Comments on: BULGARIA UPDATE > The Road To Hell. http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=7356 tony mangan - ultrarunner Tue, 23 Feb 2016 23:27:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alex http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=7356#comment-25370 Alex Fri, 11 Jul 2014 10:22:47 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=7356#comment-25370 Hi Tony, Greetings from Bulgaria! Your blog post was pointed to me as a negative one regarding the country and my town ( Gabrovo ) in particular. When I read it, I did not see any subjective negativity, it is all as you wrote. No Heaven on Earth (as the national anthem goes), but we manage. Anyway, had you pulled over in front of our house, you would've gotten a bed and a meal :) Good luck with the final part of your run! Hi Tony,

Greetings from Bulgaria! Your blog post was pointed to me as a negative one regarding the country and my town ( Gabrovo ) in particular. When I read it, I did not see any subjective negativity, it is all as you wrote. No Heaven on Earth (as the national anthem goes), but we manage.
Anyway, had you pulled over in front of our house, you would’ve gotten a bed and a meal :)

Good luck with the final part of your run!

]]> By: Tony http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=7356#comment-25337 Tony Wed, 09 Jul 2014 11:21:24 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=7356#comment-25337 Hi Again. Spot not updating this morning. I am in Becej about 80km from Hungarian border. i hope to cross on Thursday. I will be heading for Baja where I got an invite from well known Hungarian race director Gyula Erdesz I expect to arrive Friday, Thanks Gyuala :) I look forward to the goulash you and your mom have promised me and also the shower!! I hope Hungarian ultra runners can come out and run. I will not be running into Budapest, sorry heading for Bratislava. Where I got another invite from Josef who is Vlastik's brother. Some may remember Vlastik from Burnie, Tasmania, he is an ultra runner also. He made a daring escape from former Czechoslovakia. I blogged it then if interested in archives around end of Feb 2013. It will be interesting to hear from his brother. Oh almost forgot 46,000km yesterday, I am taking these things far too much for granted. I tell you that thousand was amongst the toughest, pushing Nirvana on the very narrow roads with no shoulder. I remember estimating pushing her is about an extra 20% effort and obviously I am a lot more tired now. Fergus Owens will be sad to hear that me and Nirvana are having ' relationship problems ' at the moment, for she is like an unwanted child to me now, I wish I could escape her!! Thanks to the man who stopped on the way into Becej and stopped his car on a narrow bridge to hand me a burger. I have to be honest I was thinking to myself East Europe has many nice people but people seem so afraid to help as mentioned before... I am afraid to say cold is the word that comes to mind There was a man w cyclist who gave me an invite in his house but I would have had to go back 3km and was a bit too much pushing Nirvana. However I agreed if we could get someone to mind Nirvana overnight, in a barn and there were many. A man did but I would have had to return before 5am before he left for work. I didnt accept the invitation, I just ran another 5km and camped in a field. I was not asking for much, just to park Nirvana, so this was still playing on my mind but this man handing me the burger put a smile back on my face. Thank you mister :) Hi Again. Spot not updating this morning. I am in Becej about 80km from Hungarian border. i hope to cross on Thursday. I will be heading for Baja where I got an invite from well known Hungarian race director Gyula Erdesz
I expect to arrive Friday, Thanks Gyuala :) I look forward to the goulash you and your mom have promised me and also the shower!!
I hope Hungarian ultra runners can come out and run. I will not be running into Budapest, sorry heading for Bratislava. Where I got another invite from Josef who is Vlastik’s brother. Some may remember Vlastik from Burnie, Tasmania, he is an ultra runner also. He made a daring escape from former Czechoslovakia. I blogged it then if interested in archives around end of Feb 2013. It will be interesting to hear from his brother.
Oh almost forgot 46,000km yesterday, I am taking these things far too much for granted. I tell you that thousand was amongst the toughest, pushing Nirvana on the very narrow roads with no shoulder. I remember estimating pushing her is about an extra 20% effort and obviously I am a lot more tired now. Fergus Owens will be sad to hear that me and Nirvana are having ‘ relationship problems ‘ at the moment, for she is like an unwanted child to me now, I wish I could escape her!!
Thanks to the man who stopped on the way into Becej and stopped his car on a narrow bridge to hand me a burger. I have to be honest I was thinking to myself East Europe has many nice people but people seem so afraid to help as mentioned before… I am afraid to say cold is the word that comes to mind There was a man w cyclist who gave me an invite in his house but I would have had to go back 3km and was a bit too much pushing Nirvana. However I agreed if we could get someone to mind Nirvana overnight, in a barn and there were many. A man did but I would have had to return before 5am before he left for work. I didnt accept the invitation, I just ran another 5km and camped in a field. I was not asking for much, just to park Nirvana, so this was still playing on my mind but this man handing me the burger put a smile back on my face. Thank you mister :)

]]> By: Serena http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=7356#comment-25282 Serena Mon, 07 Jul 2014 16:36:50 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=7356#comment-25282 Very good read one of the best to date. Some funny one liners. Stay safe away from them snakes and ticks! Was in the jungle in Chang Mai in Thailand this week and couldn't stop thinking about u running in the blistering heat in so many counties with the dangerous wild life! Keep it up you're doing great. Serena x Very good read one of the best to date. Some funny one liners. Stay safe away from them snakes and ticks! Was in the jungle in Chang Mai in Thailand this week and couldn’t stop thinking about u running in the blistering heat in so many counties with the dangerous wild life! Keep it up you’re doing great. Serena x

]]> By: Ann http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=7356#comment-25247 Ann Sun, 06 Jul 2014 23:29:06 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=7356#comment-25247 Great read Tony and a really interesting variety of tales. glad you are enjoying the food in Bulgaria. Take care and enjoy the wine gums Ann -:) Great read Tony and a really interesting variety of tales. glad you are enjoying the food in Bulgaria. Take care and enjoy the wine gums Ann -:)

]]> By: Tey EngTiong http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=7356#comment-25225 Tey EngTiong Sun, 06 Jul 2014 15:58:10 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=7356#comment-25225 Run safe !!! Keep it up ! Tks for sharing with pix...! Run safe !!! Keep it up ! Tks for sharing with pix…!

]]> By: Ivan http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=7356#comment-25169 Ivan Sat, 05 Jul 2014 09:24:23 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=7356#comment-25169 It seems you are the only one ever respected by the bulgarian police ... It seems you are the only one ever respected by the bulgarian police …

]]> By: kevin scanlon http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=7356#comment-25121 kevin scanlon Fri, 04 Jul 2014 07:50:46 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=7356#comment-25121 brilliant update tony. i hope you see more lidl shops on your route for the next few weeks. you are doing great. kevin brilliant update tony. i hope you see more lidl shops on your route for the next few weeks. you are doing great. kevin

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