Run Up Wild

      “Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest. If you’re going to while away the years, it’s far better to live them with clear goals and fully alive than in a fog, and I believe running helps you do that. Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that’s the essence of running, and a metaphor for life. (…)” - Haruki Murakami, "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running"

  Of everything to my love I will be attentive Before, and with such zeal, and always, and so much That even in the face of His greatest charm my thought is more enchanted. I want to live it in every vain moment And in your praise I will spread my song And laugh my laughter and shed my tears To your sorrow or your contentment And so, when later you look for me Who knows death, anguish of those who live Who knows solitude, end of those who love I can tell myself about the love (that I had): May it not be immortal, since it is flame But may it be infinite while it lasts.  - Vinicius de Moraes ...

          “If you see me collapse, pause my Garmin.”  – Unknown "I'm hungry for solid things and eager to live only the essentials. Personally, I think there comes a time in people's lives when the only duty is to fight fiercely to introduce, in the time of each day, the maximum of "eternity "   - Joao Guimaraes Rosa Here is a compilation of all my Posts related to Tor Des Géants. As you can see, I really obsess over this race. 330 km / 24.000 mD+ Six friends raced in 2015. The weather was extreme and the race had to be interrupted. Only 6 runners reached the final line. The winner was Patrick Bohard, a 51 year old athlete: Tor des Géants Endurance Trail - TDG 2015 - Relato de uma prova seguida à distância In 2015, after completing the 170 kms of Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc , I set my sights on Tor des Géants. Unfortunately, in the summer of 2016 I did not feel prepared to run such a challenging race: Tor des Géants Endurance Trail - ...

           “The heavier the burden, the closer our life is to the earth, and the more real and true it is. On the other hand, the total absence of a burden makes the human being lighter than the air, makes him fly, distances himself from the earth, from the terrestrial being, makes him semi-real, makes his movements are as free as they are insignificant. So what to choose? The weight or the lightness?” - Milan Kundera       Fall/Winter 2021 Fashion       Completed the only post-Covid test of this unfortunate year 2020, the 180K of Estrelaçor , it's time to look to the future. And the ...

“Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.” - Winston Churchill E pronto: já não será em 2020, mercê da pandemia do Covid-19. No entanto as regras ditam o seguinte: "All runners can register for the race they were admitted to this year for either 2021, 2022 or 2023, on payment of the fee, without going into the draw. Alternatively they can give their place to another runner. Further concessions for future registrations are under consideration." E portanto será em 2021. Por um lado, até é melhor, pois permite uma preparação melhor planeada, uma vez que o confinamento resultante da pandemia teve um efeito deletério na quantidade e qualidade dos meus treinos, o que é bem visível nos 3 mesociclos do confinamento (barras amarelas) E assim já tenho um objetivo concreto para 2021: completar os 350 kms com 25.000 mD+ do Tor des Géants. Há que ver as coisas pelo lado positivo. A montanha sempre estará lá. Repete-se a saga que foi a insc...

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt in “Citizenship in a Republic” “Esquece as intenções. As intenções de qualquer instituição ou dos seus agentes em relação a ti são secundárias. O nosso mundo é físico.” Ta-Nehisi Coates in "Entre mim e o Mundo" ...