The solidarity party of the Kosta Trail 2018 is lived, in the first person, plus 4,600 athletes of record!
With a new record of participation, and worth mentioning, the Kosta trail has closed its thirteenth edition in a spectacular morning of sport and solidarity in Sopela, which has had the sponsorship of Forum Sport, Salomon and Labor Kutxa.Neither more nor less than exceeding the barrier of the 4,600 participants in action.
Thanks to this massive platoon of athletes, the organization of the Kosta Trail highlights its solidarity accent, and part of the harvest collection of inscriptions will serve to support the work of two associations, such as the Vizcaína Association of Diabetes (Asvidia) andAssociation for the fight against kidney diseases (Alcer Bizkaia).
Taking advantage of the good weather, one more edition, the Kosta Trail has once again staged its four usual modalities, which have offered different tours and levels of demand designed to welcome all types of audiences.One more year the organization has taken special care to make the test as respectful as possible with the Uribe Kosta habitat and the environment through which the test runs.
The first to leave the Sopela City Council square have been the runners of the 31 km mountain race.and from the half mountain marathon of 21 km., which did it at 9:00 a.m. after the starting gun, which this year has been in charge of Emilio Ramos, councilor for the Treasury and Citizen Safety of the town hall of the town andDiego Llorente, General Director of Forum Sport.The collaboration of the City Council of Sopela has been an invaluable help for the celebration of this twelfth edition.
A quarter of an hour later, at 9:15 the participants of the mountain march (20 km) did so in a staggered and, finally, at 9:30 the little ones and their families were done in the marchFamily (7 km).
Results of the mountain race (31km), tested queen
The habitual algorta and participant athlete in the Kosta Trail, Juan Zalduondo, has been imposed since the beginning of the race maintaining the leadership in the same until the end, with a time of 2 hours 34 minutes and 58 seconds.Almost five minutes later, it crossed the line of Meta Gorka Perez, 2 hours 39 minutes 21 seconds and third Juan Calvo arrived who has completed the podium in 2 hours 40 minutes 9 seconds.
In the female category, the distance between the three podium runners has been very wide.Burgos Bego Usabiaga runner has been the first to cross the goal when the stopwatch marked 2 hours 55 minutes and 17 seconds.The local broker María Nuñez reached the finish line 10 minutes later with a time of 3 hours 4 minutes and 42 seconds.20 minutes later passed through the goal arc Ane Gorordo with a time of 3 hours 25 minutes 5 seconds.
Results of the Mountain Marathon (21 km)
The half mountain marathon remains the most demanded modality since the organization decided to incorporate this distance in 2016, and therefore in this edition the number of participants has been expanded reaching the 400 registered this year.
The first to cross the finish line has been Ivan Arauzo after 1 hour 33 minutes 32 seconds.With less than a minute of difference, Imanol Marroquín arrived registering a 1 -hour brand 34 minutes 18 seconds.The third to qualify has been Aingeru Barbier who has completed the tour in a time of 1 hour 35 minutes and 32 seconds.
In the female category, Bilbao iso Ballaz has climbed into the podium with a time of 2 hours 2 minutes and 20 seconds.Second place has been for Nuria Bermejo with 2 hours 4 minutes and 3 seconds.Ane Barrenetxea has completed the podium obtaining third place, with a 2 -hour mark 7minutes and 48 seconds.
mountain marches, 100% popular accent
Apart from the competitive facet, it is not necessary to forget that the Kosta Trail also has the mountain marches in its sports program, which contribute to this Bizkaino mountain event its most popular air, where the priority is not the stopwatch but the enjoyment of theCrossing, good atmosphere and especially solidarity.The mountain march (20 km.), Designed for journey lovers and family march (7 km) with a pleasant and no difficulty tour, has added more than 3,900 participants.
doubly solidarity
The Kosta Trail, which since its inception has had solidarity purposes, for the second consecutive year will donate part of the proceeds to two associations.
In the case of the Vizcaína Association of Diabetes Asvidia the donation will be destined for those affected with diabetes to learn in a practical way the benefits and challenges involved in practicing sports in the daily management of the disease.
In this sense, for the fifth consecutive year, the Kosta Trail has had the participation of several diabetic corridors of the Team One Diabetes Challengue of the "Spanish Association for Sports with Diabetes" and has arranged specific refusal points for Diabetics throughout the route.
In the case of Alcer Bizkaia, the Association will allocate the collection to support the patients suffering from kidney diseases.