Barcelona Trail Races Explained

The Barcelona Trail Races or BTR (also known as Ultratrail Collserola during its first editions) is a running event that includes several mountain races or trail running races. It takes place once a year in the Collserola Park in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The first edition was in 2013.

In 2017, a relay category was included for the first time in teams of two runners with only one fixed relay point. In 2018, the relay modality changed and became more flexible. The teams were of minimum two and maximum five runners and the relay place could be decided by the team but had to be in one of the refreshment posts.

In 2020 the race was canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Editions

DateStart / finish placeRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Relay race
Nov 23rd, 2013CEM Can Caralleu, Sarrià, BarcelonaCompressport Ultratrail Collserola[1] [2] 74 km43 km21 km--
Nov 22nd, 2014CEM Les Moreres, Esplugues de LlobregatHelly Hansen Ultratrail Collserola

by Compressport

80 km45 km23 km--
Nov 21st, 2015CEM Mundet, Horta, BarcelonaHelly Hansen Ultratrail Collserola

by Compressport

85 km38 km23 km10 km-
Nov 26th, 2016Horta Velodrome, BarcelonaHelly Hansen Barcelona Trail Races

by Polar[3] [4]

76 km46 km---
Nov 25th, 2017Horta Velodrome, BarcelonaBarcelona Trail Races76 km---Teams of 2 runners.47 + 29 km = Total 76 km
Nov 24th, 2018Horta Velodrome, BarcelonaBarcelona Trail Races76 km-|-|-|Teams of 2,3,4 or 5 runners.Total 76 km|-|Nov 23rd, 2019|Horta Velodrome, Barcelona|Barcelona Trail Races|76 km|--|-|Teams of 2,3,4 or 5 runners.Total 76 km|-|Nov 21st, 2020| colspan="7" |Canceled|-|Nov 20th, 2021||||||||}

Route

The route of the Barcelona Trail Races is not characterised by large elevation gains, very steep slopes or technical difficulties. It is "a mountain race that has more long distances than impossible slopes and in which all the secrets that Collserola hides are revealed".[5] The hardness of the race is due to the softness of the ascents and descents that push the runners to a non-stop pace making it very fast: "here you come to run and not have a second to rest. A leg-breaker route". Note that the pace of the winners in the long race is between 5 and 6 min/km.[6] [7] [8]

The fact that the race starts in the city of Barcelona, ″it's only a few stops on the metro from the centre of Barcelona″,[9] and the characteristics of the route, make it a perfect option for those who want to run their first ultra mountain race: ″Thinking about where to do your first trail marathon? Go to Barcelona. If you are looking for a race where city meets trail, this is it″.[10]

Winners

Female winners

2013[11]
74 km43 km21 km
1Judit Franch Pons8:10:371Emma Roca3:59:571Fernanda Maciel1:59:12
2Djanina Freytag8:53:222Paivi Linna4:43:402Merçè Font Roca2:07:38
3Mª Carmen Sánchez Izquierdo9:26:033Bárbara Sagi Barrera4:54:213Silvia Tremoleda2:11:55
2014
80 km45 km23 km
1Laia Díez Fontanet[12] 8:27:001Eva Mesado Ortiz4:28:431Laura Sanzberro Solana2:03:49
2Beatriz Pascuas Medel9:28:392Sarah Eriksson4:37:142Marie Paturel2:05:03
3Mª Carmen Sánchez Izquierdo9:45:543Andrea Tolve4:39:053Angela Garcia Femenia2:12:56
2015[13] [14]
85 km38 km23 km10 km
1Carme Tort Creus9:44:241Eva Mesado3:50:091Laura Sanzberro Solana2:04:221Marta Palau Garriga1:01:45
2Anna Macià Erra9:55:092Raquel Velasco Peidró4:00:532Marta Martin Morata2:14:242Carol Mace1:02:04
3Carolina Guillen Muñoz10:24:073Mª Carmen Sánchez Izquierdo4:18:023Noa Arias Manga2:16:413Núria Miró Codina1:04:20
2016
76 km46 km
1Laia Díez Fontanet[15] 7:55:321Eva Mesado Ortiz4:39:40
2Marta Prat Llorens8:40:352Natalie White4:50:53
3Julia Fatton8:52:503Ester Casas Gimeno4:56:44
2017
76 km
1
2
3

