Running Vacations: A Terrible Idea
07/11/2025
Some reasons why you should never join a running vacation.
8 min read
Discover tips, stories, and inspiration for your next running adventure.
Some reasons why you should never join a running vacation.
Why do we run? Is running capable only to give us PR or there is something else about it?
“I don’t know what I’m doing here, I hate running, I can’t stand it, I don’t know how to enjoy it” We were all by
In our blog we write about trail running trips and how
they have transformed our life. A family of 7 living out of trail running vacation tours.
I love single track trail running In fact I love any non-asphalt running surface, but there is something about single track.
Is racing killing running true meaning? How a former professional triathlete discovered his love of running after he quit racing By Pablo Rodriguez When I
List of running adventures destinations. All our running adventures, vacations and expeditions
A trail-running tour of the Costa Brava region of Spain provides an unexpected immersion in Catalan culinary, culture, and history.
Pablo Rodriguez, our Running Costa Brava Tours guide, is instantly recognized in Girona’s crowded train terminal. Not because I’ve met him or seen his picture before; rather, I identify him in the same way that a runner identifies another runner.
Cristina had answer hundreds of emails with questions from runners, this are the most frequent questions she gets.
Is traveling to another country to run a marathon the same thing as going on a running vacation? We, the travel experts at Run
At dinner before the start of the Kilimanjaro Stage Run (KSR), someone invariably asks, “What happens if a lion chases me?” Simon Mtuy, the founder and lead guide for KSR, never falters in his response, “You don’t have to outrun the lion, you just have to run faster than the guy behind you.”
It’s a sight to see experienced trail runners glide downhill. They appear to fly effortlessly, soaring over rocks and obstacles without fear of falling, even over the most treacherous terrain. However, many runners struggle to overcome their fears on downhills and can become uneasy When trying to pick up the pace. Here are my top four tips for increasing your confidence and speed while running downhill on trails.
Running Costa Brava Tours, a member of Run the World Adventures, has a package including two nights at a bed and breakfast, a 45 km run, with lunch and dinner on the day of the run.
The beginnings of trail running vacations in the Dolomites. How running vacations are in essence the ultimate running experience.
The importance of properly hydrating yourself throughout training and competitions cannot be overstated. Additionally, poor nutrition can worsen performance by increasing fatigue, and dehydration, which is directly related to poor thermoregulation, can have deadly health effects.
To me, the best way is to simply go out into the mountains without a plan and follow the trails you find along the route, at the end of the day, the goal of running is simply to be in nature.
General guidelines for eating before the running vacation
You should not begin fasting until two to three hours before the start.
Consume easily digestible foods and avoid excessive alcohol consumption.
The diet should primarily include cereal flakes, muesli, bread, pasta, fruits, and vegetables. Food should be chewed thoroughly to reduce the amount of time it spends in the stomach. Food should be at body temperature.
Iceland is ideal for running, as the trails are plentiful and the scenery is spectacular. Running is a popular sport here and many people come from all over the world to enjoy Iceland’s pristine beauty and unique environment, shaped by ancient and current volcanic activity and other natural forces.
If you are new to the running world, don’t let the idea of trail running scare you. You may find it fun and enjoyable to tackle a distance more than 26.2 miles on an easy trail with great scenery and without having to worry about planning ahead.
Now that you know what you’re getting into, here’s how to prepare for your first marathon trail running.
Costa Rica, Spain, France, Italy and Morocco.
These are the running trips that we had been developing for
over a decade, with hundreds of runners participating before you.
We want participants to experience what we did when we first discovered the areas we run through, so don’t expect us to tell you everything.
Our rules, our running adventure
After more than a decade of letting running adventures we got to the following list.
Have a look at these motivational sayings about running.
It’s a sight to see experienced trail runners glide downhill. They appear to fly effortlessly, soaring over rocks and obstacles without fear of falling, even over the most treacherous terrain. However, many runners struggle to overcome their fears on downhills and can become uneasy when trying to pick up the pace. Here are my top four tips for increasing your confidence and speed while running downhill on trails.
All my life I’ve seen my parents running as a way to support our family, this is my experience helping them in their running vacations tours company.
Morocco – Running Adventure What my friend Abdu Oukioud showed me in the Atlas Mountains back in 2017 was an open door to his world.
RTWA Tribe? Run The World Adventures Tribe is a family of adventure runners or which is the same everyone who had ever taken part in
Writer and runner Rachel Sturtz has run many races and travel to many destinations throughout her career, but her running adventures last year with Run the World Adventure co-founder, Pablo Rodriguez, merged two of Sturtz’s passions in a whole new way.
This article will try to answer the most common questions related to running tours.
I’m a lucky man, my hobby trail running is my job, how did this happen is part of another story, but at this point in my
Costa Brava is the place to be if you enjoy wine and running. The wine adventure and the running adventures can be nicely combined.
We are just running to get hungry, learn about the food you’ll have during our running adventures in Costa Rica, Morocco, France and Spain.
They chuckle about it and don’t seem to care, but we know it’s true. Clients from Costa Rica travel to Morocco, those from Costa Brava travel to Costa Rica, and those from Morocco travel to Costa Brava, and so on, in a cycle, until all three destinations are completed. This has been our success
Why are we unique?, we won’t even call ourselves a company, we do this about what people like, we do it our way and try to find those like us.
Terms of email sending to our runners
Article published by one of the best travel journalist in the UK.
It predicted Game’s of thrones in Girona.
RTWA Tribe ? Run The World Adventures Tribe is a family of adventure runners or which is the same everyone who had ever taken part
My doctor told me never to run again. So what did I do? I turned running into my job. The Dangers of a Sedentary