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 meters, and elevation loss of 4,110 meters. 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 meters, and elevation loss of 669 meters
Marathon, 44 km (27 mi) with a cumulative elevation gain of 1,724 meters and an elevation loss of 3,164
Vertical kilometer, 6 km (3.7 mi) with an elevation gain of 1,000 meters
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

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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