Runners like Stian Angermund, Miguel Heras, Núria Picas and Caitlin Fielder will participate in this weekend’s tests.
This weekend marks the 14th edition of one of the most emblematic trail races in the Pyrenees. Between this Friday, September 29 and Sunday, October 1, mountain racing lovers will once again enjoy the Salomon Ultra Pirineu, which this year has sold out its registrations in each of the four events held throughout the weekend. of week.
Tests
The party starts with Molina Nit Pirineu KV® on Friday the 29th at 7:30 p.m., a vertical night race of 860m of positive slope that runs 5 kilometers between the La Molina ski resort (cable lift area) and the “Niu de l’Àliga” refuge; (2520m).
On Saturday, September 30, the highlight of the weekend arrives. At 5:30 a.m. the starting signal for the queen event will be given, the Salomon Ultra Pirineu 100k®. More than 1,000 runners from all over the world will face the 100 kilometers and 6,600 meters of positive gradient of this already historic race. The SUP100k runs through high mountain sections of the Cadí Moixeró Natural Park, in addition to the nine mountain refuges, which will serve as refreshment stations for a race that is once again part of the circuit. Spartan Trail World Championship in the category Trail Ultra.
Núria Picas and Miguel Heras They will try to defend the title obtained in the last edition, although they will not have it easy against the Russian Dmitry Mityaev, the norwegian Stian Angermund, the catalan Marta Molist or the Russian Ekaterina Mityaeva.
On the same Saturday, at 9:00 a.m., the already established Marató Pirineu 42k® will begin, a race of 42 kilometers and 2,800 meters of positive slope, which has 1,200 registered. Among them, the participation of Robert Pkemboi, Núria Gil, Roberto Delorenzi, Julia Font, Daniel Castillo and Cecilia Basso.
Finally, on Sunday, October 1, it will be the turn of the Salomon Mitja Pirineu 21k®a test of 21 kilometers with 1,400 meters of elevation gain, which goes from Bagà to Pedraforca, passing through the Serra d’Ensija and Comabona. In this case, the participation of athletes such as Caitlin Fielder or Gisela Carrión in the female panorama, and Alex García, Gianluca Ghiano or Miquel Corbera in the masculine.
Monitoring and retransmission of the event
The race can be followed in its entirety through the Salomon Spain YouTube channel. Fans will also have the opportunity to watch it through the channel Esport3 from 9:00 a.m. on Saturday until 12:55 p.m. and from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. From that moment on, connections will be made around 5:15 p.m. to see the arrival of the first three finishers. On the other hand, the competition can also be followed in Spanish through different connections with Telesportjust as was done in the last edition.