Male winners

2013
74 km43 km21 km
1Toti Bes Ginesta6:29:001Carles Sànchez Casals3:44:531Marc Roig Tió1:41:18
2Pau Zamora Perez6:43:122Salvador Milan Marco4:15:112Alejandro Martinez Núñez1:42:20
3Pau Capell Gil6:45:433Manel Casoni Rero4:22:343Xavier Serra Termens1:43:40
2014
80 km45 km23 km
1Gerard Morales Ramirez[16] 6:57:121Emilio Fernandez Puente3:3:511Oriol Barbany Bofill1:47:35
2Iván Ortiz Carrión7:02:392Alejandro Martinez Nuñez3:54:372Boris Valles Alonso1:48:12
3Javi Castillo Lozano7:02:563Ferran Mascaro Zamora3:54:503Carlos Lancharro Arroyo1:49:16
2015
85 km38 km23 km10 km
1Iván Camps Puga8:04:251Roberto Heras[17] 3:02:551Andreu Marimon Sastre1:45:481Juan Antonio Rodriguez Galan46:59
2Carles Sànchez Casals8:05:122Pau Zamora Perez3:07:472Daniel Sagrera Vulart1:47:032Marco P. Seco Vaz47:16
3Javi Castillo Loano8:14:433Francisco Perez Verdugo3:08:143Eudald Murtra1:47:043Gerard Badia Mondon48:46
2016
76 km46 km
1Anders Aagaard Hansen[18] 6:59:221Andrejs Jesko3:41:39
2Miguel Angel González Cano7:09:492David López Hernández3:53:56
3Sergi Masip Cosin7:11:563Mikita Hryhoryeu3:54:54
2017
76 km
1
2
3

Links

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Ultratrail en Collserola. Angulo. Silvia. 2013-09-29. La Vanguardia, VIVIR pag.6 www.lavanguardia.com. es-es.
  2. News: CATrunning. López-Egea. Sergi. 2013-11-23. El Periódico www.elperiodico.com . es-es.
  3. News: Llega la cuarta edición de la HH Barcelona Trail Races, la ultra más sostenible de Barcelona. 2016-11-23. Mundo Deportivo. 2017-05-12. es-es.
  4. Web site: Barcelona Trail Races. 2016-11-25. Institut Barcelona Esports - Ajuntament de Barcelona.
  5. Web site: Articulos Barcelona Trail Races. Blogmaldito Running Pub. es-es.
  6. Web site: Results BTR 2016. livetrail.net.
  7. Web site: Results UTC 2015. livetrail.net.
  8. Web site: Results UTC 2013. livetrail.net.
  9. Web site: Ten low-key European ultramarathon races. Reade. Kirsty. 2015-12-17. The Guardian www.theguardian.com. 2017-05-12.
  10. Web site: Ultratrail Collserola – 45K with Helly Hansen. 2014-11-27. Sarah Eriksson Blog. 2017-05-12.
  11. Web site: Toti Bes y Judith Franch vencen el Compressport Ultra Trail Collserola. 2013-11-23. Carreras por montaña. es-es.
  12. News: Laia Díez i Gerard Morales s'imposen a l'Ultratrail de Collserola. 2014-11-24. TV3 Esport 3 - Televisió de Catalunya. ca-ca.
  13. News: Video resumen UTC 2015 en TVE. 2015-11-27. RTVE - Evasión TV. es-es.
  14. Web site: Carme Tort e Iván Camps, ganadores del Ultra Trail Collserola. 2015-11-21. Carreras por montaña. es.
  15. News: Anders Aagaard Hansen y Laia Díez se llevan la cuarta edición de la HH Barcelona Trail Races 2016. 2016-11-27. El Mundo Deportivo.
  16. News: VIDEO Gerard Morales guanya l'Ultratrail de Collserola 2014. 2014-11-22. La Xarxa TV.
  17. Web site: Radio Interview Roberto Heras, de les dues rodes a les dues cames ("from two wheels to two legs"). 2015-11-29. Catalunya Radio (www.ccma.cat). ca, es.
  18. Web site: BTR 2016 Campeones Anders Aagaard y Laia Diez. Cronica y vision de un popular.. Carreras de Monaña. es-es.

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