. On May 18 at dawn the bagpipe will sound again at Caín de Valdeón. This small town of Leon will honor again to Gregorio Pérez “El Cainejo”, the humble shepherd who back in 1904 achieved the impossible, guiding the first ascent to the never before climbed Naranjo de Bulnes. After the horn, a small […]
Category Archives: Ultra Trail
May
16
ALPINULTRAS 2019: Kick off at the hearth of Picos de Europa, DESAFIO EL CAINEJO, beautiful yet extreme challenge.
posted by adefrutos
May
08
MAXI-RACE ANNECY 2019: Opens the WMRA world cup calendar. Races, program and favorites in Annecy 2019
posted by adefrutos
. The 9th edition of the Maxi-Race Annecy is coming soon, with 9000 registered runners, several of the international elite will stand at the starting line of each race. There will be 11 races being the Short-Race (16km, 950m vertical gain) the opening of the WMRA World cup calendar. Seven unique races in 7 different […]
May
01
NAFARROA XTREM 2019: SERGIO TEJERO AND ALVARO RAMOS WON TOGETHER PLUS SILVIA TRIGEROS ON WOMEN. REPORT BY ABEL DE FRUTOS
posted by adefrutos
.. . The Nafarroa Xtrem 2019 is over and Trailrunningspain.com has been there to enjoy this wonderful race. On Saturday we had the opportunity to enjoy three different courses in five modalities. NX68, NX33, NX33 in pairs, NX33+NX21, NX21 . 1,000 people in Zubiri, the town hosting the event. Sergio Tejero and Álvaro Ramos (7h04) […]
April
25
Ultra Trail Mount Fuji 2019: Kicks off tomorrow with 2,663 runners
posted by adefrutos
. ULTRA-TRAIL Mt. FUJI 2019 is about to kick off at noon JST (UTC+9), Friday April 26 from Fujisan Kodomo-no-Kuni (Fuji, Shizuoka). Runners will follow the course clockwise around Mt. Fuji, and make a turn at Yamanakako to go back and finish at Ohike Kouen (Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi). As a result of slight route change from […]
April
23
NAFARROA XTREM 2019 (APR27/21K-33K-67K): RUNNING ACROSS THE NAVARRESE PYRENEES
posted by adefrutos
.. . The Navarrese city of Zubiri hosts this weekend the Nafarroa Xtrem 2019, Starting on Friday with the bid-registration, briefings, film projections and conferences the runners will be able to enjoy a beautiful atmosphere, and several races crossing beautiful beech forests like the Quinto Real. Climbing emblematic summits like: Adi, Saioa, Zuriain and Baratxueta. […]
April
18
MARATHON DES SABLES 2019: SPAIN STRIKES SILVER AND GOLD AT THE SAHARA. RAGNA DEBATS & TEAM CARRERASDEMONTANA.COM
posted by sergio mayayo
. The 34th MARATHON DES SABLES was exceptional, according to their veteran organizers: A magnificent course of 226 km, 96% of competitors finishers, touching stories, the improbable participation of a dog, the inauguration of a solidarity center, a seventh victory for Moroccan Rachid EL MORABITY and a new winner, Ragna DEBATS from the Netherlands. . […]
April
17
VOLVIC VOLCANIC EXPERIENCE 2019 (MAY30 to JUNE1): Kilian Jornet ambassador of the Volvic brand & the VVX’s guest of honor. Favorites and Races
posted by adefrutos
. The Volvic Volcanic Experience – VVX – is coming, from May 30th to June 1st. An opportunity to dive into an exceptional region in the north of the Chaîne de Puys, a place where nature is preserved at the heart of the Auvergne Volcanoes Regional Nature Park. As multi-faceted as the area in […]
April
09
PATAGONIA RUN 2019: 10 YEARS OF TRAIL RUNNING IN SAN MARTIN DE LOS ANDES. Video, history and pictures.
posted by adefrutos
Patagonia Run 2019 celebrates the 10th edition in San Martin de los Andes included in the Ultra Trail World Tour this week. The races will begin on Friday, April 12, starting on the Lake Lacar and will all bib numbers sold out. This year the organization expects about 3000 runners among the six distances: […]
March
25
SPAIN TO DEBUT IN WMRA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT K42 PATAGONIA! SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM TO CHALLENGE AFRICAN MOUNTAIN RUNNING DOMINANCE.
