The Empúries Marathon (Catalan: Marató d'Empúries) is a long-distance run (42.195 km) which takes place in Empúries, the ancient Greek and Roman colony, next Sant Martí d'Empúries and L'Escala in Girona (Catalonia). The first edition of the marathon was held in 2003 to mark the collaboration of the City of L'Escala with the Universal Forum of Cultures in Barcelona 2004.
Organized by the L'Escala Town Council and with the support of the Catalan Athletics Federation, the Empúries Marathon is held annually in the month of April or May, along with two additional athletics races: the half-marathon and 10,000-meter race. With over 1,847 athletes for the three tests in 2013 edition, the start and finish are performed at the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia-Empúries, and, just before the race started, the runners cross the ancient Greek city of Empúries to the starting position.
Winners
List of the winners of the Empúries Marathon.
The current course records of 2:23:45 (men) and 3:02:01 (women) are set in 2012 by Sergio Enriquez Castells and in 2006 by Anna Rosa Moreno respectively.
Key:
EditionYear Winner maleTime (h:m:s) Winner female Time (h:m:s)I2003Manuel López2h 56' 07"Meritxell Portillo Araujo3h 22' 05"II2004Albert Pascual2h 32' 44" III2005Benito Ojeda Sanz2h 34' 58"Meritxell Portillo Araujo3h 20' 54"IV2006Victor González Guirao2h 24' 02"Anna Rosa Moreno3h 02' 01"V2007Benito Ojeda Sanz2h 31' 33"Anna Rosa Moreno3h 07' 39"VI2008Benito Ojeda Sanz2h 30' 54"Anna Rosa Moreno3h 02' 36"VII2009Standings 2009 RunediaRicard Verge Berrar2h 36' 52"Annette Geiken3h 27' 18"VIII2010Esteve Campmol Ametller2h 40' 50"Anna Rosa Moreno3h 07' 50"IX2011Classificacions 2011 Empordà InfoRicard Verge Berrar2h 33' 39"Isabel Olivan Moreno3h 16' 33"X2012Sergio Enriquez Castells2h 23' 45"Antonia Hermoso Pua3h 17' 20"XI2013David Guiamet Redondo2h 37' 44"Paula Salgado 3h 09' 27"XII2014David Guiamet Redondo 2h 34' 43"Mireia Sosa Perez3h 07' 05"XIII2015Jordi Rabionet 2h 41' 41"Pilar Sànchez3h 09' 15"
References
External links Web Empúries Marathon Miquel Cucurull route explanation of Empúries Marathon Archaeology Museum of Catalonia-Empúries