The American runner of the Nike Trail Team broke the record of the main event
The North Face athletes Jonathan Albon and Josh Wade join him on the men’s podium
The North American Caleb Olson, who was making his debut in The North Face Transgrancanaria, has pulverized all the time forecasts crossing the finish line of Parque Sur with a time of 12:17:25. In addition, he has the honor of being the first North American athlete to win the 126 kilometers Classic.
The 26th edition of The North Face Transgrancanaria started at midnight on Saturday in a spectacular atmosphere at Las Canteras Beach. From the beginning of the race, the race leader set a very high pace, which was reflected in the great times recorded at the finish line in Maspalomas.
Until the provisioning of Artenara, the leading trio of male category, Caleb Olson, Jonathan Albon and Josh Wade, were matching the times. Already in Garañón, Olson took the lead alone with a slight advantage over the British runner of The North Face, Jonathan Albon, who in that step overtook the also athlete of The North Face, Josh Wade, and it was a side by side fight between the first two classified.
Finally, Caleb Olson maintained an impossible pace and crossed the finish line breaking the absolute record of the Classic. Behind him, seven minutes and 41 seconds behind, came Jonathan Albon, exhausted by the enormous effort. The third place on the podium went to Josh Wade, 22:52 behind the winner of a race that will be remembered for the performance of its protagonists.
Caleb Olson, very happy on his arrival
“I feel that I ran very fast, I am very happy to be the first American to win this race that goes all over the island”, said Olson just after winning the medal of champion of the race. “It has been one of my best results as a runner”, the North American was satisfied, and emphasized the reason why he decided to participate, ‘I decided to come because the Gran Canaria World Trail Majors is a very important circuit and I wanted to do a great result here’.
