Transvulcania Explained

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Distance:44 km / 1,724 m
Est:2009

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 72km (45miles) with a cumulative elevation gain of 4600m (15,100feet) and elevation loss of 4300m (14,100feet). 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]

Winners

Course records with green background.

YearCountryManTimeCountryWomanTime
2009 Salvador Calvo Redondo 9:00:36 Marta Prat Llorens 13:37:51
2010 Miguel Heras Hernández 8:09:32 Nerea Martínez 10:53:33
2011 Miguel Heras Hernández 7:32:11 Mónica Aguilera10:00:03
2012 Dakota Jones 6:59:07 New Zealand8:11:31
2013 6:54:098:13:22
2014 6:55:41 8:10:41
2015 bgcolor=#A9F5A9 6:52:39 8:32:59
2016 7:04:44 8:14:18
2017 Tim Freriks7:02:03 8:04:16
2018 Pere Aurell Bové7:37:26 8:40:43
2019 FranceThibaut Garrivier7:11:04 8:09:25
2020cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021cancelled due to volcanic eruption
2022 7:10:29 8:29:10
2023 7:02:16 9:09:13

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Transvulcania Ultramarathon.
  2. Web site: Transvulcania - Trail running trip EveryTrail . www.everytrail.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002154855/http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1085635 . 2011-10-02.
  3. Web site: Regulations of the mountain race . Transvulcania . 2015-05-11.