posted by adefrutos
Spanish national team is set to make its debut at the WMRA World Champs 2019 in K42 Patagonia. The RFEA TRAIL RUNNING team will compete for its first time in the TWO official World Championships supported by IAAF. In June the spanish team will run in the 5th edition of the World Championships organized […]
March
21
MAXI-RACE ANNECY 2019: Only a few bibs left. François d’Haene and Jason Schlarb will run the Ultra-Race
posted by adefrutos
. In about two months (May 24-26) Salomon Gore-Tex MaXi-Race will be held in Annecy. More than 9000 runners from 55 countries in 11 race formats will join the adventure on a full or partial loop around Lake Annecy via the surrounding mountains. At the moment, many of the races have filled up registrations […]
March
15
Ultra Trail Mount Fuji: Announce The North Face – Strava – UTMF collaboration event
posted by adefrutos
. The ULTRA-TRAIL Mt. FUJI Race Committee (Izu City, Shizuoka, Japan, Race Committee Overall Director: Tsuyoshi Kaburaki) is announcing this week that an official supplier contract has been concluded with Strava, Inc. (San Francisco, California, U.S.A., CEO: James Quarles). This contract realizes a new three-way collaboration between THE NORTH FACE, a brand of Goldwin, which […]
March
01
TOR130 and TOR30: Registrations open for TOR 130 – Tot Dret (130k/D+12000) and TOR 30 – Passage au Malatrà (30k/D+2300)
posted by adefrutos
. Pre-registrations for Tor des Géants® closed two weeks ago. Tor des Géants is a 330k/D+24.000m ultra trail which takes place all over the Aosta Valley, Italy, in September, with its start and the finish at Courmayeur. The course must be completed in less than 150 hours, counting on over 43 refreshment points and among […]
February
28
TRANSGRANCANARIA HG 2019 (128K/D+7500M): 1st Series Bonus race is gone, be ready for the next.
posted by adefrutos
The third race of the 2019 circuit of the Ultra-Trail® World Tour and the first series bonus race has ended. The 20th edition of the Transgrancanaria HG, 3rd race of the 2019 Ultra-Trail® World Tour circuit and 1st Series Bonus race, just ended under the sun of the Canary Islands. And once again, the […]
February
22
TRANSGRANCANARIA HG 2019 (128K/D+7500M): The third race of the Ultra Trail World Tour 2019 circuit this weekend
posted by adefrutos
After the Tarawera Ultra-Marathon, The third race of the 2019 circuit of the Ultra-Trail® World Tour is starting this weekend on the island of Gran Canaria in Spain. First Bonus Series race of the year, the TGC is going to be explosive with incredible elites! The runners will have to cross the island from north […]
February
11
TARAWERA ULTRAMARATHON 2019 (102K/D+3089M): WINNERS REECE EDWARDS AND COURTNEY DAUWALTER. ULTRA TRAIL WORLD TOUR 2019
posted by adefrutos
The Tarawera Ultra-Marathon, one of the most prestigious ultra trail in New Zealand, was held this weekend in Rotura, among all the other races, the ultramarathong 102k/D+3089) was the second race of the Ultra Trail World Tour 2019, following the Vibram Honk Kong 100 with Reece Ewards and Courtney Dauwalter as winners. Next stop […]
February
07
WMRA: MOUNTAIN RUNNING WORLD CUP 2019 Calendar available now
posted by adefrutos
World Mountain Running Association launch the 2019 World Cup calendar with 7 races, 7 exciting and unique races in 7 different countries… 140km of mountain racing tracks… 9300m+ of elevation with 5600m- of descent… And a total prize pool across all of the races including the overall World Cup ranking of approximately 56,000€. It […]
January
30
VOLVIC VOLCANIC EXPÉRIENCE: EXPANDING IN ITS THIRD EDITION
posted by adefrutos
. The Volvic Volcanic Experience (VVX) offers an athletic experience immersing you in an exceptional setting, one of the most emblematic places in the Auvergne region: the Chaîne des Puys-Limagne Fault, recently registered as a UNESCO world heritage site. At the heart of this unique, preserved natural site, the VVX is a sensory odyssey […]
January
25
TARAWERA ULTRA-MARATHON: ACQUIRED BY IRONMAN
posted by adefrutos
The Tarawera Ultra-Marathon is one of the most prestigious ultra trail in New Zealand, based in Rotura, this year will be held the 11th edition and will be the second race of the Ultra Trail World Tour after the Vibram Hong Kong 100. There will be four races for all runners 20km, 50km, 102km […]
January
12
MAXI-RACE ANNECY 2019: Races registration in almost all races and a new large format, the MaXi Mountain
posted by adefrutos
. With 11 race formats, the Salomon Gore-Tex® MaXi-Race always marks the beginning of the trail-running season with a bang. Held during the last weekend of May, it offers runners the chance to enter their first post-winter competition. For the elite, the MaXi-Race provides a first look at their main competitors as a preview […]
January
04
UTMB INTERNATIONAL: WORLD TRAIL SUMMIT IN AUGUST PLUS THREE EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD
