American Katie Schide and Italian Henri Aymonod, athletes of The North Face team, claimed victory on Wednesday in the first race of The North Face Transgrancanaria. Nearly a hundred runners faced the fastest race of The North Face Transgrancanaria on a sunny afternoon in the Agaete Valley.
They start in the San Pedro neighbourhood of Agaete and finish in the Tamadaba Natural Park, taking in almost 5.5 kilometers distance and 1,130 meters of positive elevation between the two points.
There were no surprises that the favorite, US runner Katie Schide would come first female in 00:47:31, closeley followed by German Lena Laukner (00:50:45) and Moana Lilly Kehres (00:50:49).
Poland’s Dominika Stelmach was fifth, 0:06:11 behind the winner, with Brazil’s Fernanda Maciel following at 00:11:18 behind Schide. Nuria Muñoz (00:54:49), Dunia Cruz (01:01:14), Frenchwoman Manon Lallemente (01:01:27), and Judit Henríquez (01:04:18) completed the top ten positions in the women’s category.
In the men’s category, there was a head-to-head battle between the two favorites for victory, Italian Henri Aymonod (00:39:19) and French Frederic Tranchand (00:40:43), who were separated in the end by just 00:01:24. Arista Pro Team’s Álvaro Escuela completed the podium, stopping the clock at 00:41:56.
The North Face Transgrancanaria continues today with the Starter race, 21.4 kilometres long, starting in Tunte, and the Promo, Youth, and Family races, 12 kilometres long, starting in Artenara. Both will finish in Tejeda, one of the focal points of the race in the coming days as all the races pass through its center.