San Silvestre Vallecana
San Silvestre Vallecana | |
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Date | late December |
Location | Vallecas, Madrid, Spain |
Event type | 10K run |
Distance | 10 km |
Primary sponsor | Nationale Nederlanden |
Established | 1972 |
Course records | Men: — (2018) Jacob Kiplimo Women: — (2005) Paula Radcliffe |
Official site | San Silvestre Vallecana |
Participants | 1,239 (2019) 1,105 (2018) |
The San Silvestre Vallecana is an annual 10 km road race held on 31 December in Madrid since 1964, in the borough of Vallecas, Spain. It has two editions: a fun run for amateur athletes and an elite race for professional athletes. In 2012 the race achieved its historical record of participants, up to 40,000.[citation needed]
It is based upon the Saint Silvester Road Race, a Brazilian race (held since 1925) which spawned numerous other New Year's Eve races. Along with the Madrid Marathon, the San Silvestre Vallecana is one of the city's foremost annual running events.[citation needed]
Past winners
Course record
References
- Civai, Franco & Gasparovic, Juraj (2010-01-04). San Silvestre Vallecana 10 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-12-30.
External links
Media related to San Silvestre Vallecana at Wikimedia Commons
- Official site of the race (in Spanish)