Jiménez and Niezborala win the long race of the Trail Valle del Guadiaro

José Miguel Jiménez, from the Los Chakales Runners club, and the Polish runner Joanna Niezborala, from Sotoraww, have won the long race of the II Trail Valle del Guadiaro, over 21.4 kilometres. Jiménez stopped the clock at 1:38:05, ahead of Carlos del Aguila, from Running San Roque, and Agustín Anguita. Niezborala won in the women's category with 1:57:58, followed by Tamara Lobato and Carmen Regaida, also from Running San Roque. In the short race, over 12.7 kilometres, first place in the men's category went to Walid Sabbar, from Club Virgen de Belén, with 57:54, ahead of Daniel Rubiales and Pedro Miguel Serrano. In the women's category Tamara Calvente won with 1:16:02, followed by Lucía Andrades and Pilar Delgado. The results for all categories can be consulted on the Gesconchip platform. The event brought together around 300 male and female runners on paths and tracks in this area of the municipality of San Roque, according to the Ayuntamiento. The organisation was handled by the Delegación de Deportes, headed by deputy mayor Fernando Vega, with technical assistance from the Federación Andaluza de Deportes de Montaña, Escalada y Senderismo. The race is part of the San Roque Ciudad de los Desafíos 2026 circuit, sponsored by Sotogrande SA, and had the collaboration of Club Running San Roque, Club de Tenis Gaviota, the Policía Local, Protección Civil and the Guardia Civil. The day began at around 7 in the morning, with the distribution of race bibs at the Campo de Rugby de Pueblo Nuevo. At around 9:30, the race director and head of the Servicio de Deportes, Juan Carlos Crespo, explained the details of the two races to the participants, and deputy mayor Óscar Ledesma started them: first the long race and five minutes later the short one. The long race was for over-21s and the short one from 15 upwards. There were trophies for the first three in each race and medals by category. The medal ceremony was held afterwards in the Plaza Mayor de Pueblo Nuevo de Guadiaro, with the presence of deputy mayors Óscar Ledesma and Belén Jiménez and Juan Carlos Crespo, and ended with a communal lunch based on rice. The mayor of San Roque, Juan Carlos Ruiz Boix, watched part of the race and said he was «satisfied» with the number of entrants, who, he said, had been able to get to know the area and its nature, with landmarks such as the río Guadiaro, the Cerro Largo and the crests of Sierra Almenara. He also congratulated the Delegación de Deportes and the technical team for the organisation.