Wednesday 13th March 2018
THE GALATZÓ TRAIL OPENS WITH THE MAXIMUM PARTICIPATION
Two races, one of 43 km and another of 23 km make up the trail running event of Calvià.
The 400 registrations of the 23km race were fully booked a month and a half before the event.
A total of 650 athletes will run the Galatzó trail on Sunday 18th March.
www.galatzotrail.com
The first edition of the Galatzó Trail, a spectacular trail running event that will take place entirely at the Galatzó public estate, will be held on the forthcoming Sunday 18th March.
With departure and arrival at the village of Es Capdellà, the race participants face the mountain marathon and half marathon distances. The event is part of the Lliga de Curses per Muntanya de la Federació Balear de Muntanya i Escalada (FBME).
The organisation of the Galatzó Trail is very satisfied with the reception that the event has had in the trail runner community, both locally and internationally. Thus, for this first edition it was possible to hang the poster of complete in the middle distance race (400 participants). These numbers, added to the mountain marathon registrations (250 registered) exceeded the expectations that the organisation had set for this first edition. It also highlights the presence of about 20% of international participants in the event.
The route
The participants, who will start and finish the race at Plaça de Sa Vinya in Es Capdellà, will have to surpass some circuits that run entirely through one of the most beautiful places in the Serra de Tramuntana, the public estate of Galatzó.
-Galatzó Legend Route (43 km): it is a spectacular and hard route in which participants must crown two very technical peaks, s'Esclop (927 metres) and the mythical Puig des Galatzó (1,027 metres) mountains.
-Galatzó Half Route (22 km): this is a route that also departs from Es Capdellà and runs along some of the trails that connect the public estate. The participants will face levels of over 600 metres high in a fun and 100% mountainous circuit.
The competition will be refereed by the FBME and the participants will get 1,000 points if they run the Galatzó Legend and 500 points if they run the Galatzó Half.
Services
The organisation of the Galatzó Trail intends that both participants and companions enjoy an exceptional event experience. Therefore, it ensures a catalogue of services that includes, amongst others, the following: race transfers, finisher T-shirt, finisher medal, timing, refreshment in the race and finish line, showers, cloakroom, medical and physiotherapy service, animation, prize-giving ceremony and other surprises; while the winning people will receive a trophy and a gift kit.
Event schedule
The collection of dorsals is scheduled for Saturday 17th March at the Casal de Peguera from 3 pm to 8.30 pm, and the race briefing will also take place at the Casal at 6.30 pm. The Galatzó Legend departure will take place on Sunday 18th March at 9 a.m. and the Galatzó Half at 10 a.m. With the aim of avoiding the overcrowding of cars in the area, the organisation of the race has established a free bus service from two points of the municipality: Calvià village and Peguera.
Traffic cuts
The celebration of the Galatzó Trail entails some traffic and parking restrictions in the area of Es Capdellà, since the departure and finish line are in Plaça Sa Vinya. Ametllers street (C / Galatzó and C / Església) and Galatzó street (C / Ametllers – Galatzó Estate) will be the main affected roads, as they will be closed to the traffic from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., so alternative routes will be enabled. From 8 am to 10.15 am the MA1032 road section between C / Major and C / Ametllers will be closed in both directions, so the traffic will be diverted along Ametllers St. (between C / Església and C / Monges) and C / Monges.
Organisation
The Calvià Town Hall, through the Calvià Sports Institute and the Calvià Foundation, as well as the main sponsor of the event, the Tourism Agency of the Balearic Islands, organise this sports event which has the following objectives:
-Place value on one of the main assets of the natural heritage of the municipality of Calvià through the realisation of a first level sporting event.
-Offer a proposal of local, national and international interest to attract athletes to the municipality in the low season.