OCR / Spartan Race
Trail Running
Ragna Debats
Ragna Debats is a Trail & Skyrunner of Dutch origin based in Spain. She comes from equestrian with a specialty of Dressage, in which she worked as a professional for several years. Her career as a runner began in 2008 and her constant work allowed her to become triple world champion in 2018:
- IAAF / IAU World Trail (Penyagolosa Trails)
- World Skyrunning (Ben Nevis, Scotland)
- ISF World Cup Overall (as Kilian Jornet)
In 2019 she won the Marathon des Sables (Sahara Desert) in her category and was 9th overall, a milestone in the toughest stage race in the world. In 2020, she started the Rolling Mountains project with Pere Aurell, but the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic forced them to modify much of it. This 2021 she wants to retaliate and enjoy again with a bib on her pants.
Pere Aurell
At 35, he is one of the most veteran active trail runners in our country. He has been running races for 18 years around the world, winning victories in Chile, Argentina, Spain … But it has not been until these last two seasons that the good results have come, since he has been able to devote himself fully to it: Winner of the Transvulcania and of the Skyextra World Cup 2018.
This 2019 he started winning at The Coastal Challange (Costa Rica) but an injury left him out of the competition until June, when he returned strongly in the world cup winning in Madeira and third in Mount Olympus (Greece).
Surely his biggest hits are coming!
Arcadi Puig
I have been doing mountain all my life and I have been trailrunning for about 10 years. My passion for the mountains made me discover this sport where my two great passions come together: running and being in the mountains.
Finisher of the old 110km Ultra de Mallorca in 2012, it was my 1st ultra and since then we have not stopped: 4 times finisher of Ultra Pirineu, finisher UTMB of Montblanc 170 km, finisher Ultra Bastions, Trail and half marathon and 3 times Rialp Matxicots finisher. For me, the most beautiful race in Catalonia.
2022 presents itself with doubts due to an arrhythmia that I hope to be able to solve very soon.
Albert Mendoza
This 41-year-old family man, born in Manresa, became a true mountain addict in 2010. Since then he has become passionate about sports such as mountaineering, climbing and trailrunning.
He has climbed mountains such as Kilimanjaro (5,895m, Tanzania), Mount Toubkal in winter (4,167m, Morocco), climbed Dent du Geant (4,013m France/Italy) and Cavall Bernat de Montserrat solo.
He enjoys Skyrunning, which allows him to go up and down mountains quickly and lightly, that’s why he likes races like the Bastions race or the Comapedrosa Skyrace. But from time to time we also see him enjoying ultras like the Dolomiti Extrem, the Transgrancanaria, Cavalls del Vent or the UTMB CCC.
The Salomon Ultra Pirineu, the UTMB OCC or the Sky Gran Canaria are some of his goals for 2022.
He enjoys sharing his way of living in the mountains and thus transmits it with his images. You can find it cresting near a peak with Nutritape® patches on its legs.
David Iglesias
Born in Extremadura and living in Catalonia, I am in love with nature and the mountains, an amateur trail runner, but when I wear a race number I give it my all and the more demanding the challenge, the more it motivates me. Ultra Montseny taught me how tough the weather can be in the mountains and Bastions how tough it can be to not have your head in the right place. VDA Vall de Arán was engraved on me. Without hesitation this 2022 I will return to VDA Vall d’Aran and I hope to fulfill the dream of doing UTMB Montblanc.
Tomás Domínguez
Hi everyone! I am from Badalona. At the age of 5 I started playing soccer, where I went through many categories, I even got to play “semi” professionally in the 3rd Division.
After leaving football, I started running in the mountains and now, for 4 years, I have become serious and I am training to compete in mountain races. I am passionate about spending hours and hours running, jumping and doing the crazy goat and that is why ultra-distance races have me in love, spending 10, 15, 20, 30 hours running, walking, raining, snowing, cold, heat… anyway, each race is UNIQUE and EPIC.
My special race to this day is Canfranc-Canfranc ultra, the longest 100km in the world. What a crazy race! The place is incredible, the mountains are majestic, the glaciers that you find along the way, lakes, fauna… the ups and downs of the race destroy your legs, your mind, your soul… but I did not let myself be overcome by any of the adversities and I crossed the finish line.
This 2021 I have done some general race podiums and 3rd overall in the Championchip de Catalunya league.
For this new season 2022 I have registration for Canfranc-Canfranc, that we will give everything. And we will participate in the Catalan championship, the Catalan cup and several trail leagues.
