Costa Brava Swimrun

News Release / 25.04.2016

The Swimrun Costa Brava, a sporting challenge: teams of two people to complete a lot of kilometers divided into sections of swim and sections of run, in the incredible scenery of Costa Brava. A unique experience created and organized by Besttrail.

The cities where the race took place were: Begur, Calella de Palafrugell and La Fosca (Palamós). The first race, the Marathon, began in Begur at 8:00 am with about 42 km to 24 teams; at 10:30 am was the moment for the second race, the Sprint, corresponding to a half marathon of 21 km, and a total of 52 teams; and finally at 11:30 am, the Short with 12 km and 20 teams to complete the swimrun.

About the final ranking, in terms of Marathon, the Catalans imposed to the  other participants. Santi Pellejero and Francis Lanuza (Orca Team VO2) were the winners with a total time of 5 hours and 55 minutes. Followed by the two teams, “Team Buschhuetten beans” (Germany) and “Dental Peñota Ezkerralde” (Basque Country). The connection between the Stockholm girls, Kristin and Desiree (Addnature), was incredible finishing in the first place of  women’s  category. “The Dynamitas” (France and Britain) and “Blochkablochka” (France) followed the girls in the podium. As for the mixed teams “Orca Team” (Sweden) were the winners, along with “Team Carbon” (Sweden) and “The Lackervelders”  (Norway).

Following the ranking of Sprint, corresponding to the category with more participants: in men, the French team “Cousins” complete the 21 km in the first place with a time of 2 hours and 51 minutes. In women, “The Gonettes” (France). And in mixed category, the Catalan team “Vies Braves 2” managed the Swimrun with a time of 3 hours and 20 minutes.

Finally, in Short race, the Catalan team “CTG Team” were the first to complete the race with a time of 1 hour and 50 minutes, followed closely by the mixed teams “Tricatalan” (France) finishing in 2 hours. As for the women’s category, the first to reach the finish line were the French “Les Pies” with a total time of 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Note the excellent work of the volunteers and the Besttrail team to keep improving race after race for participants to enjoy more and more.

For more information about the race, see the official website of Swimrun Costa Brava: http://swimruncostabrava.cat/

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