Barcelona
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The distress of giving
On Sant Jordi (Saint George’s day), the international day of the book, I decided to hit the streets of Barcelona, giving away short stories in order to promote my book — the short story collection 999 Abroad. A priori, the plan sounded fun and easy. How hard could it be to walk around and give
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Collserola / Can Borrell
Collserola Mountain Range is said to be the lung of Barcelona. The forest clad hills separate the city from the towns in the Vallès. It is an ideal recreation area for hiking, running and cycling. On a lazy Sunday it is nice to go for an easy hike from Barcelona to Sant Cugat, stopping at
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XXV Marxa Gràcia Montserrat
Marxa Gràcia Montserrat is 63km long endurance hike from the Gràcia neighborhood in Barcelona, Spain, to the Montserrat Monastery. This annual hike is a real challenge with accumulated elevation difference of about 5000 meters.
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Cursa Bombers 2012
Cursa Bombers is an annual 10k race in Barcelona, Spain. It was nice to run it again in 2012 after a three year long break from street races.
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XXIII Marxa Gràcia – Montserrat
Marxa Gràcia — Montserrat is an annual endurance hike from the Gràcia neighborhood in Barcelona to the Montserrat monastery. When I signed up for the hike I had no idea if I could at all walk the 63km.
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Mitja Marató Parc de Collserola
My first mountain half-marathon in the Collserola hills above Barcelona. After some problems finding the starting line, the race was very nice.
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19a Cursa CEC a Collserola
A 16k running race through the Collserola hills north of Barcelona, Spain. My first ever hilly race away from the city asphalt.
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Cursa Bombers 2009
Cursa Bombers is one of the most popular 10k race in Barcelona with thousands of participants and a great atmosphere.
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Cursa de la Mercè 2008
Today I participated in the 30th edition of Cursa de la Mercè — a 10k race through the streets of Barcelona. Well in advance of the race I had set myself the target of finishing the race in 48 minutes and hence beat my personal best by a minute and a bit. My fairly optimistic
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La 30a Cursa El Corte Inglés
I was up early — for a Sunday — and was at Plaça Catalunya at nine. I was ready to run the 30th race of El Corte Inglés — together with about fifty thousand other people. La Cursa El Corte Inglés is an odd race. First, the lenght of the race is 11km. 11 is