World Championships trace revealed

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twc2018gb.001The 2018 Trail World Championships (TWC) will take place on Saturday May 12th 2018 in Castellón de la Plana in Spain.

The event is co-organized by IAU (International Association of Ultrarunners), ITRA, Penyagolosa Trails and the Real Federación Española de Atletismo.

The 2018 Trail World Championships are open to runners selected by their federation or national association member of IAU.

Two other races are open to all runners: The MIM ”Marató y Mitja” (59.2 km and 3,430 D+ start at 7:00 am on May 12th) and the CSP ”Ultra Castelló Penyagolosa” (107.4 km and 5,670m D+, start 00:00 am on May 12th).

 

Route information of ‘Long’ Trail World Championships 2018

Route characteristics:

  • Distance = 85,3 km
  • Positive elevation = 4,900 m
  • Negative elevation = 3,690 m
  • Endurance difficulty: 4 ITRA points
  • Mountain level: 7
  • Finisher critera: 500 (corresponding to a cutt-off time of 15h)

Participation conditions:  The 2018 Trail World Championships are open to runners selected by their federation or national association member of IAU. We will know the defenitive list of runners and delegations on April, 15th 2018 at this link.

2016 ‘long’ Trail World Whampionships ranking: here are the top five of the 2016 long Trail World Championships by category.

Men:

  • 1 Luis Alberto Hernando (ESP) 08:20:26
  • 2 Nicolas Martin (FRA) 08:30:05
  • 3 Sylvain Court (FRA) 08:30:39
  • 4 Benoît Cori (FRA) 08:36:25
  • 5 Ludovic Pommeret (FRA)  08:44:15

Team men:

  • 1 France 25:37:10
  • 2 Spain 26:26:02
  • 3 Germany 28:24:03

Women:

  • 1 Caroline Chaverot (FRA) 09:39:39
  • 2 Azara Garcia (ESP) 09:45:01
  • 3 Ragna Debats (HOL) 09:47:37
  • 4 Nathalie Mauclair (FRA) 10:13:36
  • 5 Gemma Arenas (ESP) 10:21:11

Team women:

  • 1 France 30:38:12
  • 2 Spain 30:50:19
  • 3 Great Britain 33:04:37

As a reminder: in collaboration with IAU for the Trail World Championships, ITRA acts as technical partnership for 3 years. Today it is impossible to separate its expert health and security assessment from a such event.

ITRA has opened an international discussion with the trail running community to discover how the community feels that the next Trail Worl Championships (2020, 2021 and beyond) should be organised. ITRA is listening to different trail runners’ opinions on many subjects: the race’s number, the distance,  the event frequency, the event form (many races in a single event), the type of route or the qualification process (selection by federation, wild card, open to all etc).

An international committee of athletes was created and tasked with considering these opinions and recommending the best format for the future Trail World Championships.

The sharing of responsibilities between IAU and ITRA has been clarified and effective since 2016 Trail World Championships in Portugal. IAU is in charge of all administrative, financial, accomodation and transport issues. ITRA is in charge of technical organization, communication and the QUARTZ Program, which offers a unique and innovative health monitoring platform, aimed at protecting runners’ health and contributing to doping-free sport.

INFO: World Championships