Transvulcania

Transvulcania
LocationSpain La Palma
Distance73 km
Established2009
Official sitewww.transvulcania.com

Transvulcania is a long distance race that is held annually on La Palma, one of the western Canary Islands. It is considered one of the hardest mountain-ultramarathons in the world and one of the most important in Spain. The total route has a length of 73 km (45 mi) with a cumulative elevation gain of 4,350 m (14,270 ft) and elevation loss of 4,057 m (13,310 ft). The race has taken place on the island of La Palma since 2009, with the participation of many international runners.[1][2]

Over time, additional races have been added to the original Transvulcania ultramarathon proper, currently:[3]

  • El Roque Promesas (for young athletes), 28 km (17 mi) with a cumulative elevation gain of 840 m (2,760 ft) and elevation loss of 2,932 m (9,619 ft)
  • El Roque, 28 km (17 mi) with a cumulative elevation gain of 840 m (2,760 ft) and elevation loss of 2,932 m (9,619 ft)
  • Volcanes, 48 km (30 mi) with a cumulative elevation gain of 1,724 m (5,656 ft) and an elevation loss of 3,164 m (10,381 ft)
  • Vertical Challenge, 1.5 km (0.93 mi) with an elevation gain of 250 m (820 ft)
  • Various children's races

Winners

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Course records with green background.

Year Country Man Time Country Woman Time
2009  Spain Salvador Calvo Redondo 9:00:36  Spain Marta Prat Llorens 13:37:51
2010  Spain Miguel Heras Hernández 8:09:32  Spain Nerea Martínez 10:53:33
2011  Spain Miguel Heras Hernández 7:32:11  Spain Mónica Aguilera 10:00:03
2012  United States Dakota Jones 6:59:07  New Zealand Anna Frost 8:11:31
2013  Spain Kílian Jornet 6:54:09  Sweden Emelie Forsberg 8:13:22
2014  Spain Luis Alberto Hernando 6:55:41  New Zealand Anna Frost 8:10:41
2015  Spain Luis Alberto Hernando 6:52:39  Sweden Emelie Forsberg 8:32:59
2016  Spain Luis Alberto Hernando 7:04:44  Sweden Ida Nilsson 8:14:18
2017  United States Tim Freriks 7:02:03  Sweden Ida Nilsson 8:04:16
2018  Spain Pere Aurell Bové 7:37:26  Sweden Ida Nilsson 8:40:43
2019  France Thibaut Garrivier 7:11:04  Netherlands Ragna Debats 8:09:25
2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021 cancelled due to volcanic eruption
2022  Sweden Petter Engdahl 7:10:29  United States Abby Hall 8:29:10
2023  United States Dakota Jones 7:02:16  Italy Martina Valmassoi 9:09:13
2024  United Kingdom Jon Albon 7:03:10  New Zealand Ruth Croft 8:02:49

References

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  1. ^ "Transvulcania Ultramarathon".
  2. ^ "Transvulcania - Trail running trip | EveryTrail". www.everytrail.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02.
  3. ^ "Regulations of the mountain race". Transvulcania. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
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