Volcano Triathlon Lanzarote

Event information

About the event

The Club La Santa Volcano Triathlon was born in 1984 and is one of Spain’s longest-running triathlons. The 2026 edition, the 42nd, was raced on 25 April over the Olympic distance, starting at 08:00 from the Club La Santa lagoon, with the bike heading through the north of the island and the run around Tinajo.

Dieter Comhair won in 1:52:53 and Lucy Charles-Barclay in 2:04:18. Behind the Belgian came Daniel Baekkegard (+1:05) and Laurens Verluyten (+2:36); behind the Briton, Anne Haug (+1:35) and Lydia Dant (+9:58). Charles-Barclay and Haug on the same podium says a good deal about what kind of race this is.

And it is still approachable: Cadena SER Lanzarote reported more than 350 participants from 25 nationalities. It is one of the few places where someone who trains as a hobby starts on the same day, in the same water, as a world champion.

Route and distances

The Olympic distance is 1.5 km swim, 40 km bike and 10 km run. The swim is held in the sheltered saltwater lagoon at Club La Santa, which is what allows an early start without depending on the state of the open sea.

The bike is where the race is decided. The terrain has no long climbs, but the northern Lanzarote wind is relentless and turns a flat section into an exercise in patience; the gap between one year’s times and another’s is explained more by wind than by anyone’s form.

Registration and status

The 2027 edition is on 20 March, a month earlier than the last one, and adds a sprint format (750 m, 20 km and 5 km) alongside the usual Olympic race. The official site announces that entries will open without giving a date, so we do not give one either; it goes in as soon as an official source publishes it.

There is a second date: the Volcano Triathlon Half debuts on 24 April 2027 over the middle distance. Five weeks separate the two, so they can be linked.

Winners by edition

The times shown are for the Olympic distance. The full podiums are in the 2026 race report.

Planning notes

Work on transitions, bike pacing into a headwind, and running off a hard effort: those are the three things that separate a good day here from a bad one. In race week, confirm the athlete guide and the timetable, which change with the format.

Club La Santa is both venue and accommodation, and in March it is full of training groups. If you are racing and want to sleep there, do not leave it late.