Julen Urdaibai Kalzada

A 38-year old who lives in Bermeo (a small town in the Basque Country). Julen has been engaged in sport throughout his life, first as a basketball player and then as a mountain biker and trail runner.. A sports teacher in college, Julen is running both the marathon and 100km (total distance = 143km) as a tribute to the 143 sailors who perished in the gale of 1912 in Bermeo, 100 years ago. He has extensive ultra running experience, running the Marathon des Sables, TransAlpine Run and Jungle Marathon as well as various ultra trail runs in the Basque country and Madrid.