This Sunday 22, I took place the mountain race El Valle Trail, in which two athletes from the Totana Athletics Club participated.
Diego Martinez Muñoz, who finished third in the overall standings and first in his veteran A category, with a time of 3 hours 4 minutes and 28 seconds, after Jose Rufete arrived, leaving the twelve in his veteran A category with a time of 3 hours 44 minutes 43 seconds.
The race that had a distance of 30km and a positive slope of 1750 meters being a rather harsh mountain race, gave the exit in the field of soccer of the Pool, where also it was located the goal and it passed through the places of the Valley of Murcia and the Sierra de Carrascoy, where runners have found stretches covered with snow, in a natural landscape of great beauty.
In another section this morning, more than 7200 people attended the 28th edition of the Half Marathon of Santa Pola, where two athletes from the Totana Athletics Club participated.
José Manuel "Mona" has lowered his mark in this distance making a great race with a time of 1 hour 14 minutes and 45 seconds being the 20th in his Senior category, after him Eduardo Lucas hit with a good time of 1 hour 32 minutes and 37 seconds.
This race as every year has been animated by numerous public that was on the sidewalks of the entire tour, also has had live performances that the riders could enjoy.
In this edition has been present the cold and the wind.
The winner of the event was Keniata Peter Kirui with a mark of 1 hour and 55 seconds, the wind played an important role preventing him from breaking the record of the test that was in 1 hour and 15 seconds.
In females the winner has been Keniata Antonina kwambi with 1 hour 9 minutes and 49 seconds, also close to beating the female record.
In this day also has been disputed the last test of the Regional Short Cross Championship in Puerto Lumbreras, over a distance of 4000 meters, Athlete of Totana Raúl Cifuentes athletics club to become sixth in Senior, which has served him to qualify for The championship of Spain in this modality, that will be disputed in the Asturian city of Gijón.
