Ethiopia’s Senbere Teferi will chase a record fourth win in the women’s eight kilometres race in Spain. 

Already a three-time winner in, the 2015 World Cross Country Championships and IAAF World Championships 5,000 metres silver medallist showed she was in great form two weeks ago in Valencia where she broke her own national half marathon record with her 1 hour 05min 32sec victory.

Her opponents are set to Kenya’s Margaret Chelimo, the runner-up in this race the past two years. 

The 26-year-old Kenyan earned the 5,000m silver medal at the IAAF World Championships in Doha last month.

Kenya’s world under-20 cross-country and 5,000m champion Beatrice Chebet and her team-mate Norah Tanui, third in last year's race in Burgos, are also potential threats. 

Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai, fifth in the steeplechase at the IAAF World Championships, could also be a contender. 

The men’s 9km contest features four athletes who finished in the top 10 at this year’s IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus: Eritrea’s Aron Kifle, Ugandan duo Thomas and Joel Ayeko and Burundi’s Thierry Ndikumwenayo.

The Spain-based Kifle finished a creditable fourth in Aarhus and should be eager to improve on his runner-up spot from 12 months ago in Burgos. 

Thomas Ayeko was seventh in Aarhus, his best senior performance to date at a World Cross Championships, and should be one of the athletes to beat.

Joel Ayeko, no relation to Thomas, finished 10th at this year’s IAAF World Cross Championships and earned the team gold medal. 

They will be joined by team-mate Timothy Toroitich, a multiple winner at Spanish cross-country permit meetings in recent seasons. 

Ndikumwenayo was a surprise top-10 finisher in Aarhus and will be hoping to start the cross country season by springing a surprise in Burgos.