100 Triathletes shine before a million runners in the San Silvestres

In Spain, more than 2.500 San Silvestres will be celebrated until January's 6

 

The last 12 of December was the kick-off of departures of the San Silvestres 2015 in the Spanish geography. From that day until the next January 6 will be held in Spain over 2500 San Silvestres (1) which means that surely reach one million participants with the total sum of all these Christmas races.

 

In Triathlon News we wanted to pay our small tribute to all the triathletes who have closed the year competing in some San Silvestre. 

Before starting the review, I advise accessing this link https://goo.gl/dVJ0fv put the volume down and listen to this song "Ay Tastar Escorchara". We begin the summary of the San Silvestres! 

In the north, Fernando García Aja 6º finished in Gama's SS, race of 5'8 hard kms. Raul Amatriain he ran in 2 San Silvestres on 31 day, in the morning he finished 2ª in Eugen and in the afternoon 1º in Burlada.

 Ruth Brito closed the year running at home the SS of Vitoria. In the SS of Lugo Sara Perez I got the 5ª square. On the other hand in the Fene SS of 3,8km, Brais Canosa it was 3º and Sara Guerrero 2ª. In Cangas, 2ª position for Gustavo RodríguezWhere Aida Valiño He was encouraging and acting as a photographer. Following in Galicia, 3ª position for Alberto Castiñeira in La Coruña. And on the other hand 2ª place for Natalia Raña in Santiago de Compostela. Natalia used 16'17 '' to cover the 4,4km of the race. On the Mile de Sarria, 3ª position for Iván Cáceres and in the female category victory of Lucía Pérez

In the Balearic Islands, in the Pujada al Castell in Ibiza, victory for Josep Torres, who completed the 2,5km (1,5 in upload) with a time of 7'18 ''. In the female category 3ª square for Ivet Farriols. In the SS Ciudat d'Inca of 5km the Kona Finisher'15 ran Cata Barceló.

In the Canary Islands victory for Vicente Hernández in the SS of the Laguna. For its part Ricardo Hernández it was 2º in the SS Realejera, of 5,5km. Ricardo covered the distance in 17'37 ''. Also highlight the participation of Pablo Cabeza in the SS of Gran Canaria.

In the downtown area Fernando Alarza returned to win the SS of Talavera de la Reina, his hometown. There Héctor Arévalo he made a carrerón, it was 2º during all the test ... but in the absence of 300m he was overtaken by several runners and I finish 7º. In the SS of Toledana, 18ª participation of María Ortega, who finished 6ª. María used a 35'25 '' time to cover the hard 8 kilometers of the test. In another Castilian city of La Mancha, also a World Heritage Site, in Cuenca, the "doctor" Miriam Casillas got the 2ª position of the Race of the Turkey (7,3km), with a time of 24'34 ''. Next to her her brother ran Alberto Casillas. In the SS Jarama played in the speed circuit, double podium of "Santamarías" for the triathletes, in the 2º male category was Alejandro Santamaría and in women 2ª plaza for Inés Santamaría. On the other hand Jose Almagro 3ª finished in the SS of Las Rozas, completing the 10km in little more than 33 '. Iván Álvarez was 9º in the SS of Alcobendas when covering the 10km in 33'28 ''

And finally we finished the downtown area with the SS Vallecana of 10km, where Susana Román was 8ª in the vet45 category, with a time of 42'22 ''. In the same race the juniors Lucia Salafranca e Inés Santiago they ended up in 4ª and 5ª position (in their category) entering together with a time of 45'16 ''

In Andalucia, Ana Ruz he won the SS Montillana and Damian Vindel It was 5º. For its part Emilio Martín he was in the SS of Huelva. In the SS Sevillana victory for Juan Robles of the Isbilya club. More triathletes of the club ran in Seville: Rocío Molas, María Rojo, Igor Bellido, Dani Seco and Samer Ali. In the SS of the Palmilla in Málaga victory for Trinidad Martín and 2ª position for Patricia Well In the male category he won Antonio Lucena. As an anecdote quote Iván Tejero, he was in 4ª square along with the rest of runners when they were badly indicated and lost their options in the race ... and they did 10km instead of the 7,5.

In the Valencian Community, double of Tamara Gómez in Elche. In the morning he made the crossing of San Silvestre de Arenales of 2000m, where 2 was after his sister Sara, both came together from hand to goal. In the afternoon victory of Tamara in the SS of Elche, 5km. This race was also disputed Mabel Gallardo y Pedro María Campoy. In the SS of Gandia, victory at home for Jesús Gomar. In Vall de Uxó, on December 27, the SS Duatlética, a charitable duathlon, was held.

In Catalonia, there is a greater participation of triathletes. For the third consecutive year, we highlighted the victory of Guru Frades in the SS of Reus. Victoria also for Albert Moreno in the SS of Vilano del Comí. In the Cursa del Capó in Castelldefels Judith Corachán won with a time of 11'06 ''. In the SS of Girona 2ª position for Aleix Domenech In Lérida, victory for Eva Ledesma In Sant Cugat del Vallés Leonor Font was 5ª, covered the 10k with a time of 37'54 ''. In addition to Leonor, the triathletes also competed Laia Conesa, Edu López and Gema Diaz. Meanwhile Miquel Blanchart it was 4ª in Sabadell, covering the 5km in a time of 15'45 ''.

Finally highlight the "Cursa del Nassos" of Barcelona of 10km, the "San Silvestre plus triatletica", where they stood out Albert Parreño and Iñaki Baldellou that were 58ª and 61ª, both with a similar time of 32'40 ''. Highlighting the broad participation of Club Fasttriatló Club (Guillem Domingo, Jordi Martí, Maribel Gómez, Arnau Rueda, Álvaro Rodríguez, Carla Figuera, María José Gómez, Cris Ortiz, Cristian Fernández, Marta Garciapons, Nela Lozano, Silvia Pindado, Gorka Chacón, Iván Hidalgo, Toni Gracia, Eloi Pala, Raimon Garriga, Amaury De Jesse, Montse Tejedor, Marc Gili, Nurul, Joan Bonet, Raul Moya, Albert Martin, Eloi Arriliaga, Rocio Torre, Pedro Luis Blaya, Arnau Rueda, Andrea Suarez, Juan Sanchez , Daniel Llambrich, Ana Dilliana, Gemma Navarro, Rocío Del Mar, Lluis Casanovas)

And ending with the "Cusa del Nassos", our tribute to the girls ... where they shined with their own light: Claudia Luna (10ª), Merce Tusell (16ª), Anna Godoy (19ª), Anna Flaquer (22ª), Marta Sanchez (40ª), Cristina Prat (54) and Rakel of the Eagle (77ª). Dolça Ollé He could not finish.

(1) We also include there the different races of Christmas, New Year, of Kings, etc ... 

Juan José Martí Navío @ jjnavío