Who we are

Let us start by saying who we are.

Enrique, or Kike as his family and friends call him, is a travel and wine passionate who is always looking for new things to discover, new flavors to taste and more experiences to try. Serious, analytic but a risk taker... 

Erika, or Kika as her family and friends call her, yes we know: what a coincidence, loves travel and wine  as well, but is also adept to a fitness and healthy life style. Extroverted, sophisticated but a risk measurer... 

Erika is Brazilian and has been living in NYC for 14 years and Enrique is Mexican and after living in Spain and Brazil moved back Mexico City in 2014. In the age of online dating and apps where you can find love with a swipe, the story of how we met is somewhat unconventional. We both work in banking and while Erika was in Mexico City on a business trip her coworker scheduled a lunch meeting between our banks to develop business opportunities. By luck, faith or destiny we sat next to each other and the rest is history. Needless to say, we develop more opportunities than we were set out to.  

We have been dating long distance for over a year and a half. We both travel a lot to see each other, to visit Erika’s family in Brazil and to attend several friend’s weddings which happen to be everywhere but Mexico City and NYC. With so many trips going on we happen to visit great places that otherwise we might not have planned on our own. All the trips that we take together have a couple of things in common: we always bring our running shoes and we set up little wine dates in the hotel room. We of course enjoy dinning out, but afterwards we usually like to follow up with some wine tasting of our own! During one of Enrique’s visit to New York City, we were having brunch at a Mediterranean restaurant and while enjoy a couple of glasses of Albarino, we began to talk about life, next steps in our careers, common interests and we finally reach travel, running and wine. So this is the story of how this blog came about. 

Our idea is to show that you can successfully accomplish your training plans while, travelling, tasting wine and most importantly enjoying life. 

Let us share with you our experiences. No matter where in the world you are in right now, it is possible to follow your training schedule, participate in races, taste good wines and have fun at the same time. 

So run now, wine later and follow us on instagram and twitter  @runthevine