What a crazy year! 5 ultras, a road marathon, becoming an active part of the running community and just a rollercoaster of an experience. I ran a total of 3019 km in 2023, with 48.805 m elevation gain, which took 313 hours, plus of course all the cross-training, stretching and procrastination before and after runs. Here is a brief look back at the season, mostly through the lens of races.
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Running is Cheap, Right?
All you need is a pair of running shoes, which you surely own already, and you are on your merry way to being fit and healthy... Running is really that accessible at first, but as I found out, it can also very quickly drain your wallet. From race entries, through nutrition, to specialized trail running gear, there is a million things you can spend on…
Read MoreWinning the Ultrabalaton Trail 115k Race
The shock came at 36 kilometers, where my parents and Zsófi greeted me excitedly: “Marci, you are in 2nd place!” What the hell? I didn’t realize I was that far ahead… By 51.5 km I was tied for first... Around 75 km I took off and soloed to the finish, winning a race for the first time in my life!
Read MoreRunning My First Ultra
54 km. 2750 m of elevation gain. The Mátrabérc Trail was quite the challenge.
Read MoreRunning Every Single Street In My Neighborhood
Running along every single street in my neighborhood, it surely can’t take that long, right? I mean Wekerle is only a 1 km by 1 km square... Well, turns out you can fit a lot of streets in that amount of space. Over 42 km of them in fact, adding up almost perfectly to a marathon distance.
Read MoreI Ran A Virtual Half Marathon Race
Races cancelled, the world is ending, bla-bla-bla… So we just organized a race online with friends and compared our times. I ran as fast as I could, but I am also not used to road running these days. Great fun and a good experiment!
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