- In the 23-kilometre Half category, the first to reach the finish line were Marc López and Débora Cortes
- In the 12-kilometre race, Nicolau Colom and Wendy Davies won
The VIII edition of the Galatzó Trail mountain race will be remembered as an epic edition. The organisers and the thousand entrants lived with uncertainty in the hours leading up to the race, as the weather instability threatened to disrupt the normal development of the event. And so it was, the organisation, after analysing the situation on the ground and in coordination with the security and emergency services, and the Federació Balear de Muntanya i Escalada (Balearic Federation of Mountain and Climbing), decided to activate plan B for the event, canceling the climb to the peaks of Galatzó and S'Esclop, which were the most difficult points, mainly due to the lack of visibility and heavy rain at times.
At 8:30 a.m. the long distance, Galatzó Legend, started. At 10:00 a.m. it was the turn of the medium distance, Galatzó Half; and at 10:30 a.m. the new route that premiered the event, Galatzó Explorer, started.
Legend Category
The race started from Sa Vinya square in Es Capdellà and ran through the natural passages of the Galatzó Public Estate, the western gateway to the Serra de Tramuntana, with spectacular sea views. The Aragonese Daniel Osanz Laborda (Adidas Terrex), won the men's long distance category with a time of 3:05:40. He was followed by the locals Toni Melis Tous (Xendenguets) - 3:06:02, and Gabriel Martínez Ginard (Xendenguets) - 3:17:08.
Meanwhile, the women's Legend modality ended with the victory of Isla Smith (MALIFT MALLORCA), who finished the race in a time of 3:51:48. She was followed at the finish line by Marta Bernal Castell (Club Món Aventura) 4:04:52 in second position, and Carla Iglesias Escobar (Trencafites C.E) with a time of 4:14:27.
Half Category
The 23-kilometre race has also been highly contested in its men's and women's versions. In the men's category, Marc López Moll (Cecome Menorca) took first place with a time of 1:41:45, followed by Oscar Sobrado Rosselló (Endurance THB) with a time of 1:42:34 and Hector Blandin Santamaria (Arduua Team) who stopped the chrono at 1:44:42.
In the women's Half Marathon, Deborah Cortes Mestre (Xendenguets) won with a time of 2:07:03, followed by Gisela Solange Albor with 2:10:03, and Sonia García Vera (Pegasus Athletic) completed the podium with a time of 2:16:00.
Explorer Category
In the men's Galatzó Explorer category, Nicolau Colom Rosselló took first place with a time of 55:45, followed by Carlos Tenorio Perez (Olllu racers) with a time of 1:04:25 and Guillermo Abolafia Gonzalez, who stopped the chrono at 1:06:02.
In the women's category, Wendy Davies Conejero won with a time of 1:13:56, followed by Ana María Córdoba Rosselló with 1:14:06, and Taylor Kilroy completed the podium with a time of 1:15:12.
In total, 1.000 runners registered, joined by a group of 100 volunteers who made the logistics of the competition possible, as well as the fans who came to see the start and finish of the race in Es Capdellà. The mayor of Calvià, Juan Antonio Amengual, who ran the middle-distance race, wanted to thank everyone who made the event possible, especially the volunteering team, the municipal clubs collaborating in this event and the security forces, as well as the Federació Balear de Muntanya i Escalada and the collaborating companies.
More information and complete race results:
https://www.elitechip.net/galatzotrail25