posted by adefrutos
. After the success in the first editions of GaoligongByUTMB and OmanByUMTB hold in 2018. UTMB international continues spreading its trademark and it will host this year the new UshuaiaByUTMB in April and OmanByUTMB in November, leaving GaoligongByUTMB for next 2020. World Trail Summit will continue be placed in Chamonix during the last week of August […]
January
03
Ultra Trail World Tour 2018: AWARD CEREMONY – JANUARY 11, 2019
posted by adefrutos
After passing through Paris, Hong Kong and live on television, the Ultra-Trail World Tour Awards Ceremony was back in January 2019 in Barcelona with Volvic as its official partner! All the big names of the trail were present, as well as the representatives of the biggest races, to see the best trailers of 2018 […]
December
19
MAXI-RACE MADEIRA: 1st edition of the Madeira MaXi-Race has born
posted by adefrutos
. MaXi-Race Madeira is born with a first successful test edition! This race has kept its promises and fits in the spirit of MaXi-Race around the world: explore new territories in always beautiful landscapes and discover other cultures through an event accessible to all levels and for all budgets. With three hard races 25k, 68k […]
December
03
OMAN BY UTMB (NOV29-137/D+7800M): JASON SCHLARB AND DIEGO PAZOS JOINT WINNERS, ANNA-MARIE WATSON WINS ON WOMEN
posted by sergio mayayo
. This weekend OmanbyUTM was celebrated in the Oman Sultanate, 137k, 7,800 vertical gain and 6 ITRA points, second of the races for these ByUTMB series after the GaoligongByUTMB held in China last march. Next will be the UshuaiaByUTBM in April 2019. UTMB International arrived to Oman to be the location of a new extrem ultra-trail […]
November
22
UTMB 2019: NEW COURSE FOR TDS 145KM/D+9,000M (6/6 ITRA POINTS, 9/15 MOUNTAIN POINTS)
posted by adefrutos
. Last August Trailrunningspain.com and carrerasdemontana.com was in UTMB 2018 to describing and narrating to you all happened in the seven races of UTMB 2018. Today UTMB presents a new course for TDS, 145km and 9100 metres of height gain for a new harder and more beautiful course race. _____________________________________ . UTMB 2019 TDS: […]
November
16
MAXI-RACE ANNECY 2019: Registration opens on November 15
posted by adefrutos
. Last July we presented to you new destinations for the MaXi-Race races here in trailrunningspain.com, in 2018 we had several new races Italy (Sicily), Ecuador (Otavalo), China (Guangxi) and Portugal (Madeira), South Africa (Cape Town – 2019). We have covered the original MAXIRACE ANNECY live from our spanish website CARRERASDEMONTANA.COM , all info here. Just a […]
November
08
MAXI-RACE MADEIRA: First edition in December 8th and 9th, 2018
posted by adefrutos
. Last July we presented to you new destinations for the MaXi-Race races here in trailrunningspain.com, in 2018 we had several new races Italy (Sicily), Ecuador (Otavalo), China (Guangxi) and Portugal (Madeira), South Africa (Cape Town – 2019). We have covered the original MAXIRACE ANNECY live from our spanish website CARRERASDEMONTANA.COM , all info here. First edition […]
September
13
UTMB INTERNATIONAL: USHUAIA BY UTMB (APRIL 5-7, 2019). ARGENTINA TO HOST THE THIRD OF THE EVENTS
posted by adefrutos
. UTMB international presents in Chamonix a new race, this time the race will be hosted in Argentina, a remote place in the globe. USHUAIA by UTMB has born. UTMB INTERNATIONAL: THREE RACES, THREE COUNTRIES The Gaoligong by UTMB was the first event in the world to be labelled by UTMB […]
September
12
TOR DES GEANTS 2018 RACE REPORT. WINNERS FRANCO BOLLE (74h03) AND SILVIA TRIGUEROS (87h50)
posted by sergio mayayo
. Tor des Géants 2018 has Franco Colle (74h03m) and Silvia Trigueros (87h50m) as winners This unique race was created back in 2010 as a 330k/D+24.000m ultra trail which takes place all over the Aosta Valley, Italy, with its start and the finish at Courmayeur. This year around 800 runners took on the challenge, with a maximum […]
September
02
KILIAN JORNET RETIRED DUE TO A BEE´S STING: PERSONAL DECLARATIONS.
posted by sergio mayayo
.. Kilian Jornet retired from the UTMB 2018 when close to the Bonatti refuge 92k due to a bee´sting. Having been stung just three hours before the race, he then suffered an allergic reaction and stomach pains after the wound. Watch and read below, Kilian Jornet’s statement after retiring from the UTMB after he […]
September
01
ULTRA TRAIL MONT BLANC 2018: THE UTMB WEEK SUMMARY. SEVEN GREAT RACES IN THE ALPS
posted by adefrutos
. UTMB 2018 is finishing, the Ultra Trail of Montblanc that was born in 2003, with 700 hundred runners, now it holds 10,000 runners and 2,000 volunteers from 100 different countries, starting in Chamonix from August 27th to September 2nd, seven races has been driven around the Mont Blanc crossing 3 different countries France, Italy […]
