RacingThePlanet: Ecuador 2015 " Route of the Volcanoes" - July 26th to August 1

Following on the heels of the 2015 Pan-American Games in Toronto, Canada, where Ecuador placed in the top ten countries with seven gold medals,  9 silver medals, and 16 bronze ( the countries best performance since 1951 in Buenos Aires )

Ecuador is on the list of 10 countries that won the most medals in the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, winning seven gold, nine silver and 16 bronze -- the country's best performance in the Games since it first participated in 1951 in Buenos Aires.  - See more at: http://tribelr.com/posts/ecuador-cracks-top-10-countries-at-toronto-pan-am-games#sthash.GtYeaBiH.dpuf

Ecuador is on the list of 10 countries that won the most medals in the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, winning seven gold, nine silver and 16 bronze -- the country's best performance in the Games since it first participated in 1951 in Buenos Aires.  - See more at: http://tribelr.com/posts/ecuador-cracks-top-10-countries-at-toronto-pan-am-games#sthash.GtYeaBiH.dpuf

144 competitors from around the world have gathered in Quito, Ecuador  for the 250 kilometre 7 day self-supported endurance foot race.

These competitors will experience the beauty & diversity of Ecuador with a wide variety of terrain, rugged highlands, stunning waterfalls, vistas of snow-capped volcanoes, cloud forests, an ancient Inca trail, lush national parks and indigenous villages.

This is the 8^th Roving Race, and Ecuador is the proud host. The 250 km course is centred in Cotopaxi National Park starting at the foothills of the Cotopaxi volcano. Passing through an old monastery, and following the ancient Incan trails . Ecuador being one of the highest countries in the world, the grueling climbs and descents in the course vary in elevation from 725 meters to 3,900 meters.

For more information, current videos and photos, please visit the official race website.