Juan Dual, Runner of 40 years: “I am empty inside, but running has become my life. My mission is to remind the world that we can with almost everything … and that we are not immortal”

His vital energy, his biorhythms, his gaze and his contagious enthusiasm make Juan Dual an example to follow. Pure inspiration.

He is 40 years old and lives in Paterna (Valencia). He is dedicated to giving inspirational lectures and is passionate about long distances.

He has been a few years, at the professional level, in this world of running.

Exact. With only 13 years I am diagnosed a rare genetic disease, Multiple polyposiswhich generates A very aggressive cancer in it digestive tract. My uncles had already died of colon cancer, and also my grandmother.

Preventively, to prevent cancer from developing in his body, doctors begin to remove the large intestine with only 19 years.

Yes, and a little later They take my stomach with 28 years. And on the other complication too They take my gallbladder. I've been about to die three timesin different high -risk surgical interventions.

Have you had to completely readjust your life to your “new body”?

This has been and is. Now weight 64 kilos and measure 1.86 high. I got to weigh only 57 kilos in the most brutal moments of the disease.

Just when they first operated it, the fashion and running tendency began. And that hooked him …

Yes. I saw around me how everyone aimed to run, enthusiastically. My friends began to run … At that time I was recovering from one of the surgeries, I was very weak. I couldn't walk more than one hundred meters in a row.

But he was 28 years old and didn't want to stay on the couch all day watching TV.

Clear. I immediately understood that sport could be a decisive factor in my life, a way of Generate physical and emotional health. I started walking and moving, little by little. I felt good. Then I dared to walk already running in an alternate way, we call it in “Caco” (walk-correr) slang, and thus gained background. And little by little I started running.

The human being is able to achieve incredible objectives, despite the difficulties

Juan DualRunner and Inspirational Conference

His body began to recover autonomy, strength and muscle mass.

So it was. From there I realized that I was recovering control of my life. And that was the real positive click that transformed everything. From then on, running means recovering control of my days.

People watched him and inspired his example …

Many unknown people came to me and they told me that if a person “empty inside” could do it, they too. They are motivated and inspired through my example.

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In social networks it is very active and shares its fight day by day.

One day I decided to launch myself Tour Latin America by bicycle. I toured from Nicaragua (Central America) to Ushuaia (the end point of Argentina). There were more than 10 thousand kilometers in two and a half years. I was visiting oncological hospitals in each country, sharing my experiences with all of them. Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil … oncological foundations, universities and hospitals. I gave lectures talking about my fight against cancer.

Life does not stop, and you have to be aware of it as soon as possible …

That is one of my vital slogans. I have run the ultrafiord race three times (Chile), La Ibiza Trail Marathon Festival (Carrera in three distances, I am Ambassador), The Great Return of the Genal Valley that runs in Ronda (Málaga). It is a non -stop. That is why everything consists of. An infinite path competing with yourself.

Now he is preparing and training very hard to participate in the Canfranc Marathon (in Huesca).

It will be next September 6. There are 45 kilometers to travel in 12 hours of time limit, with a very high slope. Everything is uploads and slopes that “burn” the legs of so much effort. I train strength in the gymI make a day of series in short timesanother day running 3 hoursand another day running 5 hours.

Sport could be a decisive factor in my life, a way to generate physical and emotional health

Juan DualRunner and Inspirational Conference

What are your primary objectives what are they?

Remind everyone The human being is able to achieve incredible goalsdespite the difficulties. And something absolutely essential: we must remember every day that we are not immortal, that we are very fragile, and that Every day is a real gift.

We live with the autopilot installed inside us …

We think that nothing bad will happen to us. But as soon as possible we are aware that this is not so, before we can start living in a full, complete way.

Sports and running, specifically, help you generate all these conscious connection mechanisms.

The truth is that I see my life running. Now life with the inspirational and motivational conferences. Also I have published a book that is titled Empty. It is a book with 9 recipes, they are dishes that I like, and I am telling plate to a plate how I prepare them, and I add mine anecdotes … for my body, I need to eat very little every day, since I have no stomach. Every hour I eat something, few amounts, very well chewed everything, to digest as well as possible. The food for me has very specific and determined routines. I love cooking and telling my stories through this innovative narrative structure.

On Instagram it has about 45,000 followers: @dualcillo

My last name is dual, but as I am very thin, very little thing, because everyone calls me with love “dualcillo”.

Doctors have assured him that he can live many years …

I have chronic diarrheaI go to the bathroom about 7 times a day. But My life expectancy is normaland it is a good sign for many people. My life is inspiring and that makes me feel useful.