San Sebastian, Spain - Distance Running magazine

Maraton Donostia – San Sebastian, SpainThe Bay of La Concha at nightPicture: ACC ComunicacionContinued from page 37Some telling statistics testify to thefavourable nature of the course:same course, with a one-hour timelimit. Registrations for both raceswill be open from April atwww.maratondonostia.com• 75% of runners improved theirpersonal best• 17% of runners finished in underthree hours• 56% of runners finished in underthree and a half hours• 88% of runners finished in underfour hoursThe spectacular finish line is locatedinside the Anoeta Stadium, home ofthe local football team RealSociedad. Video cameras are locatedat five different places along theroute and participants can downloadclips of themselves passing thedifferent points.There is also a10km race alongsidethe Marathon, using part of the■ San Sebastian Marathon facts:November is low season so planetickets are usually quite reasonable.The town has good transport serviceand connections. There are fiveairports, three of them international,within 100km, and the nearest isonly 20 minutes’ drive away. All ofthe airports offer connections withSpain’s main cities such as Madridand Barcelona. Trains also run toSpain’s main cities and tointernational destinations such asParis and Lisbon.The organization offers some hotelsthrough its travel agency. The officialrace hotel is Silken Amara Plaza, just300m away from Anoeta Area,where the start and finish line arelocated.Next race date: 24th November 2013Start time: 09.00 for Marathon and 09.10 for 10kmStart line: Avenida Madrid (next to Anoeta Stadium)Participants: 3000 for marathon & 1000 for 10km (approx.)Route: almost flat at sea level, going through the town’shistoric center and beside its beautiful beaches. Three laps:one small 6km lap and two bigger identical laps of 18km.Finish line: inside Anoeta StadiumRegistrations: online at www.maratondonostia.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/maratonsansebastianTime limit: 5 hours for the Marathon & 1 hour for the 10kmPuente Santa CatalinaPicture: Aritz GordoAbove: themarathon routeBelow: inside AonetaStadium, the venue for therace finish. Picture:Dilema/WikimediaCommonsResultMEN:1 Asier Cuevas ETTCHETO ESP 2:23:232 Ibon ESPARZA OLANO ESP 2:29:003 Salvador PALOMARES ESP 2:29:384 Ibon Bengotetxea ZABALA ESP 2:29:435 Xabat Manzisidor ERMINA ESP 2:29:586 Moray ANDERSON GBR 2:30:127 Mark RYALL GBR 2:31:218 Sabin Arruti MANCISIDOR ESP 2:32:489 Inaki Marsal NICUESA ESP 2:32:5310 Etor Etxeandia LEJARZEGI ESP 2:33:42WOMEN:1 Ma Yoland Gutierrez ROBLES ESP 2:45:432 Amaia Ostolazo ANTELO ESP 2:49:323 Ma Lopez de Tejada RUIZ ESP 2:52:514 Claudia Behobide ALCAIN ESP 2:56:285 Amaia Zuloaga EIZAGUIRRE ESP 3:00:416 Kelly WILLIS GBR 3:01:557 Eneritz Sein A-GOMEZKORTA ESP 3:02:178 Maite Mayora ELIZONDO ESP 3:02:339 Sarah DUDGEON GBR 3:02:4310 Leire Aguirrezabala EZKURDIA ESP 3:06:5410KMMEN:1 Antonio ETXEBERRIA ESP 30:592 Lionel PETRIARQ 31:133 Benjamin FREDRICH 31:41WOMEN:1 Nerea Abrego ANTIA ESP 36:212 Christelle LARRERE 37:433 Cristina Loeda SOTO 38:12Distance Running | 2013 Edition 1 39