Zenagas Trail 2026: Cantos and Valera win in Puertollano

Antonio Cantos Gómez and Eva Valera García won the 12th Zenagas Trail, held on 7 November 2026 at Dehesa Boyal in Puertollano. The two CD Trail Bogarra runners won in 2:34:32 and 3:08:17, respectively, at an event that drew nearly 700 participants.

The race, organised by CD Corricollano, was the final scoring event of the Castilla-La Mancha Mountain Running Cup. The programme also included Zenaguillas, the Mini Trail and two hiking options for participants of different ages.

A close finish in the main race

The men’s race came down to a sprint finish. Antonio Cantos Gómez crossed the line ahead of Francisco Romero Alhambra, although both were recorded with the same time. José Davia Cantos completed the podium, giving Trail Bogarra a second top-three place.

Men’s podium

1. Antonio Cantos Gómez, CD Trail Bogarra: 2:34:32.
2. Francisco Romero Alhambra, Club Tablas Trail: 2:34:32.
3. José Davia Cantos, CD Trail Bogarra: 2:35:23.

In the women’s race, Eva Valera García led home Almudena Culebras García and Laura del Cerro Gómez. The winner also finished 25th overall, while Del Cerro ended the day as the regional Cup’s overall women’s champion.

Women’s podium

1. Eva Valera García, CD Trail Bogarra: 3:08:17.
2. Almudena Culebras García, Club Tablas Trail: 3:10:35.
3. Laura del Cerro Gómez, CD Trail Bogarra: 3:15:47.

Among the runners from Ciudad Real province, Sergio Expósito Duque of Puertollano’s Corricollano finished seventh overall in 2:43:43. Daniel Burgos Aguirre, of CM Quinto Aliento in Daimiel, took ninth in 2:44:56.

Results by age category

The men’s veterans podium matched the overall men’s top three. In the women’s veterans category, Eva Valera García won ahead of María del Sol Mora Asensio of Quinto Aliento and Eva Pareja García of CD Trail Bogarra. Mario Garrido Castaño of Bikilamanjaro won the men’s under-23 category in 2:46:35.

Iván de Paz Pavón of CD Trail Bogarra won the men’s senior category in 2:36:27, ahead of teammate Rubén Rodríguez Sánchez in 2:41:41 and Sergio Expósito Duque. The women’s senior podium consisted of Almudena Culebras García, Laura del Cerro Gómez and Rebeca Juncos Alfaro, the latter also representing Trail Bogarra.

José Antonio García Alfaro of Petrola Partisanos led the men’s masters category in 3:00:12. He was followed by Manuel Díaz-Plaza Lafuente of Criptana Vertical in 3:08:48 and Luis Fernando Giménez Giménez of Corricollano in 3:22:37.

In the women’s masters category, Silvia Belén Aparicio Palomino of Criptana Vertical won in 3:27:15, with Rosa María Gómez Trujillo of Corricollano second in 4:06:16. Both clubs were therefore represented in the day’s masters results.

Zenaguillas and Mini Trail

The 15-kilometre Zenaguillas also produced a close finish: Raúl García de Mateos Rubio won by two seconds from Israel Prado Martín de la Sierra. María José Sánchez de la Serrana Rodríguez won the women’s race.

15-kilometre podiums

• Men: Raúl García de Mateos Rubio, Castillo Pilas Bonas, 1:19:18; Israel Prado Martín de la Sierra, Club Tablas Trail, 1:19:20; and Santi Rísquez Naranjo, Club Tablas Trail, 1:23:22.
• Women: María José Sánchez de la Serrana Rodríguez, Manzanares Orientación, 1:43:24; Isabel Morales González, Club Pozo Norte, 1:45:55; and Pilar Cano Sánchez, 1:47:36.

Kevin Hervás Cano of Atletismo #MarcaPuertollano finished fourth overall and first in the male cadet category in 1:23:23, one second behind Puertollano runner Santi Rísquez Naranjo.

The 7-kilometre Mini Trail, for the infant and cadet age groups, was won overall by José Bastante Ucendo and Sara Gras Serrano. Gras finished second in the combined standings, two seconds behind Bastante.

Mini Trail podiums

• Men: José Bastante Ucendo, Criptana Vertical, 33:49; Arnau Barbera Civera, Criptana Vertical, 35:20; and Rafa García Casero, Criptana Vertical, 36:16.
• Women: Sara Gras Serrano, Cerro del Bú, 33:51; Paula Pérez Noriega, Cerro del Bú, 36:42; and Celia Herrero García, Atletismo #MarcaPuertollano, 38:11.

Bastante and Paula Pérez Noriega won the male and female cadet categories, respectively. Rafa García Casero and Sara Gras Serrano won the infant categories.

Regional Cup decided in Puertollano

The event brought the competition organised by the Castilla-La Mancha Mountain Sports Federation to a close. Francisco Romero Alhambra and Laura del Cerro Gómez topped the overall Cup standings, with Trail Bogarra represented on both podiums.

Overall Cup podiums

• Men: Francisco Romero Alhambra, Club Tablas Trail, 398 points; José Davia Cantos, CD Trail Bogarra, 320; and Iván de Paz Pavón, CD Trail Bogarra, 300.
• Women: Laura del Cerro Gómez, CD Trail Bogarra, 366 points; Eva Valera García, CD Trail Bogarra, 348; and Mónica Peralta Sillas, Corretrail Cuenca, 336.

In the women’s senior category, Del Cerro scored 386 points, the same as Mónica Peralta Sillas, but the tie-break favoured the Bogarra runner. Rebeca Juncos Alfaro was third with 316. The top three men’s senior places went to Iván de Paz Pavón with 354 points, Noel Reyes with 304 and Rubén Rodríguez Sánchez with 276.

Romero also won the men’s veterans Cup with 398 points, ahead of José Davia Cantos on 354 and Jesús Muñoz García of Jabatos Team on 336. Eva Valera García won the women’s veterans title with 366, followed by María del Sol Mora Asensio on 336 and Arantxa Mayoral Espinosa of Criptana Vertical on 266. Those were the season’s veterans podiums.

The masters titles went to Silvia Belén Aparicio Palomino, with 410 points, and José Antonio García Alfaro, with 388. In the men’s standings, Manuel Díaz-Plaza Lafuente followed with 330 and Francisco García Hervás of CD Trail Bogarra with 296.

Mario Garrido Castaño won the men’s under-23 Cup with 300 points, while Álvaro Trujillo of Quinto Aliento won the men’s junior title with the same score. In the cadet categories, Paula Pérez Noriega won the women’s title with 300 points and José Bastante Ucendo the men’s with 266, completing the youth category titles.

Clubs, hiking and inclusion at Dehesa Boyal

CD Trail Bogarra won the Cup’s club standings with 3,904 points, ahead of Criptana Vertical on 2,260 and Club Maratoniano Quinto Aliento on 1,754. The winning team had 31 runners score points and seven complete all five races.

Criptana Vertical climbed to second place thanks to its 948 points at Zenagas, the highest score by a club at any race in the Cup. The Puertollano event is also part of the Trail Series Ciudad Real and was supported by the municipal sports board and the town council.

Alongside the races, the programme offered an open hike of around 11 kilometres with 500 metres of elevation gain, and a family route of around six kilometres. The latter had two Joëlette chairs to help people with reduced mobility take part.

The Federation presented the Barra Direccional award to the best runners with visual impairments, in the fourth edition of this category at the event. A category for athletes with physical or motor disabilities was also introduced.