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Ultramaraton 100k Fuego Y Agua
Dec 13th, 2009
Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua

What is the Fuego y Agua 100k?

Ultramaraton Fuego y Agua 100k is an extremely challenging ultramarathon on Isla de Ometepe in Nicaragua. The race is a single loop encompassing most of the island that involves the ascent and descent of both volcanoes. Because of the volcanoes, the island holds several microclimates of jungle, dry tropics, tropical beach, and cloud forest. The race course winds through rough single track, dirt road and sand beaches as it passes in and out of towns, villages, coffee, cacao and banana plantations, cloud forest, jungle, craters, white sand beaches and a 200ft waterfall.

Isla Ometepe? Never heard of it...

Isla de Ometepe is a volcanic island located on Lake Nicaragua (also known as Lago Cocibolca) in the Southwestern region of Nicaragua. The two volcanoes, Volcan Maderas and Volcan Concepcion form most of the island. Volcan Concepcion (1610 meters) is considered an active volcano but has not erupted since 1957. Volcan Maderas (1394 meters) has a crater lake and is surrounded by cloud forest and jungle. Its slopes are dotted with petroglyphs and stone idols. The forests of Ometepe are full of monkeys, tropical birds and rare plants and flowers. Both volcanoes are now protected as national forests.

Isla de Ometepe is full of legends surrounding the volcanoes and its former inhabitants, the Nahua. The fertile volcanic soil makes Ometepe an agricultural phenomenon. Coffee, cacao, beans, rice, tobacco, bananas and many other fruits are plentiful on the island.

Dec 13, 2008 - Fuego y Agua 100k Course Survival Run


 

Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua