From Couch to Ultratriathlon: Jacky Camós Wiewel’s Journey of Perseverance

Jacky Camós Wiewel: The Power of Small Steps

When you meet Jacky Camós Wiewel, from Girona in Catalunya, Spain, you quickly realize that her story is not about superhuman strength or impossible achievements. It’s about something far more relatable: the quiet decision to keep going, one small step at a time.

Jacky didn’t grow up with a dream of becoming an endurance athlete. In fact, her first brush with sport came almost by accident. Back in 2006, she decided to try the popular Couch to 5K program—not to prove her athletic abilities, but to disprove the program itself. “I wanted to show it didn’t work,” she laughs. But instead of proving it wrong, she found herself running. Day by day, week by week, the impossible slowly became possible. “I had to swallow my words,” she admits.

That moment changed the course of her life. What started with a few kilometers of running eventually grew into triathlons, and then into her true passion: ultratriathlons—races so long and demanding that most people can barely comprehend them.

The Call of the Ultra

When you ask Jacky why she chose ultratriathlon, she doesn’t have a complicated answer. “Honestly, no clue,” she says. “But I love the way it makes me feel. Ultratriathlon allows me to go long within a pace that suits me.”

Her first ultratriathlon came in 2021 in Bad Radkersburg, Austria, where she took on a double. From there, she never looked back. By 2023, she had already completed three major events: a quintuple, a triple, and a triple one-a-day. These were not just numbers on paper—they were proof of her ability to endure, to adapt, and to keep showing up.

But of course, the road has not always been smooth. This past summer, in August 2025, she faced one of her toughest challenges yet: the Triple Lensahn. With no support crew by her side and brutal weather conditions working against her, many would have bowed out. For Jacky, quitting simply wasn’t an option. “It’s never crossed my mind,” she says firmly. “It’s either keep going until the finish, or until they tell you you’re over the cut-off.”

Strength Beyond the Physical

What makes Jacky truly inspiring isn’t just the distances she covers—it’s the mindset she carries through them. During hard moments, when her body screams to stop, she turns her thoughts toward what matters most: her children, and the privilege of being alive and able to do what she loves. “That keeps me motivated,” she explains.

When setbacks come, she doesn’t see them as failures but as lessons. “You either win or you learn,” she says. Slowing down, evaluating, and using every challenge as a teacher has given her a perspective that extends far beyond sport. Through ultratriathlon, she has discovered strengths she never imagined—discipline, grit, and the realization that nothing is impossible if you keep putting one foot in front of the other.

A Journey of Faith and Gratitude

Jacky’s outlook on life is also shaped by her faith. Raised in a Catholic school, she believes in destiny—trusting that what is meant to be will find its way. One Bible verse in particular inspires her deeply: Isaiah 40:31—“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

While she hasn’t had a deeply spiritual moment during a race just yet, she sees her endurance journey as a way to search for that “something” that pushes her forward. It is not about perfection, but about resilience, gratitude, and faith in the process.

Looking Ahead

Despite all she has already achieved, Jacky’s goals continue to stretch beyond the horizon. Her dream is to one day complete a Deca Ultratriathlon, a goal that had to wait in 2025 due to work. For her, though, every single race is already a dream fulfilled. “As long as I am alive, every race I can go to—and every day I get to live—is a dream,” she says.

But perhaps the most powerful part of Jacky’s story is the transformation that led her here. Having once been obese, she changed her eating habits, lost weight, and committed to exercise consistently. Now, she wants others to see that same possibility for themselves. “You can do anything you put your mind to—as long as you really want it,” she emphasizes.

One Step at a Time

Jacky’s message to anyone just starting out is simple, yet life-changing: “Keep going. Trust the process. Easy does it. There’s not a giant step that does it—it’s the sum of lots and lots of tiny steps. One by one.”

And maybe that’s the essence of her story. It isn’t about giant leaps, or superhuman feats. It’s about ordinary steps, repeated with extraordinary perseverance. Day after day, choice after choice, until those steps carry you to places you once thought impossible.

Jacky’s journey is a reminder that success is not reserved for the elite or the gifted—it is for anyone willing to keep showing up. And in her words, that’s all it takes: one foot in front of the other.