It was February. It was a depressing winter. With the snow cover they had, the nearby Bucegi Mountains were more suitable to pretty much anything beside skiing. So we packed our stuff and went to the snow Mecca of Romania. Balea is THE place for off piste snow sports around here. Coming from Bucharest, you’d have a 4 hour drive to km 104 of the Transfagarasan. From there the road Continue…
We wanted a nice relaxing weekend visiting some beautiful areas, so we planned a couple of bike routes around the town of Fagaras. Since the trails were pretty light, I chose my CX bike with semi-slick tires. For Andreea we rented a bike from Brasov Trail Adventures. Day 1 Started the day next to the citadel (didn’t have time to visit it, we’ll keep it on the todo list). From Continue…
It was a very cool way to spend a summer Wednesday evening. One moment you’re in crazy Bucharest, the next you’re floating through the reeds, enjoying the silence and the twilight. Our guide was Florin. For a couple of hours, he took us around Neajlovului Delta, served us some watermelon on a remote piece of land surrounded by water and reeds, then took us back, with the final minutes in Continue…
Maybe the title is click-baiting a little. Reading about Madaras Peak online, it seems the crosses aren’t marking graves, they’re just symbols of this holy Székely mountain. But it sure looks like a graveyard! Why was I running there, you might think. I was taking part in the short route of Hargita Trail Run. As it was just one week after the Epic Two Day Fagaras Ridge Ultra Run, I didn’t Continue…
I keep hearing races like MPC, Hercules or Sugas are the end of the season. No, they’re not. The trail running season is in full swing. For me, winter (stretching well into May/June) is for skiing, spring is for road biking, summer for mountain biking and, yes, autumn for trail running. Why trail running? It’s generally too wet for a road bike and too muddy for a mountain bike (unless you want Continue…