Barcelona Trail Races
The Barcelona Trail Races or BTR (also known as Ultratrail Collserola during its first editions) is a running event that includes several mountain races or trail running races. It takes place once a year in the Collserola Park in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The first edition was in 2013.
In 2017, a relay category was included for the first time in teams of two runners with only one fixed relay point. In 2018, the relay modality changed and became more flexible. The teams were of minimum two and maximum five runners and the relay place could be decided by the team but had to be in one of the refreshment posts.
In 2020 the race was canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Editions
[edit]| Date | Start / finish place | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Relay race | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23rd, 2013 | CEM Can Caralleu, | Compressport | 74 km | 43 km | 21 km | - | - |
| Nov 22nd, 2014 | CEM Les Moreres, | Helly Hansen
Ultratrail Collserola by Compressport |
80 km | 45 km | 23 km | - | - |
| Nov 21st, 2015 | CEM Mundet, Horta, | Helly Hansen
Ultratrail Collserola by Compressport |
85 km | 38 km | 23 km | 10 km | - |
| Nov 26th, 2016 | Horta Velodrome, | Helly Hansen
Barcelona Trail Races |
76 km | 46 km | - | - | - |
| Nov 25th, 2017 | Horta Velodrome, | Barcelona Trail Races | 76 km | - | - | - | Teams of 2 runners.
47 + 29 km = Total 76 km |
| Nov 24th, 2018 | Horta Velodrome, | Barcelona Trail Races | 76 km | - | - | - | Teams of 2,3,4 or 5 runners.
Total 76 km |
| Nov 23rd, 2019 | Horta Velodrome, | Barcelona Trail Races | 76 km | - | - | - | Teams of 2,3,4 or 5 runners.
Total 76 km |
| Nov 21st, 2020 | Canceled | ||||||
| Nov 20th, 2021 | |||||||
Route
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The route of the Barcelona Trail Races is not characterised by large elevation gains, very steep slopes or technical difficulties. It is "a mountain race that has more long distances than impossible slopes and in which all the secrets that Collserola hides are revealed".[5] The hardness of the race is due to the softness of the ascents and descents that push the runners to a non-stop pace making it very fast: "here you come to run and not have a second to rest. A leg-breaker route".[5] Note that the pace of the winners in the long race is between 5 and 6 min/km.[6][7][8]
The fact that the race starts in the city of Barcelona, ″it's only a few stops on the metro from the centre of Barcelona″,[9] and the characteristics of the route, make it a perfect option for those who want to run their first ultra mountain race: ″Thinking about where to do your first trail marathon? Go to Barcelona. If you are looking for a race where city meets trail, this is it″.[10]
Winners
[edit]Female winners
[edit]| 2013[11] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 km | 43 km | 21 km | ||||||
| 1 | Judit Franch Pons | 8:10:37 | 1 | Emma Roca | 3:59:57 | 1 |  Fernanda Maciel
|
1:59:12 |
| 2 |  Djanina Freytag
|
8:53:22 | 2 |  Paivi Linna
|
4:43:40 | 2 | Merçè Font Roca | 2:07:38 |
| 3 | Mª Carmen Sánchez Izquierdo | 9:26:03 | 3 | Bárbara Sagi Barrera | 4:54:21 | 3 | Silvia Tremoleda | 2:11:55 |
| 2014 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 km | 45 km | 23 km | ||||||
| 1 | Laia Díez Fontanet[12] | 8:27:00 | 1 | Eva Mesado Ortiz | 4:28:43 | 1 | Laura Sanzberro Solana | 2:03:49 |
| 2 | Beatriz Pascuas Medel | 9:28:39 | 2 |  Sarah Eriksson[10]
|
4:37:14 | 2 | Marie Paturel
|
2:05:03 |
| 3 | Mª Carmen Sánchez Izquierdo | 9:45:54 | 3 |  Andrea Tolve
|
4:39:05 | 3 | Angela Garcia Femenia | 2:12:56 |
| 2015[13][14] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 km | 38 km | 23 km | 10 km | ||||||||
| 1 | Carme Tort Creus | 9:44:24 | 1 | Eva Mesado | 3:50:09 | 1 | Laura Sanzberro Solana | 2:04:22 | 1 | Marta Palau Garriga | 1:01:45 |
| 2 | Anna Macià Erra | 9:55:09 | 2 | Raquel Velasco Peidró | 4:00:53 | 2 | Marta Martin Morata | 2:14:24 | 2 | Carol Mace
|
1:02:04 |
| 3 | Carolina Guillen Muñoz | 10:24:07 | 3 | Mª Carmen Sánchez Izquierdo | 4:18:02 | 3 | Noa Arias Manga | 2:16:41 | 3 | Núria Miró Codina | 1:04:20 |
| 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 km | 46 km | ||||
| 1 | Laia Díez Fontanet[15] | 7:55:32 | 1 | Eva Mesado Ortiz | 4:39:40 |
| 2 | Marta Prat Llorens | 8:40:35 | 2 | Natalie White
|
4:50:53 |
| 3 |  Julia Fatton
|
8:52:50 | 3 | Ester Casas Gimeno | 4:56:44 |
| 2017 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 km | |||||
