The mountain village of Cortina D’Ampezzo in the heart of the Dolomites, in North East Italy, is the setting for one of the biggest trail and ultra running races in the world – the Lavaredo Ultra Trail.
This year, with its 120k for the Trail Ultra Category and the 48k for the Trail Run Category, the event is one of the Crown Label races of the Spartan Trail World Championship.
According to Spartan, this adds ‘huge prestige to the roster of races in the Spartan Trail vision for the sport…. Additionally, outside the Spartan Championship, an 80k race together with a shorter 20k race are available to create one of the largest events in Europe.’
Over 3000 runners will gather to navigate the trails around Cortina, with the Tre Cime di Lavaredo being the biggest landmark on the UNESCO World Heritage site. A pack of elites will be battling for the prize purse of US$25,000 split in both categories.
Starting on the Trail Ultra side, the headliner is French ultrarunning star Xavier Thevenard, who will certainly lead the pack at the 120k race. On the women’s side, the crusher of the 2019 edition Kathrin Gotz from Switzerland is back to retain her title.
The 48k race is shorter but not certainly faster, being one of the toughest trail run category races on the 2021 Spartan Trail World Championship.
Race action will be streamed live from Friday, June 25th at 23:00 CEST.
www.spartan.com/trail-world-championship
