“Ca-ca-caracas!” Running at La Guaira Beaches
To complete our first run in Venezuela, we dribbled families lazily returning to the parking lots and bus drivers shouting “Ca-ca-caracas!” to lure Caraqueños to board their buses after having enjoyed a day at La Guaira beaches.
Parque del Este, a haven in the middle of the chaos in Caracas
We ran in Caracas's Parque del Este "running belt", enjoying its heterogeneus attractions: a boat lake, a XerofĂtico and a HidrofĂtico garden, a water curtain or the corvette used by Francisco de Miranda during his first expedition to Venezuela. All while outside the city streets were chaotic, loud and polluted.
Running next to waterfalls and planes landing in Canaima, Venezuela
During our stay in Canaima National Park, we ran from La Laguna to Ucaima Falls, and extended our run to reach 8 kilometres by running right next to the airport’s airstrip while planes were landing just a few meters away!
Birthday run in monumental Tashkent, Uzbekistan
In 2024 I celebrated my birthday the best way I could: by running in Tashkent. Discovering a new city very early in the morning, enjoying its wide avenues, parks and monumental buildings with a lot of marble and a Soviet taste.Â
Running with local kids and across suspension bridges in TajikistanÂ
We ran with local kids and across the Zarafshon river on a suspension bridge which deck was made of wood while the sun was setting in the legendary Fann mountains.
Magical run in Samarcand at night
We embarked on an magical run on a warm September night that took us to Registan Square in Samarcand, one of the most beautiful squares in the world... illuminated like in a dream out of "a thousand and one nights"...
At the feet of snowed mountains: the Almaty Half Marathon
We ran the largest sport event in Central Asia: a tough half marathon, with 700m altitude and uphill the first 7 kilometers, but with the stunning background of the peaks of the Thian Shan mountain.
Run in Bishkek, at the feet of the Ala-Too mountains of Kyrgyztan
On a quiet September morning we enjoyed a run around the vast urban spaces of monumental Bishkek, with a gigantic Kyrgyz flag, soviet murals, a ferris wheel and the snowed Ala-Too mountains in the background.
Running in Bastejkalna Park and Riga’s Old Town, Latvia
A 5k running route across the beautiful Bastejkalna Park and, if you don’t mind running on cobblestone streets, around Riga’s City Center seeing landmarks like the iconic BlackHeads House and the Cathedral.
Around the walls of the ancient city of Khiva, in Uzbekistan
We ran around the walls of the old Khiva city, a stunning construction of adobe and mud that protects the Itchan Kala, a UNESCO world heritage site with marvels like the Kalta Minor Minaret.