Runner\'s World UK - 09.2019

RUNNER’S WORLD 25

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WORLD’S BEST RACES

TRANSGRANCANARIA

Make no mistake, this

is a brute: 265km and

around 17,000m of

climb, but if that is too

much to ask, there are

other distances (from

128km down to 17km),

and each offers

cracking views of

Gran Canaria, the

third-largest of the

Canary Islands. The

routes had yet to be

finalised at the time of

going to press, but

you can be sure the

trails will be technical,

the cliff faces will

be jagged and the

ascents will be, shall

we say, challenging.

Yes, let’s say that and

leave it there.

February 2020 (date tbc),

transgrancanaria.net

OMAN BY UTMB

Not content with

hosting one of the

most revered events

in the world of

mountain running, the

crew behind UTMB

(Ultra Trail du Mont

Blanc) have raised the

stakes by launching a

170km ultra traversing

some of the most

inhospitable mountain

terrain on earth, in the

Sultanate of Oman.

Following ancient

paths, cliffside trails

and tackling 10,400m

of ascent, runners

will clamber into the

Al Hajar Mountains,

the highest range

in the eastern

Arabian Peninsula.

28-30 November,

omanbyutmb.com

PHOTOGRAPH: FRANCK ODDOUX