Friday March 27th 2026 I ran 45K at the NFL Santa Cruz in Bolivia. Find below my full race coverage from this event and a few tourist impressions from and around Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Frankly, even being the largest city in Bolivia, Santa Cruz has very little traditional touristic stuff to offer, so don’t go on that account. I had a short visit to the Central Square (Plaza 24 de Septiembre), Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Menor de San Lorenzo de Santa Cruz and to the “jungle park” La Rinconada, the latter being a nice visit indeed. So, my best experience of Santa Cruz was actually the impressive view from my hotel room, 17th floor on Novotel (5 minutes from the NFL venue).
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NFL Santa Cruz 2026
The event carried a 100 hours “No Finish Line” Charity event and a 24 hours competition, both on the same, very flat 1K route. The people and supporters of the organisation were very friendly and helpful and despite the VERY bad weather and flooding Friday night, I enjoyed taking part in the event, to be recommended for sure but do go in a group, that is my advice. As what works better than at NFL Monaco, you have a reliable online distance tracker and it is possible to get a full Excel file with all laps, including lap times (for e.g. documentation to Marathon Globetrotters (Country Club).
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See or relive the NFL Santa Cruz 2026 below (and in Portuguese)
