Maratón Alpino Madrileño


The Maratón Alpino Madrileño or Madrid Alpine Marathon is a trail running race that takes place on Sierra de Guadarrama, in Madrid, in mid-June. This race covers nearly with of altitude change. Since 2006, the start and the end points of the race are located in Cercedilla, and its course goes through Alto del Telégrafo, Puerto de Navacerrada, Bola del Mundo, Puerto de Cotos, Pico Peñalara and the glacial Peñalara lakes. The Tierra Trágame club is in charge of organizing this race.
The Maratón Alpino Madrileño belongs to several different competition circuits, as , .

History

The origin of the Maratón Alpino Madrileño goes back to 1997, when Miguel Caselles, Victoria Sánchez and Juan Manuel Agejas thought about organizing a marathon covering the most significant areas of Sierra de Guadarrama. In this way, the first edition of this race took place on June 8, 1997.
This race initially started and ended in Puerto de Navacerrada. Its course went to Puerto de Cotos, Peña Citores, Laguna de los Pájaros, Puerto de Cotos, Cabezas de Hierro, Puerto de Navacerrada and Puerto de la Fuenfría.
In 2000, the race climbed for the first time to Peñalara, the highest peak of Madrid, and to Bola del Mundo, adding some extra difficult to its though and technical terrain. In 2004, the race also added Siete Picos to its course.
In 2006, due to its 10th anniversary, the course of the Maratón Alpino Madrileño was changed: instead of locating the start and end points in the traditional Puerto de Navacerrada, both of them were moved to Cercedilla. This fact increased the local participation and encouragement and improves the infrastructure of the race. In addition, the new course modified some of the race scenarios with losing any toughness. Since then, the new course of Maratón Alpino Madrileño has been maintained, starting and finishing in Cercedilla and going through Alto del Telégrafo, Puerto de Navacerrada, Bola del Mundo, Puerto de Cotos, Peña Citores, Peñalara and Laguna de los Pájaros.
The Maratón Alpino Madrileño has been part of Adidas Trail Challenge, Forum Trail Challenge and Alpino AireLibre-Corricolari circuits. Furthermore, Maratón Alpino Madrileño has been part of the World FSA calendar organized by the FEDME
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Within past editions, the best Spanish trail runners have taken part in this race: Quico Soler, Agustí Roc, Félix Magunagoicoechea, Óscar Ballsels, Jordi Martín, Joseba Cubillo, Miguel Ángel Sánchez, Miguel A. Perdiguero, Lorenzo Bermejo, Esteve Canal, Carlos Pitarch, Alberto Zerain, Gaizka Itza, Juan Ramón Morán, Fernando García, Raúl García, Ignacio Álvarez. And women such as Monica Aguilera, Sonia Morán, Agnés Riera, Yolanda Santiuste, Emma Roca, Anna Serra, Teresa Roca, Teresa Forn, Garbiñe Barquín, Marta Etna Vidal, Ana Isabel Estévez, etc.
In addition, the elite trail runners around the world have been running the Maratón Alpino Madrileño: Corinne Favre, Jean Pellissier, Bruno Brunod, and Carlo Bellati.
As a curious data, Maraton Alpino Madrileño was the first alpine race offered by the Internet in real time, thanks to different cameras located along the route.

The Numbers of the Maratón Alpino Madrileño

YearMen winnerWomen winner
1997Joseba Cubillo de la HozSonia Morán Luis
1998José Félix Magunagoicoechea FernándezSonia Morán Luis
1999Óscar Balsells SalesAgnès Riera Ferrán
2000Jordi Martín PascualYolanda Santiuste Blázquez
2001Quico Soler EscamezAnna Serra Salame
2002Esteve Canal FerresAnna Serra Salame
2003 Agustí Roc Amador Corinne Favre
2004Luis Alfonso Rodríguez RobledoGloria Serrazina
2005Fernando García HerrerosAna Isabel Estévez García
2006Manuel Perozo MosqueroGloria Serrazina
2007Pedro José Hernández SánchezSalud Díaz García
2008Andrew SymondsMónica Aguilera i Viladomiu
2009Aurelio Antonio Olivar RoldánNerea Martínez Urruzola
2010 Raúl García Castán Gloria Serrazina
2011 Miguel Heras Hernandez María Luisa García
2013 Alfredo Gil Garcia Sofía García Bardoll
2014 Zaid Ait Malek Ana Isabel Paz Bermudez
2015 Alfredo Gil Garcia Azahara García
2016 Manuel Merillas Moledo Azahara García
2017 Noel Burgos Gomez Ana Isabel Paz Bermudez

Survivors and Megasurvivors

The Maratón Alpino Madrileño is the only race in the world where there are no finishers, but survivors. This special word refers to all the runners that reach the finish line of the race. The use of the word survivor reflects in a special way the hardness of this alpine race.
In addition, the survivors of all the editions are called megasurvivors. Current megasurvivors are :