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10,073 runners from 86 different countries took part in 43rd edition of event

All main Catalan hospitals take part from January 8 until January 15

The next edition of the race is scheduled for November 7, 2021

39,094 students start 4-day exam marathon following a one-month delay

Girona's 'Temps de flors' floral displays postponed, as are Berga's 'La Patum' festivities

Spike in cases totaling 101, with three deaths, as three Barcelona councilors and over a hundred health workers are confined and a nursery school is closed temporarily

October 25 the new date for the run originally scheduled for next Sunday

February brings with it impressive public light shows, parades and fancy-dress for carnival, and the season of eating one of the most traditional Catalan green onions - calçots! 

Here is a rundown (pun intended) of races in Catalonia over the coming months

Flu deemed as main reason for slight decline compared to last year

This year's campaign is above all aimed at young people and hopes to attract 10,000 donors by January 18

Put on by TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio, the 15-hour program holds more than 3,000 activities

Jogging has, without a doubt, become a phenomenon in Catalonia. The number of marathon runners doubled from 2008 to 2013 and now stands at 57,000. In 2012, the Barcelona Marathon saw record figures with 16,000 finishers, compared to the 138 that completed the first race in 1978. The rise of running is "something spectacular" and "studies show that 10% of the population are runners and this is certainly going to grow," says Eduardo Grimal, who completed a Master’s in Sports Management. You only have to go one day to the seafront of Barcelona, to the Carretera de les Aigües in Collserola or Montjuïc, stand there for ten minutes and count the number of runners that pass in front of your eyes. But what motivates the runners and is it just a passing fad?