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Spectator guide

Want to live the race? Here is the programme and the best spots to cheer the runners on.

Lagun Onak Mendi Bazkuna organises the fifth edition of the Domusa Teknik 40 MLK and the third of the Domusa Teknik 15 MLK: two mountain races of 65 and 26 kilometres in Azpeitia and the neighbouring villages (Errezil, Bidania-Goiatz and Beizama), with more than 1,000 runners across both distances.

This guide has everything spectators need: the programme of events and the best spots to watch the race, with the runners' approximate passing times.

Beyond the villages and mountains, we want to show off the most special places in the area: the Basque Railway Museum in Azpeitia, the Zelatun huts, the geographical centre of Gipuzkoa, Beizama, Munoaundi and its Iron Age settlement, the Sanctuary of Loyola and its surroundings, the Izarraitz gate, the Xoxote refuge, the old snow pit, the Magdalena hermitage…

Spectator guide

Programme

Wednesday 29 April

At Basazabal Palace

18:30
Talk: An (ab)normal life after a stroke
Iñigo Uriarte (Ictuencer) and Lourdes Oyarbide (former cyclist)

Thursday 30 April

At Sanagustin Kulturgunea

18:00 - 19:00
Volunteer T-shirt handout
19:00
Race presentation
20:00
Lunch

Friday 8 May

Talk: Your smile, my strength

10:30
Soreasu theatre (Azpeitia)
For year 5 and 6 primary pupils
15:15
Baztartxo theatre (Azkoitia)
For year 5 and 6 primary pupils

In Azpeitia

17:00 - 19:30
Local farmers' market
17:30 - 20:00
Race bib collection

Saturday 9 May

Azpeitia main square

06:00 - 07:30
Bib collection: 40 MLK
06:00 - 08:30
Bib collection: 15 MLK
07:15
40 MLK: start pen opens
07:45
40 MLK: runner introductions
08:00
40 MLK: START
08:30
15 MLK: start pen opens
08:45
15 MLK: runner introductions
09:00
15 MLK: START
10:55
15 MLK: first runner at the finish
13:45
40 MLK: first runner at the finish

Gune Urdina (Izarraitz gate)

09:55
15 MLK: first runner
11:00 - 13:00
Awareness games
11:00 - 18:00
Bouncy castles and inclusive games
Real Sociedad Foundation
11:00 - 13:00
San Martín care home residents
12:00 - 16:00
Pintxos and drinks
Courtesy of Eusko Label
12:30
40 MLK: first runner
17:45
40 MLK: welcoming the last runners

Xoxote

12:30 - 14:30
Paella (€5)
At the Xoxote refuge

In the evening

20:15
Prize-giving and a draw for a trip to Tenerife among the volunteers
20:30
Elektrotxaranga
In Azpeitia's old town
22:00
Süne
In Azpeitia main square
23:30
DJ Bull
At Sanagustin Kulturgunea

Where to watch the race

40 MLK · 65 km

Approximate passing times

#	Point	Km	First	Last
1	Azpeitia	0	08:00	08:00
2	Arroita summit	3.2	08:16	08:45
3	Sañu summit	4.5	08:23	08:55
4	Etumeta	7.1	08:37	09:15
5	Komizulotza aid station	8.7	08:46	09:30
6	Gazume summit	11	08:58	10:09
7	Zelatun	12.4	09:06	10:25
8	Hernio summit	14	09:15	10:45
9	Iturburu aid station	19	09:42	11:20
10	Maramendi lepoa aid station	27	10:29	12:40
11	Murumendi summit	29.5	10:39	13:16
12	Mandubi aid station	33.9	11:03	13:55
13	Izazpi summit	38.6	11:29	15:00
14	Pagotxeta aid station	41.6	11:45	15:20
15	Samiño summit	43	11:53	15:51
16	Larrume Txiki aid station	48.3	12:22	16:39
17	Ikasberri aid station	53.8	12:52	17:20
18	Langa aid station	56.8	13:08	18:00
19	Xoxote summit	58.3	13:16	18:55
20	Xoxote aid station	59.7	13:24	18:57
21	Azpeitia	65	13:53	20:00

By car

Iturburu aid station

km 19

First runner around 09:30 · Last around 11:20

There is a car park 300 metres from the aid station: leave the car there and walk. The left-hand lane of the GI-2634, heading from Azpeitia to Tolosa, will also be opened for parking. Anyone driving from Tolosa towards Azpeitia must take the GI-3440 at Bidania, over the Urraki pass.

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Mandubi aid station

km 33.9

First runner around 11:00 · Last around 13:55

Parking at the Mandubia inn (restaurant) is for authorised people and staff only; the aid station will be in its car park. No parking is allowed on the GI-2635. The GI-3197 will be one-way, with its left-hand lane used for parking (Mandubia-Garin). To return to Azpeitia, drive down to the Salbatore junction and take the GI-2635 towards Beasain-Mandubia.

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Izarraitz gate

km 53.8

First runner around 12:30 · Last around 17:10

The motorhome car park will be here. Parking for cars will be limited, so it is best not to drive up. It is a good aid station to visit with children: as the Gune Urdina (Blue Zone), there will be bouncy castles, games, music and food.

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On foot

Komizulotza aid station

km 8.7

First runner around 08:40 · Last around 09:45

Drive to the Etumeta neighbourhood and, after parking carefully on the roadside, the aid station is a 2 km walk. The road is very narrow, with barely room for two cars, so take care: there may be a lot of traffic that day.

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Zelatun huts

km 12

First runner around 09:00 · Last around 10:00

Leave the car in Errezil or Iturriotz and walk up to Zelatun in about an hour and a half. The huts serve food and drinks, and from there you can climb Gazume or Hernio.

Xoxote

km 59.7

First runner around 13:15 · Last around 19:00

Leave the car in Azpeitia or Attola and walk up to Xoxote in about an hour and a half. The Xoxote refuge serves food and drinks, and from 12:30 to 14:30 there will be paella for €5. Tickets are sold on the spot.

Where to watch the race

15 MLK · 26 km

Approximate passing times

#	Point	Km	First	Last
1	Azpeitia	0	09:00	09:00
2	Larrume Txiki aid station	8.9	09:40	10:41
3	Izarraitz gate	14.7	10:00	11:22
4	Xoxote summit	20.7	10:41	13:07
5	Xoxote aid station	20.9	10:42	13:09
6	Azpeitia	26	11:02	13:58

By car

Larrume Txiki aid station

km 8.9

First runner around 09:40 · Last around 10:40

Driving there is not recommended, as there is little room to park. About 300 metres from the aid station there are a few farmhouses where you may find a handful of spaces.

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