Transgrancanaria is a long-distance race that is held annually on

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, one of the

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. It was the first

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in Spain, and remains a popular and demanding mountain-ultramarathons on the international calendar. The route of the Transgrancanaria Classic has a course length of , with a cumulative elevation gain of . The race has taken place since 2003, with the participation of many international runners. It is a Spartan Trail world championship event.

Records

Records across years are not exactly comparable, since the course route and length change significantly from year to year, but the course records are:

References

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