/ Town Hall
Sunday 18th March 2018
CASEY MORGAN AND RACHEL CAMPBELL WIN THE FIRST EDITION OF THE GALATZÓ TRAIL
650 people registered in the two races and a spectacular trail running environment
Casey Morgan and Rachel Campbell won the first edition of the Galatzó Trail in the 43-km race, while Damià Ramis Pons and Asmaa Zammou did it in the Galatzó Half 23-km race.
The Calvià's international mountain race was held this morning at the Galatzó Public Estate. The competition, refereed by the Federació Balear de Muntanya i Escalada (FBME), has gathered 650 athletes, with 15% of foreign participants.
A spectacular day of sunshine greeted the 650 participants of the first edition of the Galatzó Trail.
With a pleasant temperature and practically without wind, the perfect conditions were given to enjoy a great trail running event at the Galatzó Estate.
The participants of the Galatzó Legend mountain marathon left Sa Vinya square in Es Capdellà at nine o'clock in the morning with the aim of overcoming the more than 2,200 metres of positive slope and the 4,350 metres accumulated by running one of the the most emblematic places of the Serra de Tramuntana, the Galatzó Estate, and complete the demanding 43 kilometre-race. One hour later, at ten in the morning, it was the turn of the Galatzó Half participants, who completed a 23 kilometre-route.
The participants of the 43 kilometre-race left Sa Vinya to go firstly to the emblematic Puig de Galatzó (1027 metres). Once the first top, the most technical of the race, was crowned, the runners started a steep descent to finally crown the mountain of s'Esclop (927 metres). From there, they went towards the houses of the Galatzó Estate to start a new ascent phase and subsequent descent to Ses Planes. After overcoming the mountains and after facing the 4350 metres of accumulated slope, the finishers took the last three kilometres to reach the finish line.
As for the 23 kilometre-race, the participants also left from the Galatzó Estate to go towards es Comellar de ses Sínies, and from there ascent to es Galatzó, without reaching the top, to continue through the Boal de ses Serveres and sa Coma del Vidal, from there they started the return to the Galatzó estate to reach the finish line in es Capdellà.
Official results:
In the male Galatzó Legend, the triumph went to the Scottish Casey Morgan (04:02:22) of the Compressport team, followed by Donald Campbell (04:09:12) of the Salomon team, while Miquel Rigo of the club Elx Xoriguers Club de muntanya completed the podium (04:24:45).
In the female Galatzó Legend, the triumph went to the Scottish Rachael Campbell (04:56:58) followed by Magdalena Sansó of the club Xendenguets (05:15:09) and of Sara Sanante (05:21:37) of the club MALIFT MALLORCATRAIL.
In the male Galatzó Half the triumph was for the Mallorcan Damià Ramis Pons (01:41:21) of the club MALIFT MALLORCATRAIL followed by the also Mallorcan Miquel Muntaner Barceló (01:48:44) of the club Sa Milana - Alaró and Thallinger Rolf ( 01:52:29) from the Megajoule club.
In the female Galatzó Half, the triumph went to Asmaa Zammou (02:06:25) of the club S. Muntanya Club Pollença, followed by the Calvian Cristina Prats Vidal (02:17:00) of the Club de muntanya Yais and Coloma Sureda Nicolau (02:22:53)
From the organisation of GALATZÓ TRAIL 2018 we want to thank all the institutions and companies that have made this event possible, especially the TOURISM AGENCY OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS.
Also thank the work of volunteers, civil protection teams and other security and emergency bodies present in the event.
Results and more information:
www.facebook.com/galatzotrail
www.galatzotrail.com
www.elitechip.net
