Verdeliss's conversion: from “Big Brother” to Spanish 100 KM champion

Many know Verdeliss for her YouTube videos talking about motherhood and others for her participation in 'Big Brother VIP', a contest in which she participated while pregnant and generating an unprecedented debate. However, the content creator decided a little over a year ago to recover one of her passions. Before succeeding on Instagram, she was a great athlete and that is why she set herself a challenge: run 12 marathons in 12 months.

12 marathons in 12 months

The businesswoman began this adventure in April 2023. She left His business activities were very well tied up and he undertook a trip to Vienna to run the first marathon. From this moment on he passed through Ottawa, Stockholm, San Francisco, Australia, Berlin, Cape Town, Curitiba (Brazil), Valencia, Bombay and Doha. An exciting journey through four different continents that came to an end in Tokyo, where he ran the last 42 kilometers.

But not content with this, Verdeliss proposed another ambitious goal: the Spanish 100 kilometer championship. After the success of his sporting challenge of 12 marathons in 12 months in which he traveled the world, he announced that he was putting on his shoes again to run towards his next goal. And now, after months of training, has just been proclaimed champion of Spain.

A record debut

Estefanía Unzu, better known on social networks as 'Verdeliss', was proclaimed Spanish 100 kilometer champion this weekend, winning the test in her debut at the distance in a time of 7:59:30. The 'influencer', mother of 8 children and former contestant on the Big Brother VIP 6 program, dominated the test from the beginning, with a 2:22 advantage over Alba María Regillo after the first 25 kilometers.

Spanish Champion 🇪🇸 ABSOLUTE 100 km. Navarre distance record. Yesterday I had a mental breakdown and I didn't want to run…I wanted to try myself in ultradistance, not in “trail” (+1,000 meters elevation gain). Friends, we set the limits for ourselves.

I am on cloud nine, I will never forget the rush of lifting the band when crossing the finish line. The extremely demanding/tough circuit will remain in my memory but also the animation, thank you family, thank you Sotillo de la Adrada,” he wrote after winning the victory.

“I have never faced a distance like this, I will bring a lot of humility and all my respect for the rest of the female athletes,” the influencer wrote on her social networks a few weeks ago in addition to sharing some videos of her training that include not only getting on the treadmill but also strength exercises. Although athletics runs in her family, her marks and activity are surprising. Very closely in their training He is followed by his parents, Fernando Unzu, a professional coach, and his mother, Marta Ripoll, a judge and member of the Navarra Athletics Federation.

After months of early mornings and hard days of training that he has shared on his networkss, the “influencer” who cannot resist anything conquers a new goal in her new life as an athlete. “I'm on the threshold of 40. But I'm in a moment of, I don't know if I'd call it a vital revolution? Where I'm beginning to order priorities by the value they deserve, sensibly selecting my concerns, and loving (and wanting) myself much more. Enjoying life more than ever! I, who was terrified of the passage of time…believe me, blessed maturity”, Verdeliss says that he is already looking for new objectives.