The Cross Internacional de Itálica is an annual cross country running competition that is held every January in Santiponce, near Seville, Spain.
Inaugurated on December 19, 1982, the race course is set in the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Itálica.
[2] The course of the race loops through the ancient streets of Itálica, passing alongside ruins throughout.
[1] The red clay ground usually makes for a dry running surface, although rain has occasionally made this a particularly difficult, muddy course in previous editions.
Past winners include Paul Tergat, Kenenisa Bekele, Gelete Burka, Paula Radcliffe and Florence Kiplagat.