Against the Clock
A look at the Spartathlon course profile, the cutoff pace, and how my best 100-miler efforts compare to the worst-case scenario in Greece
Hi there! My name is Paulo and I am an analytics/data engineer and endurance runner based in Berlin. Welcome to my blog.
When I am not building data pipelines, you will find me training for my next endurance race. I write about both.
Currently preparing for Spartathlon 2026 and documenting the journey in my 246 series.
Everesting in Grunewald
Half an Everesting, a sleepless night in the forest, and two new things going to Greece in September
Spartathlon by the Numbers
A look at the history and statistics behind Spartathlon, the 246km race from Athens to Sparta
Years of Fueling Experiments
Who would have thought bacon could cause so much harm
2000 Kilometers to Sparta
Breaking down the 20-week build to Spartathlon 2026
Reading the Impossible, Fifteen Years Later
From a winter afternoon in a Bonn university library to confirming my registration for Spartathlon 2026
Top 10 Books Read in 2024
Selected quotes from what I considered were the best books I read/listened to in 2024.
Running the Transgrancanaria Classic Ultra
An account of unexpected challenges and forging unlikely friendships during the grueling trail ultramarathon across Gran Canaria
Working with dbt in VS Code
A brief description of features from CSV Rainbow and dbt Power User, both extensions for VS Code