During a 2018 autumn vacation in Southern Tyrolia my brother (proud 2013 UTMB finisher) and I (no runs longer than 20km to date) decided that it would be fun to sign up for the La Palma Transvulcania in 2019 as we had been to the island before and hiked and liked most of the route in segments. We then figured out that the Transvulcania had an entry requirement of one completed mountain ultra in the last 2 years, and the only race within reasonable distance and before the end of the registration period was the S1 Trail Corsa Della Bora in early January 2019. The S1 trail runs from Pesek in Slovenia to Sistiana in Italy, mostly on the S1 hiking trail and on the cliffs overlooking the coast line.
