>Renato wrote about his experience at the Fim da Europa 2011 on The Runner’s Trip – a new and interesting website for runners who love to travel. The complete article is published here.
I put down my heavy backpack. In September of 2009, after three hot days and quite a dull hike of about 60 miles, I finally reached Cape Finisterre, the remote town on the west coast of Galicia. It literally was “Land’s End,” the end of Europe—or so I thought. I was eager to reach by foot the point that for hundreds of years was known as the “edge of the world.”
But then I read about the Fim da Europa running event in Portugal. The name, which translates to “End of Europe,” and the leaflet made clear: the 17K (10.5 mile) race ended at the westernmost point of mainland Europe, Cabo da Roca. I felt cheated, as though I had hiked to the wrong place when I went to “Land’s End” in Spain. So, I promptly decided to register for the Fim da Europa, held on the last Sunday of January.
Continues on The Runner’s Trip
