Maratón Alpino Madrileño

The origin of the Maratón Alpino Madrileño goes back to 1997, when Miguel Caselles, Victoria Sánchez and Juan Manuel Agejas thought about organizing a marathon covering the most significant areas of Sierra de Guadarrama.

In 2006, due to its 10th anniversary, the course of the Maratón Alpino Madrileño was changed: instead of locating the start and end points in the traditional Puerto de Navacerrada, both of them were moved to Cercedilla.

Within past editions, the best Spanish trail runners have taken part in this race: Quico Soler, Agustí Roc, Félix Magunagoicoechea, Óscar Ballsels, Jordi Martín, Joseba Cubillo, Miguel Ángel Sánchez, Miguel A. Perdiguero, Lorenzo Bermejo, Esteve Canal, Carlos Pitarch, Alberto Zerain, Gaizka Itza, Juan Ramón Morán, Fernando García, Raúl García, Ignacio Álvarez.

In addition, the elite trail runners around the world have been running the Maratón Alpino Madrileño: Corinne Favre, Jean Pellissier, Bruno Brunod, and Carlo Bellati.

As a curious data, Maraton Alpino Madrileño was the first alpine race offered by the Internet in real time, thanks to different cameras located along the route (including the most important peaks).