Carrera Popular Záncara Canforrales 2026: results and podiums

The Carrera Popular Záncara Canforrales 2026 made its debut in El Provencio on Saturday, 31 October, with John Kurui Chebii winning the 10K in 29:43 and Irene Ruiz González taking the women’s title in 37:47.

The inaugural event brought together 379 participants across the 10K and 5K races. The main distance, the 27th scoring event in the 22nd Cuenca Provincial Council Popular Running Circuit, had 340 entrants; another 39 runners took part in the 5K, which was not part of the circuit.

The 10K standings

Chebii, of C.A. Reajo Fontense, and Ruiz González, of Avatel Telecom Quixote Team, topped the overall standings. The remaining podium places in both races were as follows:

Men’s standings

• 2nd Alfonso Expósito Giménez, Club Atletismo Iniesta: 32:51.
• 3rd Julián Mena Montoya, C.D. Atletismo Tarancón: 32:56.

Women’s standings

• 2nd Paloma Serrano Esteban, Rujamar Atletismo Cuenca: 39:40.
• 3rd Irene de la Torre Ortega, C.D. Atletismo Tarancón: 43:25.

Age-category podiums

Alongside the overall standings, the race produced the following age-category podiums, with athletes listed from first to third:

• Men’s senior: Andrés Felipe Sarta Montoya, Jesús Tornero Saiz and José Antonio Membrilla Albir.
• Men’s under-25: Alonso Paños Redondo, José Ángel Navarro García and Ismael Jiménez García.
• Women’s under-25: Sara Ramos Serrano, Inés Jerez and Anabel Pérez Iniesta.
• Women’s veteran A: Miriam Romeral, Vanessa Armero Utiel and Maricruz Botija Olmedilla.
• Men’s veteran B: José Antonio Rubio Muñoz, Jesús Miguel Mota Martinez and Fernando Iniesta Martinez.
• Women’s veteran B: Ascensión Leal Rodríguez, Isabel Molina Carrión and Clara Isabel Ruiz Peña.
• Men’s veteran C: Luis Manuel Gómez Sánchez, Fernando León García and Miguel Ortega Olivares.
• Women’s veteran C: Liber Garrido González, María Isabel García Guijarro and Manuela Cuesta Picazo.
• Men’s veteran D: Luis Castillejo Gallardo, José María Ballesteros San Valentín and Joaquín Saiz Pérez.

The women’s senior standings matched the overall women’s podium, while the men’s veteran A podium was the same as the overall men’s podium. In the club competition, A.D. El Provencio Canforrales won the overall and women’s standings and fielded the largest team. C.A. El Pinar-Ejevial and C.A. Tarancón took the next two places in both standings.

A debut ahead of the circuit finale

The race started at 16:00 on a sunny afternoon, with temperatures close to 20 degrees Celsius. Before the start, a minute of silence was observed for the victims of the Urda rail accident. The event passed without incident.

After the race, runners and their companions shared refreshments at the Vale Perona exhibition hall. The prize ceremony was attended by El Provencio mayor Julián Barchín Flores, provincial sports representative Abel Fresneda and organising club president Julián Jiménez Castellanos.

The circuit continues on Saturday, 7 November in Ledaña, with the seventh Carrera Popular Las 10MIL ZANCADAS scheduled for 16:00 as the final event on the 2026 provincial calendar. The awards and honours ceremony is planned for mid-December.