He bottle flip challenge, he fidget spinner or the dabThese were some of the trends that emerged ten years ago. It's still unclear why they lasted so long. Now we're talking about avocado toast, açaí, and runningAlthough this last point has been present in Catalonia for longer than people might think. Just ask Celia Balcells, who started running as hobby And now she does it professionally. "At first, I'd run five or ten kilometers and end up completely exhausted. There was a climb that I now do in two seconds, and back then it seemed impossible. However, it was very satisfying," she recalls. "This was the last year before going to university. When I went to study in Lleida, even though there aren't many mountains there, we went running every day. That's when I met Arnau Cases, who introduced me to the world of performance and..." trail running "He was involved with the Catalan national team and explained to me what I had to do to get there. From then on, I started running more seriously," he explains.

When Marina goes running outdoors, she listens to urban or techno music. At home, she might play Beethoven, but for exercise, she needs more uptempo music to feel energized. In any case, the songs from Bad Bunny's new album only play through one earbud when she runs along the street. "I leave my other ear free to listen to everything that's happening around me," she explains to ARA. During her outdoor runs, Marina, a 24-year-old Barcelona resident, laments having to regularly hear sexist comments, and the feeling of insecurity she experiences leads her to take precautions.

Legend has it that the first person to run a marathon, the Greek Pheidippides, died of exhaustion just minutes after completing the feat. It must be taken into account that the poor soldier did not expect that on that historic day in the 5th century BC, instead of ending up pierced by a Persian spear on the beach at Marathon, he would have to run tirelessly the 42.195 kilometers that separated the battlefield from Athens to announce victory over the invading troops.