In the month of October we had the first edition of the race "desafio de praias e trilhas" (Beaches & trails challenge) in the beautiful Florianópolis island. The concept of this race is unique in Brazil and consists of 80 km in two days over trails, forests, mountains, rocks and 20 beaches. The runners did 35 km on the first day and 45 km on the following day.

Although it is a very hard race, no less than 74 of the 82 participants completed the 80 km course. The winners were the french Pierre Lemeunier in 9:08:14 and Rosary Schauffert, from Florianópolis, in 13:02:15.