Life after the marathon

It´s hard - and boring - to write about everything that happened over the five years between our epic finish at the Cologne Marathon and today. In very, very, short, we have turned participating in sporting events in different locations into our favourite excuse for travel: just one month after Cologne, we travelled to San Sebastián together for the “Behobia San Sebastián” - a one-way 20km race from Behobia (on the French boarder) to San Sebastián.

In 2018, our biggest events were the Barcelona Marathon (in March) and the 48k Marató del Pirineu, a trail marathon (in Octubre). We had our ups and downs and even tried out new sports (e.g. backcountry skiing or snow running) and created the habit of running anywhere to collect exotic Strava segments.

Over the years, Santi and I also took on more and more road cycling, riding on the weekends on the different routes around the Maresme and going on multiday bikepacking tours (e.g. at Picos de Europa (Lagos de Covadonga) or around La Rioja).

In this post, I just want to share some of my favourite pictures, hoping they may serve as inspiration for your own bucket lists!