I can't stop running

My name is Francisco Xavier Lopez, After a long period of physical sedentary lifestyle (thirty years to be exact) I started a totally different life than the one I was used to: diet, exercise and now I can't stop running.

I started running to test how stamina I had, what I could hold on to. Little by little it went increasing time that endured Running and little by little I went decreasing my weight, I remember how it took me to hold on for twenty minutes, then I went up to twenty-five, thirty, thirty-five etc. In about eight months he had lost thirty kilos permit thanks to physical exercise and one by onelimehealthy eating.

After almost eight months running but without signing up for any Popular career I decided to try my luck, so on November 6, 2011 at the age of 31 I debuted in a popular career, it was in Cabañal (Valencia) long before this moment I watched the races from “the barrier” I remember how I said to myself “why are these people running?” It was a very rainy day in Valencia on the way to the race, my father and my sister accompanied me, In the car, they told me that it was raining a lot, that it was very cold, that there would be no one on the starting line, but when they got there they were surprised by all the people there despite the bad weather, honestly it surprised me too. This race was no more than six kilometers and my average was 5:30 to me it seemed like a pass, today I am between 4:15 and 4:20 which may not be a great average but for me it is something incredible and unthinkable very recently.

Little by little the ambition and passion for running grew, running several 6km races other than  10 k and a few 15 k, I already dare with the half marathons (I have run more than ten) and if nothing happens in the month of November I will debut in my first marathon, I am very excited!

Today I sign up for all the races that I can and another of the benefits that this sport has given me has been knowing many towns or cities in their popular races, running through their streets or through their landscapes many times makes you focus on the landscape and forget about the race.

Running is already part of my lifestyle, when I have ever had to stop running either due to illness, injury, or bad weather, I feel as if something is missing, more than three days without going jogging I cannot be.

Francisco Javier López