Transvulcania is a long distance race that is held annually on

La Palma La Palma (, ), also known as ''La isla bonita'' () and officially San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly island of the Canary Islands, Spain. La Palma has an area of making it the fifth largest of the eight main Canary Islands. The ...

, one of the western Canary Islands. It is considered one of the hardest mountain-

ultramarathons An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is any footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of . Various distances are raced competitively, from the shortest common ultramarathon of to over . 50k and 100k are bot ...

in the world and one of the most important in

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. The total route has a length of with a cumulative elevation gain of and elevation loss of . The race has taken place on the island of

since 2009, with the participation of many international runners. Over time, additional races have been added to the original Transvulcania ultramarathon proper, currently: * Half-marathon, with a cumulative elevation gain of and elevation loss of * Marathon, with a cumulative elevation gain of and an elevation loss of * Vertical kilometer, with an elevation gain of * Various children's races

Winners

Course records with green background.

References

External links

* {{Skyrunner World Series races Ultramarathons Athletics competitions in Spain Mountain running competitions Skyrunning competitions Skyrunner World Series Sport in La Palma Vertical kilometer running competitions