others but all is good to learn and get information. A few weeks ago I came across a post on the […]
Race day – Chicago Marathon
Posted on October 31, 2018 Leave a Comment
It’s really important to carbload before a race, so on saturday we decided to have pizza. One of our host suggested that there’s an awesome pizza place near by and we should try it. They make “Detroit” style pizza , which means it’s a square one. It is a rectangular pizza that has a thick […]
Chicago Marathon Expo & International 5k run
Posted on October 27, 2018 1 Comment
The marathon expo opened up on the Friday. Luckily we landed in Chicago on Thursday so I was definitely be able to get to the expo first thing. If I can, I go to the expos when they open. They not as busy then, and also there’s a bigger chance to buy all the merchandise […]
Travelling to Chicago
Posted on October 23, 2018 Leave a Comment
OMG I can’t believe that the race was over 2 weeks ago. Because our flight was leaving London really early morning, we decided to stay in a hotel by the airport. We woke up nice and early on the 4th of october and were on our way to the Airport. the shuttle bus turned up […]
Chicago Marathon – How can you track me?
Posted on October 2, 2018 Leave a Comment
OMG the Chicago Marathon is almost here ! In a week time I’ll be there and I can’t wait. If you’d like to follow me around the course I made a little step by step guide about how to follow me. 1. Download the official app: iPhone https://itunes.apple.com/…/2018-chicago-marath…/id718145625… Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details… 2. Click on Tracking […]
Chicago Marathon – It’s Race week – Quick recap of events
Posted on October 1, 2018 Leave a Comment
OMG I can’t believe that the week is finally here. I also can’t believe that I’ve run Berlin just 2 weeks ago, and in 6 days time I’ll be at the start line of the Chicago Marathon. This past 2 weeks went really well. I think I’ve recovered after Berlin really easily and quickly. It […]
It’s Race day!
Posted on September 24, 2018 Leave a Comment
It’s time to summarise my Race day experience, if you’d like to read my Travel journey (click here ) or of you want to hear about our Breakfast run ( click here) then please click onto the links. OMG the day is finally here. I’ve train for this for so long, and so much. I […]
Berlin Marathon Expo & Saturday activities
Posted on September 24, 2018 1 Comment
After arriving Berlin and checking into our hotel ( you can read all of that here ) we went back to Berlin Central station to make our way to the Expo. I’m part of a few Berlin Marathon training groups on Facebook, and during our train journey I’ve read many horror stories about the Expo. […]
Our travels to Berlin
Posted on September 24, 2018 2 Comments
A few months ago I’ve already posted our journey details here and here as well. To be honest I wa really nervous about this travel. Mainly because I knew that we need to get to Berlin on Friday because I really wanted tp pick up my race bib on the Friday. I’ve hears horror stories […]
Berlin Marathon Tracking – How to track me?
Posted on September 9, 2018 Leave a Comment
Since yesterday they tracking app is finally available. I really thought that won’t release it till like a day before the race. Chicago already released theirs, and that race is still 4 weeks away. But never mind. A few weeks ago I’ve received my Start Card. I’ll need to take this with me to be […]
29 days till Berlin – Quick travel update
Posted on August 18, 2018 1 Comment
Only 28 days and 19hours till Race day 🙂 Getting closer and closer. By this time in 4 weeks time will be already there, and probably the pre race nerves will kick in. I just want to give you all a quick update regarding our travel plans. Since I wrote my last post, I’ve decided […]
My first 18miler (alone)
Posted on August 13, 2018 Leave a Comment
After last week’s horrible 14 mile run, I really had no idea what to expect from this long run. Last week everything was so good till the mile 13 marker, then something broke inside me. I just sat down, and really started to think why am I doing this to myself? Is this all really […]
Ironman Bolton ’19 – Back from deferment
Posted on July 31, 2018 Leave a Comment
This race was supposed to happen this year. I really wanted to do an Ironman race before I turn 30 in February 2019. But for multiple reasons I had to defer my place till 2019. I’ve started my training really well, I really thought that I can do this. But then an injury happened and […]
Week 11 – Berlin to Chicago training
Posted on July 28, 2018 Leave a Comment
I haven’t written a training summary for a long time. I’m sorry I’m getting really busy. The runs are getting longer, and I’m getting a bit tired as well. But have to say so far it all going well. When I started this training plan I really didn’t know what to expect, if it’s going […]
Abbot – Everyday Champions ★☆★☆★☆
Posted on July 26, 2018 Leave a Comment
Yesterday I came across a tweet from Abbott : BREAKING NEWS The all new Six Star System is live! Housing over 2 million results, waiting for you to claim them so you can see all of your #AbbottWMM results in one central hub. Register today! https://t.co/jy2f1j2Iqz#ReachForTheStars pic.twitter.com/4y7TAyu0HX — Abbott WMMajors (@WMMajors) July 25, 2018 I’m […]
Who’s a Charity Runner? Why do I need to explain myself?!
