This is how Alejandro Navarro reached the finish line of the 101 de Ronda

"If you can't fly, run. If you can't run, walk. If you can't walk, crawl. But never stop," these phrases welcome visitors to the Facebook page of Alejandro Navarro, the 47-year-old former legionnaire from Estepona who last Saturday stood for the first time in his life at the starting line of the 101 kilometers of the Legion of Ronda, the most popular ultra-endurance race in the province, which this weekend gathered thousands of athletes through trails and streets of the Serranía de Ronda.

This was Alejandro's first participation, after many years in the organization, and it would have been just another story if it were not because for more than ten years -since December 5, 2013- this former police officer and former paratrooper has been living with a 92% paralysis of his body due to a spinal injury that required him to obtain special permission from the event organizers to participate. And he participated. And he finished. With a time of 22 hours and 40 minutes, Alejandro Navarro fulfilled his dream. "And fulfilled indeed. I no longer plan to do it again," he confessed this Tuesday, still suffering from the fatigue and the aftermath of a challenge as tough as it was spectacular.