The 2019 Trail World Championships start at 9 a.m. local time in Miranda do Corvo, Portugal on Saturday, June 8, which is 2 a.m. MDT Saturday morning in the U.S. The event is jointly organized by the IAU, ITRA, and the Trilhos Dos Abutres race organization this year. With a 44.2-kilometer (27.5 miles) course, this will make the shortest TWCs course we’ve covered, but there’ll be plenty of challenge as the course features 2,200 meters (7,218 feet) of climbing.
Here are a couple resources to help you follow the race:
- Our in-depth women’s and men’s previews;
- iRunFar’s pre-race video interviews with Ruth Croft, Ragna Debats, Denisa Dragomir, Luis Alberto Hernando, Ludovic Pommeret, and Francesco Puppi;
- The race website with course information; and
- Lives race splits.
We’ll be livecasting the event on iRunFar’s Twitter feed. We’ve also gathered various news sources together in Twitter feed below. Have fun following the race either way!
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Bryon and Megan,
hope you enjoy your stay here in my beautiful country.
Sheers
António Pardal
I’m afraid it’s only Meghan how gets to enjoy Portugal this time. The closest I’ll get is the tasty olive oil she’ll bring home. :-)
Tell her there are 13 more items to shop for!!!
https://trilhos.abutres.net/en/14-delicacies-not-to-be-missed-when-you-come-to-twc/
Thought you would be here too.
Anyway, I hope you appreciate the tasty Portuguese olive oil later on.
Sheers
thanks for the coverage. Any news on team placings?
“Wow! If I’m doing in math right,* the French women beat out Spain by just over a minute (~1:05) for the team title at the 2019 Trail World Championships. – Bryon”
This twitter feed gives Spain as champions: Territorio Trail Media
@TerritorioTrail
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España Mujeres- Ganadoras por equipos! #TWC19 #AbutresTrail
#BergTWC19
I had the French with 12:50:52 (4:06:17, 4:21:50, 4:22:45) and the Spanish with 12:51:56 (4:15:04, 4:15:30, 4:21:22).
According to the spanish site Carreras por Montaña, your calculations are right Bryon : “Francia se llevó el oro colectivo (12h50’52), mientras que España se hizo con la plata (12h51’56)”
The awards ceremony confirms my calculations.
By my calculations also the three top French women were over a minute faster than the top three Spaniards. The French had seven women finishers so at least one of them was just in the individual competition. Maybe one of the top three French finnishers was an individual runner?