Posted on July 21, 2018 2 Comments
Well I never really thought that I’ll need to write a post about this, but here we go…. I’ve shared the same photo in 3 different running groups, 1 US-based and 2 based in Hungary. It’s a picture about a countdown for my upcoming races. As you can see I’m having a pretty busy 12 […]
Tokyo flights, trains, hotels, sightseeing
Posted on July 8, 2018 Leave a Comment
A few months ago I pre-booked some hotels on Booking.com just in case I get into the marathon. All of them was on a “book now pay later ” offer. So I thought even if I don’t manage to get into the race i wont lose out on money, I just cancel them later on. […]
I got into TOKYO which also means I’m getting my 6star medal in Boston 2019!!
Posted on July 2, 2018 6 Comments
OMG. I’ve done it, signed up for the Tokyo Marathon It wasn’t easy, the whole system was really slow, kept freezing and wasn’t straight forward, but I done it. But let’s go back to the beginning. Since last year unsuccessful lottery drawing, I managed to save up the charity + entry fee. I really wanted […]
Improvements? Week 1 – Week 6
Posted on June 24, 2018 Leave a Comment
First of all I’d like to apologise that I didn’t write many training posts recently. I had a really busy few weeks, overtime at work, taking on an allotment and spending long hours there and then do my marathon training. I really didn’t have the time and energy to write posts. 🙁 I just finished […]
I’m going to BOSTON 2019 !!!!!!
Posted on June 14, 2018 5 Comments
The last few days were totally incredible. On Tuesday I’ve received an email from 2:09 Events that they will release their Boston packages on Wednesday around 12pm. I had a rough idea how much will it be, but was really worried that we didn’t save up enough money for it. The email stated that they […]
Tokyo Marathon ’19 – Charity – Quick update
Posted on June 6, 2018 Leave a Comment
Earlier today I came across a new press release from the organisers of the Tokyo Marathon. It’s states that the Charity registration will begin on the 2nd of July 2018. Last year it was sold out within 4 days. So hopefully this year will be the same, so I’ll have plenty of time to sign […]
Week 3 – Berlin to Chicago training
Posted on June 6, 2018 Leave a Comment
After feeling great with my Week 1 and Week 2 training , this week turned out to be a disaster. So what was the plan for this week? Monday – 28.05.2018 – 5 miles easy run Tuesday – 29.05.2018 – Cross training Wednesday – 30.05.2018 – Track training Thursday – 31.05.2018 – 4 miles easy run […]
Week 2 – Berlin to Chicago training
Posted on May 27, 2018 Leave a Comment
After feeling really positive about my Week 1 training, I was really looking forward to Week 2. I know if I put all the training in, I’ll be able to reach my goals and maybe even more. All this week I’ve tried to go for my runs around mid day – 1pm. I knew if […]
Week 1 – Berlin to Chicago training
Posted on May 20, 2018 Leave a Comment
As I said in my previous post, I’ve hired a running coach. If you haven’t read that click HERE to read it now. I was really excited about my training plan, I didn’t really know what to expect, or anything. But everyone I spoke with they highly recommended Denise and her coaching plans. I’ve officially […]
Berlin to Chicago = I’ve hired a running coach
Posted on May 3, 2018 2 Comments
In the last few months I’ve spent loads and loads of times to decided what to do with my upcoming marathon training plans. It wouldn’t have been that hard if I have to train for once race, but no I need to train for 2 of them . Berlin is on the 16th of September, […]