| 1 | |||||
| 2 | |||||
| 3 | |||||
Male winners
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| 2013 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 km | 43 km | 21 km | ||||||
| 1 | Toti Bes Ginesta | 6:29:00 | 1 | Carles Sànchez Casals | 3:44:53 | 1 | Marc Roig Tió | 1:41:18 |
| 2 | Pau Zamora Perez | 6:43:12 | 2 | Salvador Milan Marco | 4:15:11 | 2 | Alejandro Martinez Núñez | 1:42:20 |
| 3 | Pau Capell Gil | 6:45:43 | 3 | Manel Casoni Rero | 4:22:34 | 3 | Xavier Serra Termens | 1:43:40 |
| 2014 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 km | 45 km | 23 km | ||||||
| 1 | Gerard Morales Ramirez[16] | 6:57:12 | 1 | Emilio Fernandez Puente | 3:3:51 | 1 | Oriol Barbany Bofill | 1:47:35 |
| 2 | Iván Ortiz Carrión | 7:02:39 | 2 | Alejandro Martinez Nuñez | 3:54:37 | 2 | Boris Valles Alonso | 1:48:12 |
| 3 | Javi Castillo Lozano | 7:02:56 | 3 | Ferran Mascaro Zamora | 3:54:50 | 3 | Carlos Lancharro Arroyo | 1:49:16 |
| 2015 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 km | 38 km | 23 km | 10 km | ||||||||
| 1 | Iván Camps Puga | 8:04:25 | 1 | Roberto Heras[17] | 3:02:55 | 1 | Andreu Marimon Sastre | 1:45:48 | 1 | Juan Antonio Rodriguez Galan | 46:59 |
| 2 | Carles Sànchez Casals | 8:05:12 | 2 | Pau Zamora Perez | 3:07:47 | 2 | Daniel Sagrera Vulart | 1:47:03 | 2 | Marco P. Seco Vaz | 47:16 |
| 3 | Javi Castillo Loano | 8:14:43 | 3 | Francisco Perez Verdugo | 3:08:14 | 3 | Eudald Murtra | 1:47:04 | 3 | Gerard Badia Mondon | 48:46 |
| 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 km | 46 km | ||||
| 1 |  Anders Aagaard Hansen[18]
|
6:59:22 | 1 |  Andrejs Jesko
|
3:41:39 |
| 2 | Miguel Angel González Cano | 7:09:49 | 2 | David López Hernández | 3:53:56 |
| 3 | Sergi Masip Cosin | 7:11:56 | 3 |  Mikita Hryhoryeu
|
3:54:54 |
| 2017 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 km | |||||
| 1 | |||||
| 2 | |||||
| 3 | |||||
Pictures
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Emma Roca at finish line of Ultratrail Collserola 2013 -
Ultratrail Collserola 2014 -
Ultratrail Collserola 2014. Pond of Vallvidrera, Collserola. -
Sart. Ultratrail Collserola 2015. -
Carles Sanchez. Second at Ultratrail Collserola 2015. -
Refreshment post at Can Coll, Cerdanyola. Ultratrail Collserola 2015. -
Last runners at Vista Rica, Collserola, 9pm. Barcelona Trail Races 2016.
Links
[edit]- Official web page www.bcntrailraces.com
References
[edit]- ^ Angulo, Silvia (2013-09-29). "Ultratrail en Collserola". La Vanguardia, VIVIR pag.6 www.lavanguardia.com (in European Spanish).
- ^ López-Egea, Sergi (2013-11-23). "CATrunning". El Periódico www.elperiodico.com (in European Spanish).
- ^ "Llega la cuarta edición de la HH Barcelona Trail Races, la ultra más sostenible de Barcelona". Mundo Deportivo (in European Spanish). 2016-11-23. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
- ^ "Barcelona Trail Races". Institut Barcelona Esports - Ajuntament de Barcelona. 2016-11-25.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Articulos Barcelona Trail Races". Blogmaldito Running Pub (in European Spanish).
- ^ "Results BTR 2016". livetrail.net.
- ^ "Results UTC 2015". livetrail.net.
- ^ "Results UTC 2013". livetrail.net.
- ^ Reade, Kirsty (2015-12-17). "Ten low-key European ultramarathon races". The Guardian www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
- ^ a b "Ultratrail Collserola – 45K with Helly Hansen". Sarah Eriksson Blog. 2014-11-27. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
- ^ "Toti Bes y Judith Franch vencen el Compressport Ultra Trail Collserola". Carreras por montaña (in European Spanish). 2013-11-23.
- ^ "Laia Díez i Gerard Morales s'imposen a l'Ultratrail de Collserola". TV3 Esport 3 - Televisió de Catalunya (in Catalan). 2014-11-24.
- ^ "Video resumen UTC 2015 en TVE". RTVE - Evasión TV (in European Spanish). 2015-11-27.
- ^ "Carme Tort e Iván Camps, ganadores del Ultra Trail Collserola". Carreras por montaña (in Spanish). 2015-11-21.
- ^ "Anders Aagaard Hansen y Laia Díez se llevan la cuarta edición de la HH Barcelona Trail Races 2016". El Mundo Deportivo. 2016-11-27.
- ^ "VIDEO Gerard Morales guanya l'Ultratrail de Collserola 2014". La Xarxa TV. 2014-11-22.
- ^ "Radio Interview Roberto Heras, de les dues rodes a les dues cames ("from two wheels to two legs")". Catalunya Radio (www.ccma.cat) (in Catalan and Spanish). 2015-11-29.
- ^ "BTR 2016 Campeones Anders Aagaard y Laia Diez. Cronica y vision de un popular". Carreras de Monaña (in European Spanish).