Algarve Addicts: A Thriving Community Of Healthy, Outdoor People Connected By The Algarve, Portugal.

Alexandra Vanstalle is a mother of four kids, husband of one and runs unbelievable distances along rural tracks. Her latest adventure is to train for a 111km long trail run… Listen to her story: Show notes Alex was born in Oeiras, close to Lisbon, studied in Lisbon and worked at a Mexican restaurant, before setting off for Mexico and heading back to the Algarve! Holidays in her youth were spent in Manta Rota in the Algarve. Teenage party times! We talk about Praia Verde and Pézinhos na Areia. Her first few months living in the Algarve just outside Loulé near Boliqueime. Trail running and how she became addicted to it and the free group Corridas a Sexta Feira She joined ATR (Algarve Trail Running) and helped with the Rocha da Pena race and ended up entering the 50km run which is held in August in 40ºC temperatures. Alex trains 50, 60, 70 kms a week before a big race. We discuss the ALUT which stands for the Algarviana Ultra Trail which is a 300km race from one end of the Algarve to the other (Alcoutim to Sagre