World Trail Majors Announces Short Series

Big news you before the end of 2024:

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”.

Shorter distance races at the already established events of the WTM Series feel like a logical next step in the development of the WTM. There will be points and cash prizes that follow the same model established for the longer events:

Even though recovery from shorter races does not take as long, only the two best results of the season will be counted, in order not to make them incompatible with other races and series.

This certainly expands the initial vision for the WTM and it will be interesting to see how this all grows and plays out. Well, one of my predictions for 2025 already come to fruition at the very end of 2024: “An expansion in one of the race series that are currently competing that has the chance to shake things up.”