Arrospide & Fleischmann: Donostia Speed Kings

The San Silvestre of San Silvestre, which had 5,468 finishers this Wednesday (a record for the event), has been the most crowded of those around … of fifty races with which he said goodbye to the year 2025 in Gipuzkoa. And the fastest to complete the flat although non-approved route of almost eight kilometers have been Iraitz Arrospide (21:45) and Fernanda Fleischmann (25:59), athletes from Real Sociedad and LEA La Blanca, respectively. Neither Sara Alonso nor Martín Segurola have defended their 2024 crowns. Arrospide, from Villabonatarra, has just finished running the Valencia marathon in under 2h12 at the beginning of December and was third in the Behobia in November, and Fleischmann, a Mexican triathlete based between Donostia and Gasteiz and recent winner of the half marathon in the Basque capital (in addition to other races in Gasteiz), have reached the finish line of That’s it alone. Seconds were Enaitz Aginagalde (22:04) and Maite Arraiza (26:04) and third, Gonzalo Fuentes (22:08) and Eguzkiñe Zabaleta (26:45). It is the first victory for these two athletes in the San Silvestre of San Sebastián, where the temperature was below 10 ºC.