I subscribed to the Ultra Trail Lamer Winkel early this year as a way to continue pursuing the motto “do epic shit!”. Let’s face it: life is short! Looking into my quotidian life, recent health challenges and the ones from people around me, I’ve been pursuing a few dreams that make me feel that life matters, that there is meaning,… Read more →
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The risk of in-race overachievement
I’ve always ran mostly on my own. Running allows me to have moments to share with the self and no one else. It makes me feel active, alive and in motion. It gives me the opportunity to seek the void and to touch the world around me in blissful moments of exploration. Recently I’ve been running on a regular basis… Read more →
My debut as a pacemaker
The morning today was spent at the Martinslauf 2014 race with a group of friends and good weather. The Martinslauf (St. Martin’s race) is one of those special races in the calendar year, as since I moved into Germany I haven’t lost a single edition. It slowly starts feeling like a tradition… For November in Germany, an aprox. temperature of 10ºC and a… Read more →
Douro Ultra Trail 2014
When I fell in love with trail running I immediately understood that the delight of it was joining the exquisite running experience with the sense of exploration and adventure that the new brings into anyone’s life. How many times have you felt that the world that surrounds you is getting small? If you’re a runner like me you’ve likely felt already that you… Read more →