It’s A Wrap! The final start line of this Golden Trail Championship was a line-up of war-torn faces and excited smiles as “the Highway to Hell” rang out over the speakers. A last-minute surprise, as the course route was altered due to violent winds at the caldera summit and dense fog. A blessing in disguise for some, […]
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November
01
GOLDEN TRAIL CHAMPIONSHIP AZORES: STAGE 3 – VOLCANIC HALLOWEEN PARTY
posted by Héctor Rubio
The last two days of racing is beginning to show damage. But it was once again the Pole Bart Przedwojewski (Team Salomon) who showed no signs of letting up, and the Swiss Maude Mathys (Team Salomon) equally fired up, who stuck to their guns and brought the win home. Maude Mathys (Team Salomon) retains her yellow bib in the […]
October
31
GOLDEN TRAIL CHAMPIONSHIP AZORES: STAGE 2 – OCENAN TO CLOUDS OCEAN
posted by Héctor Rubio
The second stage of the GOLDEN TRAIL CHAMPIONSHIP, run yesterday in the portuguese Faial Island, was an Ocean to Clouds to Ocean race to cover 24.5km, with 1.159m vertical elevation, 1.137m descent. The start line was located in Varadouro and the finish line in Porti dos Cedros. Let’s see the official video of the second stage before we […]
October
30
GOLDEN TRAIL CHAMPIONSHIP AZORES: STAGE 1 – FAIAL ISLAND
posted by Héctor Rubio
The STAGE 1, celebrated yesterday, of the GOLDEN TRAIL CHAMPIONSHIPS was an Ocean to Ocean run, Across the Caldera – 24.5km, 1159m vertical elevation, 1137m descent. The Start line was located at Porto do Salão and the finish line in Capelinhos Volcano. Let’s see the highlights of the day before analyzing the whole race! Raging winds, incessant rain […]
October
29
GOLDEN TRAIL CHAMPIONSHIP AZORES: PROLOGUE STAGE
posted by Héctor Rubio
The Golden Trail Champioinships have already started, yesterday with the rologue – Fast and Furious – 3.4km loop, 116m vertical elevation, 109m descent. Start /Finish line: Fábrica da Baleia On this stunning island in the Azores archipelago, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the weather can be as wild and unpredictable as the outcome […]
October
27
GOLDEN TRAIL CHAMPIONSHIP AZORES: THE WORLD WMRA 2019 PODIUM RUNS AGAIN: WALMSLEY, PUPPI AND CARDONA.
posted by Héctor Rubio
AZORES TRAIL RUN HOLDS THE SALOMON GOLDEN TRAIL CHAMPIONSHIPS: The 2019 WMRA World Cup podium is again runnig in a competition, with Jim Walmsley, Francesco Puppi and Oriol Cardona in the race. In the females race, Oihana Kortazar, Gisela Carrión, Maude Mathys or Ruth Croft will also be running. A great cast for which it […]
October
16
THE GOLDEN TRAIL CHAMPIONSHIP
posted by Héctor Rubio
The Golden Trail Championship will be held at the Azores Trail Run®️ in the beautiful Portuguese island from 28/10 to 01/11. Like every year since 2018, Salomon has worked very hard, specially this year, to organize an event that will reunite the best trailrunners of the world in such a pintoresque scenary. Both, the organization […]
