Sunday May 3rd 2026 I ran the magnificent Maratón de Cali in Columbia. Find below my full race coverage from this event and a few tourist impressions from and around Cali.
Cali – the City of Salsa!
Santiago de Cali, or just Cali, was founded by the Spaniard Sebastián de Belalcázar in 1536 AD. Cali is known as the world´s leading town of Salsa and of it’s Mirador Cristo Rey statue overlooking the city (just as in Rio de Janeiro). The Old Town feels very old indeed with a spread of various Museums and Churches to delight, including the old church Iglesia de San Antonio, the picturesque one Iglesia Ermita and majestic Iglesia de San Francisco de Cali; also to mention was the Monument “The Trumpet of Niche”, all displayed in my report.
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Maratón de Cali 2026
The event carried a Saturday 4.2 KM fun-run and on primary race day, Sunday, a 15KM race and the full marathon. As the pictures in my report document, we have a very high-class event here, we have a beautiful, green marathon route (somewhat small-hilly) and very good atmosphere along the course, nothing to pick at, well, only the very high humidity and warm temperatures on this day, hitting hard when you come from Denmark, perhaps less when you come from South America or Africa. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed my day out there, I was one of the last to finish, thank you for the kind patience.
For me a memorable marathon no. 444, country no. 99. Wuuuu.
But – the very most memorable of this trip was meeting and talking to legends like Yuki Kawauchi (Japan), Dionicio Cerón (Mexico) and other elite runners like David Karuiru Wanjohi (Kenya), Santiago Zerda (Columbia), the winner of the handy-bike marathon Carlos Silva De Jesus (Columbia) and, first and foremost, the very kind and generous organizer Luis Posso whom I owe a big THANK YOU for these magical, lasting experiences documented in this very thorough race report from Maratón de Cali 2026.
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See or relive the Maratón de Cali 2026 below (and in Portuguese)
