{"id":31939,"date":"2025-11-15T20:16:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T18:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/?p=31939"},"modified":"2026-05-11T05:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T03:01:52","slug":"antena-solidaria-trail-pedralbes-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2025\/11\/antena-solidaria-trail-pedralbes-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Antena Solid\u00e0ria – Trail Pedralbes 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’d been planning to do some trail running while in Barcelona but then a combination of illness and laziness struck. I ran a shortened version of the “shoe breaker race”, didn’t enter the marathon I’d been planning to run but did enter the Antena Solid\u00e0ria trail race, which I’d also run in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motivation was extremely low as the alarm clock wrenched us out of a deep sleep. Perhaps we shouldn’t have spent the evening in Barcelona on Friday evening, dining at a particularly tasty restaurant and getting to bed late. Or were my legs tired from running and cycling earlier in the week. They shouldn’t have been. Perhaps it was just laziness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We quickly scrapped the idea of cycling to the start and we took the bus half-awake instead. An orange juice at the start line woke me up a little and at 9am I trotted off at the back of the field. I took it very easy as my legs were already complaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn’t really recognise the trail. I had another race in my head and it seems they had changed the race since 2023 anyway. It was a great Autumn day and the course took us through the Collserola forest with nice views into the valleys and even out to the sea. It was pleasant and sunny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I ran the 24km Antena Solid\u00e0ria trail run and Ari did the walk. We’d done the same thing in 2023. I was feeling tired and my legs were sore at the start line so I took it very easy finishing 40 minutes slower than last time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I hobbled around the course with the stragglers at the back of the field and in 3 hours something crossed the finish line, almost 40 minutes slower than my 2023 time. It didn’t matter. It was a nice few hours jogging in great scenery. It probably mattered a bit to Ari though who had finished her walk an hour earlier and had been patiently waiting for me at the finish line, camera poised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ari had had a good walk except for being sent the wrong way which had cost her 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We sat in the sun for a bit eating our bread with Catalan sausage (botifarra) before taking advantage of the complimentary leg massage. Then we headed back home for the lazy times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ari waited patiently at the finish line for some time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It was a nice sunny day and the run was pleasant, if slow. We took advantage of the complimentary massages afterwards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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