Lanzarote International Running Challenge

Event information

About the event

The Lanzarote International Running Challenge is the Club La Santa endurance challenge, and in 2026 it reaches its 37th edition. It is four races on four consecutive days, from Sunday 22 to Wednesday 25 November, on tarmac, dirt and sand.

You do not have to do all four. You can run a single race, and anyone who completes the whole cycle covers 49 kilometres across four mornings.

The four races

The first three start at 09:00 and Wednesday’s half marathon at 08:00.

The Classic Road Run and the Ridge Run start and finish at the Club La Santa stadium. The Beach Run is run away from the resort, on Los Pocillos beach, in Puerto del Carmen, and the organisers put on buses to get you there. And La Vuelta de Tinajo starts from the Plaza de Tinajo, finishes at the Club La Santa stadium and ends with a partial lap of the athletics track.

The prize ceremony is at 19:00 each day at La Plaza in Club La Santa, except Wednesday’s, which is at 20:30.

The order is not accidental: fast tarmac first, dirt next, sand in the middle to punish the calves and the half marathon at the end, with three races already in the legs.

Registration

Registration is open and closes on 16 November 2026 at 12:00 CET, which is 11:00 Canary time. The source adds «o tan pronto se agoten las plazas disponibles», so that date is a ceiling, not a guarantee.

The price depends on how many races you do and when you sign up. From 29 September the high rate applies, running from 40.70 EUR for a single race to 124.30 EUR for the full challenge. Up to 28 September the range was 32.50 to 105.60 EUR, and anyone who signed up in the opening week, in December 2025, paid between 29.25 and 95.10. The source announces no rise after 29 September, checked on 12 October 2026.

Entering any one of the four races gets you free entry to the Night Run on Saturday the 21st: the source repeats it in all three price phases, «Night Run: Gratuito para los participantes en una o más carreras la International Running Challenge», free for anyone taking part in one or more Challenge races, with no further conditions. Mind, though, that Night Run results do not count towards the Challenge’s overall standings.

Categories are by age group, from 18 and 19 years old up to 85 or over, and what counts is your age on the day of the first race. Entry includes accident insurance, through Mutuacat, and the event shirt for every participant; anyone who finishes the four races gets the finisher medal.

Bib collection is on Saturday 21 November at La Plaza in Club La Santa, the day before the first race. The two Club La Santa pages do not give the same closing time: the Running Challenge programme says 14:00 to 18:00 and the Night Run one says 14:00 to 18:45. Go with the shorter window and have yours in hand by 18:00.

There is a team classification: three or four runners from the same club, all men or all women (no mixed teams), each entered individually, and the captain sends the team name and the names of its members to the organisers before 19 November 2026. For a team prize, all four have to complete all four races.

Planning your race

Four consecutive mornings of racing ask more of your recovery management than of your fitness. The sand of the Beach Run is the real load peak of the week, even though it is only 5 kilometres: it is the day that leaves the most soreness ahead of Wednesday’s half marathon.

Bring two pairs of shoes, one for tarmac and one you do not mind dirtying on dirt and sand. In November the sun rises around 07:30 in Lanzarote, so Wednesday’s 08:00 start is run in fresh, newly arrived light.

The Night Run at Club La Santa is run on Saturday 21, the day before. Anyone travelling in can link the two events in the same week. And the Lanzarote International Marathon comes on 3 December, eight days later.