On Sunday 12 December, the 23rd edition of the Marching Trophy organized by the Cerro Buenavista Sports Association took place in Getafe, a city of nearly 200,000 inhabitants located in the south of the metropolitan area of Madrid about 10km from the capital of Spain.
The day also included a series of events reserved for the youth categories (U12, U14, U16) and also the Championship reserved for the Masters categories.
Obviously the presence of over 150 athletes.
The two most important competitions, those reserved for absolute athletes, took place over a distance of 10km, and were also open to foreign athletes.
10km women
Thirty-one athletes at the start with an athlete from Ecuador.
And it was the Ecuadorian Johana Ordonez Lucero who dictated the rules of the game and won the 23rd edition of Cerro de Buenavista with a final time of 45:02 (at a pace of 4:31/km).
These her split times each km:
- 1km: 4:30
- 2km: 8:57 (4:27)
- 3km: 13:28 (4:31)
- 4km: 17:55 (4:27)
- 5km: 22:23 (4:28)
- 6km: 26:53 (4:30)
- 7km: 31:27 (4:34)
- 8km: 36:01 (4:34)
- 9km: 40:33 (4:38)
- last km in 4:49
Second place to Carmen Escariz Mella (ESP) in 45:26
Third place to Lidia Sanchez-Puerbla Fernandez (ESP) in 46:58
10km men
Twenty athletes at the start
Daniel Ballesteros Goni (ESP) immediately yook the lead and maintain until the middle of the race when he passes in 20:22.
These are his split times:
- 1km: 4:06
- 2km: 8:10 (4:04)
- 3km: 12:07 (3:53)
- 4km: 16:13 (4:06)
- 5km: 20:22 (4:09)
Shortly before the 6km Alvaro Lopez Nunez (ESP) who had scored a split of 20:30 at 5km catched Ballestreros and goes to lead the race.
These are his following split times:
- 6km: 24:36 (4:06)
- 7km: 28:42 (4:06)
- 8km: 32:50 (4:08)
- 9km: 36:58 (4:08)
- last km in 4:03
Victory then to Alvaro Lopez Nunez (ESP) in 41:01 (at a pace of 4:07/km)
Second place to Daniel Ballesteros Goni (ESP) in 41:48
Third place went to Alexander Wright (IRL) in 42:19