Enrique Calvillo from Cádiz and Estefi Unzu from Navarre, known as “Verdeliss”were the winners of the Bilbao night marathon, the Bilbao Marathon TotalEnergies in which some 15,000 runners took part between its three distances.
Verdeliss has finished his third marathon in three weeks after those of Chicago and Logroño in a time of 2.55.33 close to his personal best (2.55:17).
The Navarrese influencer, Spanish 100 kilometer road championwas ahead of the native of Ávila María Garcia (3.02:29) by almost seven minutes and the main favorite, the Cantabrian Dolores Marco (3.06:55), by more than eleven minutes. On his social networks, he did not hesitate to thank the affection received in Bilbao: “Thank you from the bottom of my heart”.
Additionally, over the half marathon distance The record was broken among women. Kenya’s Purity Kajuju Gitonga clocked 1.08:52, shaving more than two minutes off the 1.11:22 her compatriot Nelly Jeptoo set last year. Sheila Cherotich (1.10:34) was second and Sheila Jeruto (1.13:27), also from Kenya, third.
For men, the objective of surpassing the record achieved in 2023 by Peter Mwaniki (1h00:37). The podium, like that of the women, was entirely occupied by Kenyan runners led by Ezekiel Mutai, winner with a time of 1.01:13. Wilson Kiprono (1.01:24) and Josphat Kiprono (1.01:28) finished second and third.
In addition, Joanes Goitisolo (30.34), the best time of the event, and Esther Ramos (35.28), were the winners of the “pirate” race over 10 kilometers.
