Lanzarote International Marathon

Event information

About the event

Worth clearing up before you book a hotel: the marathon is not run in Puerto del Carmen. It starts from the Los Charcos car park in Costa Teguise, and every distance finishes at Sands Beach Resort, also in Costa Teguise. Puerto del Carmen is only the marathon turnaround and the start of the half.

Sands Beach Active organise it, and in 2026 it fills three days, from Thursday 3 to Saturday 5 December. The Expo and bib collection are in that same car park, from Wednesday 2 to Friday 4, running 09:00 to 20:00 on Thursday and Friday, with a last window on Saturday from 06:30 to 07:30.

Course and distances

It is all paved coastal avenue through Teguise, Arrecife, San Bartolomé and Tías, with a maximum altitude of around 30 metres. The marathon follows the coast through Arrecife and Playa Honda, turns at Los Pocillos (Puerto del Carmen) and comes back the same way. The 10 km starts in Arrecife and enters Costa Teguise via Puerto Naos.

Saturday 5 December:

• Marathon, 42.195 km: 08:00, Los Charcos car park, 85 EUR
• Wheelchair half marathon, 21.0975 km: 09:00, 50 EUR
• Half marathon, 21.0975 km: 10:30, Puerto del Carmen, 70 EUR
• 10 km: 12:00, Marina Lanzarote (Arrecife), 55 EUR

Thursday 3 is the short-race day in Costa Teguise: 16:30 the mascot race, 17:00 the Buddy’s Marathon children’s categories and 18:00 the 5 km Santa Claus Race, both at 20 EUR, with a zumba warm-up at 17:30.

The marathon has two cut-offs: kilometre 21, in Puerto del Carmen, must be reached in under 3 hours, around 11:00, and Avenida Fred Olsen in Arrecife in under 4 hours 30, around 12:30. The overall limit is 6 hours and the finish closes at 14:00.

Entry and prices

Entry goes through RockTheSport and closes on Friday 4 December at 20:00; late entries are taken at the Expo while places remain. Anyone entering from 26 November onwards gets neither a personalised bib nor a personalised shirt.

No federation licence is required. The marathon and the half are for over-18s, and the 10 km can be run from 14 with parental consent. The back of the bib has to be filled in with an emergency contact, blood group and allergies.

The 2025 podiums

Marathon, men: Denis Prikulis (Great Britain, 2:33:02), Maciej Napoleon Ogrodnik (2:33:14) and Francisco José García Viñol (2:33:36). Women: Daniela Oemus (Germany, 2:46:18), Kristine Bolseth (2:55:10) and Claudia Iglesias Acebes (3:01:14).

Half marathon, men: Ahmed El Mazour (Italy, 1:10:36), Tinguaro Quintero del Rosario (1:12:59) and Enrico Cittadino (1:13:05). Women: Emma Taylor (Great Britain, 1:21:22), Kerry O’Flaherty (1:25:32) and Lucy Lavender (1:26:46).

10 km, men: Jaume Leiva (31:56), Daniel Hawkins (32:51) and Chema Martínez (33:05). Women: Mia Leadbeate (38:35), Yuliia Tarasova (38:56) and Katherine Jones (41:10).

Planning your race

There is a bag drop in the Service Area on Saturday from 06:30 to 15:00, and shuttle buses from Sands Beach Resort to the two outlying starts: 08:30 to Puerto del Carmen for the half, the last one, and 10:00 to Arrecife for the 10 km. Official pacers run 3:15, 3:30, 3:45, 4:00 and 4:15 in the marathon, and 1:30, 1:40, 1:50 and 2:00 in the half.

If you are here to watch, the place is the Costa Teguise seafront between 10:00 and 14:00: all three distances go past, the finish is there, there is live music from 12:00 to 14:00 and the trophies are handed out at 14:30.