Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio

The Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio is an annual cross country running competition that takes place in Llodio in the Basque Country, Spain, around late November.

The event was first held in February 1985 and changed to an end-of-year competition soon after, holding its second edition in December 1985.

[6] The top-finishing runners in the elite races are mainly from Europe (particularly the host country, Spain) and East Africa.

Among the Spanish winners of the race are 1995 World Marathon Champion Martín Fiz and Olympian Alessandra Aguilar.

Jon Brown's win in 1996 preceded his victory at that year's European Cross Country Championships.

Ethiopian Tariku Bekele has won the race three times – more than any other athlete
Linet Masai of Kenya took consecutive wins in 2008 and 2009.