An ultra trail is an inner journey, it is a dying and a rebirth

I am a normal person, 41 years old, I work shifts, I have a small daughter, come on, I don't have time to spare...some might think that running is adding more stress to my life, but running is my escape valve, it's That moment where everything makes sense and where I am, where I find myself and where I am happy.

I started like everyone else, running a couple of kilometers throwing the liver and cursing. But little by little the bug is entering you and you need more. Yes, running is a very addictive drug, causes a brutal withdrawal, so much so that in my case, I often have to choose between sleeping, eating or running: and running is always the priority. Well, those two kilometers became 5, 10, 21, 42 ... and when I discovered that I could unite my passion for running, to my passion for the mountains, those 42 kilometers became 63, 73, 118….

If I've learned anything in all these years, it's that there are no more limits than the ones that you put in your head. The capacity that the human being has for overcome; You just have to want it, trust yourself, and fight to get it. I am not special, nor fast, I train when I can, sacrificing hours of sleep and paella dishes, but I love what I do and I strive with all my might that my dreams stop being dreams and become reality. If there's something that bothers me, it's hearing three words: "I couldn't." If every time they told me that they had given me a euro, today I would be a millionaire… .Why couldn't you?… Are you sure?… You couldn't or wouldn't you?

What I am most passionate about about mountain and racing long distance, is that it is the best place to discover how you really are. When the hours and kilometers go by, when the slopes become eternal, when your body screams at you to stop and you continue, that is where you discover who you are. I love running at night; I will never forget that first time in total solitude in the middle of the mountain, heading for the goal, with your world summarized in that small circle that the front points out in front of you; that mixture of ancestral fear of the innate darkness of the human being, and that desire and that passion to show yourself that you are capable of overcoming your fears and achieving everything you set your mind to. Every day I am more clear that un ultra It is an inner journey, it is a dying and a rebirth, is to seek a kind of zen. And the moment in which you already know that you are going to achieve it, the moment in which you know that nothing and nobody will stop you, is such a brutal moment that you will want to live it a thousand times more. Perhaps that is the reason why I run, to live that little moment of absolute happiness, that moment where everything makes sense.