My day with Kathrine Switzer
Posted on April 23, 2018 Leave a Comment
As I was telling you all in my last post I had an awesome big surprise for you. There’s an online running community called ” adidas Runners London “. A few weeks ago they told us that Kathrine Switzer will attend their Saturday Morning Ladies running session. Had to sign up via Facebook and then […]
London Marathon 2018 – Expo
Posted on April 20, 2018 Leave a Comment
Have to start with the most important thing, this year I’m not running the London Marathon 🙁 Didn’t have any luck on the ballot, and couldn’t afford the charity place again. I really wanting to concentrate my Berlin and Chicago charities this year. So probably now you are wondering why am I writing a blog […]
Jeffing? Feffing? Effing?
Posted on April 7, 2018 2 Comments
I’m part of a lot of running groups on Facebook. Mainly to get motivation and also to use them to get advice if I needed. They are mainly English groups but there’s 2 Hungarian as well. In the last few weeks I’ve noticed that loads of runners ( mainly in the Hungarian groups) saying it’s […]
Diagnosis – Plantar Fasciitis
Posted on April 5, 2018 2 Comments
I’ve spent all my bank holiday weekend worrying about my Podiatry appointment which was booked in for Tuesday ( 04. April ). But lets start it from the beginning. Since january I had a really bad foot pain. First I thought that maybe I’ve done too much exercises, Which woulnd’t have been a surprise because […]
How are we getting to Berlin?
Posted on April 1, 2018 2 Comments
When I’ve got my charity place for the Berlin Marathon I’ve managed to book a really good hotel via booking.com. The hotel is a 3 star hotel and it’s called Astrid am Kurfürstendamm. I’ve tried to book a hotel close to the start/ finish line so we won’t need to travel too much. According to Google […]
Crushed dreams – deferral IM UK
Posted on March 31, 2018 1 Comment
This wasn’t an easy decision to make, and I was the only one who had to make it. Due to not being able to give my 100% at trainings, because of my really painful heel ( read about it more here Plantar Fasciitis ) I had to defer from this years Ironman UK event 🙁 Since […]
Greenwich Park 10k
Posted on January 25, 2018 Leave a Comment
To keep myself on track with my trainings I’ve decided to run at least 1 race in a month. I’ve run a few races organised by Runthroughuk and I really enjoyed them. Really well organised races, chip timing, medal, banana , flapjacks and free race photos. Who needs more than this? I headed to London […]
Hotel & Flights for Chicago
Posted on January 15, 2018 2 Comments
A few weeks ago when I signed up for the upcoming Chicago Marathon with Team Paws I wasn’t too sure what kind of hotel to book. First of all I’ve tried to book one as close as to the start as possible. But than it turns out they are really expensive, even if I booked […]
Chicago Marathon 2018 – Application
Posted on December 5, 2017 1 Comment
As I mentioned in my previous post I’m planing to run 2 World Marathon Majors in 2018. You can read about my Berlin application and acceptance in HERE. The application opened up on the 24th of October 2017 and it was closed on the 30th of November 2017. If you planning to run the race […]
Berlin Marathon 2018 – Application
Posted on December 1, 2017 2 Comments
My plan is to run all 6 World Marathon Majors by the end of 2019. Completing London and New York this year I’m well on track. My plan is for 2018 to run Berlin and Chicago. This post will be about Berlin and the application process. The lottery application opened up on the 18th of […]
