Ioannis D. Pantatosakis

The ultramarathon racer Ioannis Pantatosakis from Kalloni Pediados Village of Heraclion of Crete, inspiration and organizer of the above historical and cultural races that honoured historical men and places in Crete. Co-organizers became the Association of Ultra runners of Crete and municipalities, communities and monasteries.
Organizer of 83 races from 1922 until today, He keeps the national record of organizations of races from all associations in Greece.

1. Papatziritios Race 21.000m - Municipality of Arkalochorio
2. Daskalogianios Race 19.000m - Municipality of Sfakia
3. Kazantzakios Race 7.000m - Municipality of Kazantzakis
4. Millato's sacrifice race 11.500m - Milatos
5. Koudoumas race 23.000m - Municipality of Kofinas
6. Dikteos Race 24.000m - Lasithi plateau
7. Karnareios Race 10.000m - Municipality of Sitia
8. Minoan race - 70.000m - Faistos,Knosos
9. Talos Race - 500.000m - Crete island crossing
10. Nikiforios Semi marathon race 21.000m -Municipality of Temenos
11. Aretios Race 14.500m - Marambellos
12. Chamezios race 8.200m - Chamezi of Sitia
13. Sacrifice Race (battle of Crete) 6.500m - Munisipality of Agia Varvara (Saint Barbara)
14. Kalamafka Semimarathon 21.100m - Municipality of Ierapetra
15. Mirogianios Race 10.000m - Municipality of Kofina
16. Knosios Race revival in Municipality of Heraclion and Lavirinthios (labyrinth) race in Messara
17.Co-organizer of ideos race - Municipality of Anogeia

Pantatosakis is one of the oldest in active marathon racer in Crete and official judge of Athletics
30 yeras he competes in races in Greece, and abroad with competitions in cycle racing and 33 year experience in climbing and walking in Greece,Austria and Switcherland.
His first marathon race was in Athens in October of 1979.
He is one of the best climbers and mountain marathon runners ever in Greece.
He came 3rd twice in the difficult international race of olympos in 1991 and 1998.
He finished in 20 marathon races andin 20 ultramarathon races.
His personal record in marathon is 2:58:00 in Rhodes in April of 1994.

In 25-10-1998 he crossed the prefecture of Heraclion via Psiloritis mountain. This mountain ultramarathon is the most extreme ever that have been organized in Europe.
Starting of Metalla and passing the villages Pitsidia-Festos-Vorrous-Kagarikari-Kamares climbing in the top of psilorotis (2456m height) and getting down in the Vromonero forest and passing from monastery of Agia Eirini, the villages Krousouna-Gazi, h finished to the Enetic fortress in the port of Heraclion. This race is almost 95 Km and crossed in 15:35:00 .
In july of 2000 he orgonized the first Talos mountain ultramarathon race (500Km) starting from Xhrysoskalitissa Church southwest of Kissamos of perfecture of Chania and crossing Crete via the heighest tops of the mountains, and finished to the Minoan Palace of Kato zakros of Sitia Community in Prefecture of Lasithi.
T he ten day ultamarathon Talos is an athletic, cultural,naturalist race and is one of the largest and hardest ultramrathon mountain races in the world.