The weekend of the 24th to the 26th of this month, in the town of Mina Clavero An event will be developed that brings together three tests: cyclingtrail running And swimming. Is about Run High Peaks, a competition that already has two editions.
With the presence of more than five thousand competitors, The event will begin on Friday the 24th with the swimming events, a day later the trail running competitions will take place, while the cycling event will take place on Sunday.
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This race will have as its main attraction the National Mountain Championship, both for the Sub 20 youth and in the short trail distance (it will be the 42k test).
Trail running, with different distances
As for the running competition, it will have the distances of 6.5 and 10 kilometers, half marathon, marathon and 60k. Besides, will host the 2023 National Trail and Mountain Championship in the U20 and Short Trail modalities on Saturday 25.
Regarding the circuits, You will go through roads, tracks and mountain trails, entering forests and traveling through cross country. You will also cross rivers and streams, as well as climb different hills in the area.
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The mountain marathon test had changes in the route to meet the necessary conditions to be able to develop the trail championship, with the presence of the best runners in the country.
Tucuman Majo Rodríguez in full action. (Photo: Run Altas Cumbres – Organization).
Cycling and swimming present in High Peaks Run
The event will begin with the swimming challenge, which will take place in open water in the Club APA2 dique La Viña, in the town of Las Rabonas. This competition three distances to participate: 750 meters, 1500 and 3000.
As for the cycling test, called Vuelta Altas Cumbres, it will have distances of 120, 82 and 32 km, and it will be done on the last day of the event. There will be three starting places; the 120 km distance in Mina Clavero, the 82 km distance in the Ambul commune and the 32 km distance in La Posta, all ending in Mina Clavero.
Finally, there will be the challenge of competing in the three disciplines, being able to participate individually as by posts, of two or three participants. You can also choose to just do the running part and the mountain bike part.