Everything is ready for the Spanish 100 km and 50 km ultra-distance championships

The The Spanish ultra-distance championships are par excellence They will start this Sunday in the town of Sotillo de la Adrada (Ávila) with two trials of 100 km and 50 km.

The circuit that will host the competition from 7:30 am has a length of 5 kilometers, with a start and finish next to the La Pasada Cultural Center and has a unique mix, since the start and finish of each lap touches the asphalt , but then it disappeared through a pine forest with dirt on top.

They are expected high temperature, especially for the end of the 50 km and the second half of the 100 km, with a maximum temperature that can reach 28 °C. Something that, without a doubt, can condition the test.

The start will be joint for both events, for men and women and also for full participants and masters, which are contested categories. It is expected about 200 participants between the two Spanish championships as well as some other participants in the open event.

Also in dispute will be full group classification, to which the times of the first three athletes from each club will be added. The competition will serve to configure the 100 km pre-selection for the World Cup that will take place at the end of the year in India.

Antonio Jesús Aguilar is looking for his third straight gold in the 100 km

In the 100 km, which in historical analysis is dominated by well-known names such as Domingo Catalán (the pioneer, without a doubt) and Jordi Aubeso, who both have six gold medals, there are several names to consider.

According to brands, the main candidate is the current double champion 2022-2023 Antonio Jesus Aguilar (6h27:38). The man from Malaga will be 45 this season. There will also be last year’s runner-up, Manel Deliwho ran in Burjassot in 6h36:39 and eighth in the 2022 World Cup was also champion of Spain in 2021 The Catalan from Avinent Manresa. Another national champion also started, although in this case the 50 km two seasons ago, the Extremaduran Carlos Gazapo, making its debut at this 100 km. They are also on Sunday Francisco Mariano Martínezbronze last year (6h49:19) and the internationals in previous years Nicolás de las Heras and Joseph Antonio Urbaneja.

The women’s long race presents the complete women’s podium of 2023. The champion Mireia Sosa, who also broke the national record in 2023 at the championship in Spain with 7h52:51, will be the top favorite. The Catalan, who defends the colors of Els Sitges, was also 17th in the 50 km World Cup last year. His main rival, a priori, is the current runner-up of Spain, Maria Mercedes Pila (7h55:55), who also became Spanish 50 km champion in 2021 and 100 km champion in 2022. The 2021 Spanish champion is also present, Janine Edith Lima, which in the line we pointed out to Antón, is very far from the two best on the chronometric level. Nor should we lose sight of it Eva couplebronze in 2023 in 50 km.

Open final at 50 km

At 50 km there will be some men and women who know the route and should fight for victory, as they are part of the Spanish team for the 2022 European Championship.

The current champion, Jesús Ángel Olmos, is not registered, but the runner-up is. Carles Montlor and the bronze medalist Francisco Javier Martínez. Another international, at the 2022 European Championship, Severino Felipe, is in dispute; similar to Juan Antonio Ramos, which combines this distance with 100 km at a high level, in fact, he is part of the Spanish team in the last World Cup held in Berlin in 2022, and he is twice the champion of Spain. The one that is fully international in the 5,000 meters and marathon, Pablo Villalobosis another name to consider.

In the women’s category, the champion Mireia Sosa did not participate, which as a double 50 and 100 km champion in 2023, we will see in the long distance. Yes, someone championed in 2022, Itziar Mendez and Jessica Moreseventh at the 2022 European Championship and 20th last year at the World Cup in India. Jessica Covenant and the veteran Beatriz Martinez There were two sub 2h50 women in last year’s marathon, also competing in this 50 km.

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