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The outskirts of the immense city of Hong Kong, on the Sai Kung peninsula and a large part of the UNESCO Global Geopark, will see the fifteenth edition of the Hong Kong 100 take place from the 16th to the 18th of January, which once again kicks off the Gran Canaria World Trail Majors Series 2025. A strong field of runners will battle for the glory of winning one of the most prestigious trail running events in Asia.

33, 56 or 103 kilometres and thousands of steps wind along the coastline with the South China Sea in sight, in a setting that will bring together more than 2,800 runners from 60 countries. The event consists of three races, The Third, The Half and the Hong Kong 100 itself plus a combined race for the strongest (the “Grand Sam”, 192 km and +9000 m over three days).

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Gran Canaria World Trail Majors is pleased to announce the creation of the Short Series by Gran Canaria World Trail Majors to include more trail runners to its already established long distance series. The Short Series follows the same model as the long-distance races, open to all, built on diversity and respect, independent, but aiming to be more inclusive for more runners. If World Trail Majors are «Races of a Lifetime» Short Series are also «Races for Everyone».

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After the recent announcement of the Australian Grampians Peaks Trail 100 Miler to the second season of the Gran Canaria World Trail Majors, we now announce a second new race to the 2025 season with the Vietnam Mountain Marathon. The event is the oldest in Vietnam and annually brings together over 4000 runners over its various distances. The race joining the World Trail Majors series is the 100 Kilometre distance.

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The Gran Canaria World Trail Majors is proud to announce the induction of Australia’s Grampians Peaks Trail 100 Miler (GPT100) into the global series for 2025 and beyond. Australia’s GPT100 will now sit alongside races in Canada, France, Hong Kong/China, Japan, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the U.S.A and the United Kingdom.

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A picture is worth a thousand words, they say. It may often be true, but here, it falls short. Thousands of people, their memories, their efforts, their joys (and sorrows), and their dreams cannot fit into seven minutes of video. But we’ve tried. This is a summary of what 2024 has been: the first edition of the Gran Canaria World Trail Majors, 2024 in a nutshell. Enjoy it.

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RMB Ultra-Trail Cape Town closes out the first year of the Gran Canaria World Trail Majors, the world’s leading long-distance trail race series. In a thrilling race near Cape Town, the Capital City of South Africa, the winners of the race have been crowned. Hugo Deck and Jazmine Lowther were the fastest over 98 Km and 4972 m of elevation.

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The grand finale of the Gran Canaria World Trail Majors takes place next weekend in Cape Town, South Africa, at the RMB Ultra-Trail Cape Town event. Its flagship race, 98 kilometres and 4972 metres of elevation gain, will determine the final classification of the circuit in which €47,000 in cash prizes will be awarded, plus what each race awards individually. After nine races in Hong Kong, United States, Spain, Japan, Portugal, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada and France, the top positions in the rankings are undecided and there is scope for a major shake-up in the rankings. The mathematics of Gran Canaria World Trail Majors.

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RMB Ultra-Trail Cape Town will be the final race in the first edition of the Gran Canaria World Trail Majors Series. The feature race is 98 Km with 4972 m of elevation gain, taking in the spectacular scenery surrounding Cape Town. With the series rankings still to be finalised, the competition is expected to be highly competitive as some of the best runners in the world challenge to be listed on the honours board in the inaugural edition of this long-distance trail running series. The final party is here.

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Since the Grand Raid des Pyrenees (race report, beautiful video) to the build up of the upcoming RGB Ultra-Trail Cape Town on the 22-24 November we have not stood still, it might seem that way as we have been quiet and not spreading news, but we are busy behind the scenes. In this case, no news is good news.

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Grand Raid des Pyrenees 2024 was a big trail running party once more. The mountains, the multiple races but especially the atmosphere makes this race very special. We resumed the race in a the post race report but in a video too. Dates for 2025 are not confirmed but usually are the third weekend of August, so stay tune to the official website.

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