An answer that reshapes the past
David Lladó learned he was autistic at forty-nine. His first feeling was relief. The diagnosis did not change who he was, but gave him a framework for understanding needs, difficulties and ways of relating to the world that had seemed disconnected until then.
In Kilómetros infinitos, autism is neither a total explanation nor an identity built from clichés. It is a perspective from which to look again at perfectionism, anxiety, overload, the need for structure and the work of trying to fit in.
Understanding difference does not erase what you have lived through, but it can replace guilt with a more compassionate gaze.
Neither sentence nor superpower
The book avoids two common simplifications: treating autism only as a limitation or turning it into an extraordinary ability. David’s experience contains both difficulties and strengths, moments of clarity and areas that remain complex.
Ultrarunning becomes a structured space: a route, rules, sequence and an unambiguous goal. In that context, repetition and hyperfocus can become tools rather than oddities.
A testimony, not a diagnosis
This page and the book tell one individual experience. They do not define how all autistic people live or replace specialist assessment and support.
Two journeys that become one
Diagnosis and the Spartathlon intertwine in a story about identity, inner endurance and the beauty of being different.