Javier Pons Sintes
33 years old, based in Menorca, but passionate about the mountains since 2015, I love ultra-distance mountain races because I adore that feeling of disconnection from the world that appears after 5-7 hours of running, outstanding results:
2nd place in Travessa Tramontana 126km
2nd place in Trail Menorca Cami da cavallas 100km
2nd in pairs in Pyrinees stage run 270km (7 stages)
1st in pairs in cami de cavallas epic 360 150km (3 stages)
1st in pairs (x2) ultra montseny 78km
Main objectives for this 2022:
Spanish Ultra Distance Championship Cazorla Ultra Trail 70km
185km trail minorca cami de cavalls
100km of the CCC by UTMB
Alex Fraguela
After having represented Spain as a rower at 5 World Championships and 10 World Cups, he took up trail running. His first race was the 90-km Cantabria Challenge in 2014 He ran an excellent Transgrancanaria® in 2019: 65th in general and 17th in his category. We are sure he has merely been warning up.
Laia Diez
Not only does she train Pau Capell and Fernanda Maciel, but she also runs a Trail school at which she teaches values such as trust, teamwork and respect for nature to the new generations of trail runners.
Triathlon
Marcel Zamora
He has been a professional tri-athlete for over 20 years. Among his huge prize list stands out the achievement of the Challenge BCN 2009 (distance Ironman) as well as two epics: being the 5-time winner of Ironman France (Nice) and the 6-time winner of Embrunman (also held in France). We have enjoyed his invaluable support since early 2017, which has been a major incentive for us to keep on improving on a continuous basis.
Leonor Font
Living in Mallorca enables this amateur tri-athlete to use the island´s incredible routes to train. She is now hoping for a place in Kona 2019, which will enable her to get over the disappointments of last year.
Pere Marquina
An amateur tri-athlete and a graduate in Sporting Sciences with a Master´s in High Sporting Performance, a Triathlon Trainer (FETRI) and INEF Trainer and Coach. He has been training athletes for almost 15 years, which makes him of great assistance to the continuing development of Nutritape.
MTB
Tatiana Luisi
She has been cycling for about 5 years: in 2017 she started in road cycling, starting with the Catalan Cup in 2018. In 2019 she did the Catalan Cup again (6th overall). But at the end of that year, she began to compete in the Gironina MTB Cup where in each race she performed podiums (LaTramun, Espartana, Guilleries, La Salamanca …). She liked mountain biking more than racing on the road. This 2021 she has joined the IRONTECH TECNIC MENDIZ AMBISIST team (BTT Fornells de la Selva) competing in the Copa Catalana Internacional Cup UCI.
José Navas
A fan of sports and nature, away from time trials and fighting against the clock! Enthusiastic of both individual and team sports challenges, that does not mean that he does not stop trying to excel in each adventure, a lover of the ultra distance, trying to combine family and work with his passion.
Great challenges have been left behind and others that will arrive in 2022: return to Catalonia in non stop in gravel and Mozarábebikerace in non stop (Granada/Almería).
José Manuel Fuente
Josema, more than 18 years of experience with the digital magazine www.bikezona.com testing and presenting advertisers’ products. Director of the cycling programs “Rolling with you” on Bikezona TV and on the YouTube Channel. Director of the radio program “Pedaleando en la costa” on Vinyl FM radio. Active collaborator in the cycling tour “Los 10,000 del Soplao” in charge of organizing the tribute that is made every year to former professional cyclists as a whole. Participant of both mtb and road cycling marches. Mallorca 312, El Soplao, Galarleiz, Lebaniega….
Bianca Cherubini
38 years of sport and fun. He started on the bike 6 years ago, after going through basketball, running and triathlon, among others. There is no life without sports, but please, in good company and whenever you can… SMILING 😉
2 Titan Desert & 1 Madrid-Lisbon behind him and soon an Andalucía Bike Race.
Rock & Roll and Pedals!
Muntsa Gibert
Sport as a way of life, fond of Cycling and mountain skiing and resident in the Pyrenees, the best place to enjoy all of this. After being diagnosed with a Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia in 2015, the bicycle has been her recovery method to go out on the street again. Facing races such as the Titan Desert or the Catalunya Bike Race, she is managing to lose her fear of open spaces.
Misha Sekulova
Chronic dreamer, who attacked depression with a pair of wheels and has not stopped pedaling ever since. She mostly competes in XCM and XCUM BTT races and in MTB stage races. She in competition and constant dedication since 2017.
She with 3 Titan Desert, 2 provincial championships, 3 Mediterranean Epic with 2 victories in the master category, victory in the Spanish XCUM championship, among the most important.
She monitors children’s BTT, crossfit trainer and organizer of initiation BTT events for women. Among many other things 😛 .