Pills of wisdom by Andrea | EmigranTrailer

This page is a collection of wisdom pills (between the serious and the facetious) that come to mind before, during and after doing sports.

Take them as they are! 🙂

23.05.2021 – Bingen am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

When you plan to run with two younger, super motivated and fast road runners, make sure that the plan is to run…Trail-Running! 🙂
When you plan to run with two younger, super motivated and fast road runners, make sure that the plan is to run…Trail-Running with technical downhills and steep/long uphills! 😀
When you plan to run with two younger, super motivated and fast road runners, make sure to start by saying “let’s take it easy, I am still still a bit tired and I need to save energy for the next one“…of course the latter does not work at all! 😛

If it is a cold, windy and rainy morning, and you have forgotten long-sleeved shirt, wind jackets and so on, just wear the sun glasses and run faster 🙂
A dinner with carbs is good for training; a dinner with a lot of carbs and red wine is another level!
If you want to gain some Strava crowns, just run with one of the master of Strava crowns (@ Carlo!)

When Andrea thinks to run flat stuff, “flat” is kind of relative concept, especially if his friends share the same concept! 🙂
When two friends with a strong passion for trail running think to stay out for max 1 hour, there is a kind of flexible and additional time to be counted for….something usually in the range of plus 30 minutes and 1 hour! 🙂
It is not important how much time you stay in a place, it is more important HOW you decide to spend the time there 😉

If you are cold, just rotate fast your arms…clockwise and counterclockwise. Then clap and smile 🙂
Sun glasses are not only for sun and “fashion”. They protect your eyes from insects and wind!
Trail Running in group: start together, run together (not necessarily each meter, especially if you need to fart or burp), finish together, but especially enjoy the route and panorama together! 🙂

if you meet two “bambi” and try to chase them uphill….no chance: forget it 🙂
if you are in Germany and you meet an hiker and crossing him, he says smiling “wahnsinn” to you,….it is supposed to be a compliment 😉
Say what you do. Do what you say. Always.

If the weather is bad (but not dangerous), and the plan is to run together with someone, do not write text messages whether to run or not. I think rain jackets have been invented for some reasons 😀
If the sky is gray and the ground brown….just put on a pair of fluo-colored clothes 😛
If the plan is to run a loop and it starts with a looooong downhill, then it will finish with a looooong uphill 😉

Always follow your passions, but also use your brain not to overdo it
Talk, talk, talk while you run...so you train your breath….and the hearing of those around you 🙂
There’s nothing wrong with saying “Hallo, Hello, Moin, Gude, Morgen, Hi, Servus” to anyone you meet along the paths…and do it with a big smile! 🙂

If you do a long run one day, during the following day, it is much better few hours biking than few hours laying on the sofa
if your name is Andrea and you like outdoor, do not trust yourself when you say: “I just want to bike 1 or 2 hours maximum”….bring always with you an additional jacket and a headlamp (as I wisely did! :-))
The best part of Mainz is the one on the other side of the Rhine 😛 ….I know that my mainzer friends will not like it! (p.s. I’m just joking!)

if the Covid is making it difficult for me to travel abroad, I can always continue my exploration in Germany Trail Running (and hiking) to explore Germany | EmigranTrailer
Thinking always about what I can do and what I have, not what I can’t do and don’t have 😉
With this latest exploration I have updated the page dedicated to Trail Running (& hiking) in the Upper Rhine & Pfalz: Trail-Running in Upper Rhine & Pfalz | EmigranTrailer

The generation of these pills of wisdom is linked to different sports activities I do, tyically (not always) published on my social channels:

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Enjoy your passions!

Andrea De Filippo

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Latest update & publication: 24.05.2021

First publication: 09.04.2021