Transvulcania

Transvulcania is a long distance race, considered the hardest mountain-ultramarathon in the Canary Islands and one of the most important in Spain. The total route has a length of 73.3 km (45.5 mi) with a cumulative elevation gain of 4,415 m (14,485 ft) and elevation loss of 4,110 m (13,480 ft). The race takes place on the island of La Palma since 2009 and with the participation of many international runners.^[1]^[2]

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

Half-marathon, 24 km (15 mi) with a cumulative elevation gain of 2,201 m (7,221 ft) and elevation loss of 669 m (2,195 ft)
Marathon, 44 km (27 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 kilometer, 6 km (3.7 mi) with an elevation gain of 1,000 m (3,300 ft)
Various children races

Winners

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

References

↑ http://www.transvulcania.com/index.php/en/modalities/inscribirse/race-course-ultramarathon
↑ http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1085635
↑ "Regulations of the mountain race". Transvulcania. Retrieved 2015-05-11.

External links

Official website

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