End of an era - no more money for running

End of an era - no more money for running

  July 04, 2017   2 comments :

Roughly 3 years ago I wrote a small post on the RunKeeper blog about how one can earn real money with running. More than a year later, I wrote another follow-up post on this blog, when I reached a serious milestone, and checked out $480 for running and eating healthy stuff. I mainly used 3 apps to achieve this, and now I'm sad to report, that all of them seems to be over.

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Exercise or travel? Why not both?!

Exercise or travel? Why not both?!

  January 15, 2017   No comments :

The first title of this post was "Saving money by exercises when travelling". I changed that, as it only reflects one aspect of what I want to say.  My main point is not to avoid certain types of transportation means in order to save a bunch of money. What I want to advertise is the idea of occasionally including / combining healthy activities when one needs to get from point A to point B. Sometimes it saves money / time. In some cases it does neither, but reduces the CO2 footprint, or just makes the time spent travelling more joyful.

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The money I spent on running in 2015

The money I spent on running in 2015

  March 28, 2016   No comments :

Running is said to be cheap. "You just need a pair of shoes, and You are good to go!"  Having said that, I am sure, that many of You runners have already spent a little fortune on running related stuff. It is true, that to start running, one does not need serious investments (though good shoes are highly advised), but later on the expenses tend to grow. In this short post I try to review how much money I've spent on shoes, races, etc in 2015. Just to horrify myself with the sum at the end.

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