Lanzarote Marathon 2026: start times, prices and how to enter

The Lanzarote International Marathon is run on Saturday 5 December in Costa Teguise. The marathon, the half marathon and the 10 km set off from three different places on the island and all finish in the same one, Avenida de las Islas Canarias in Costa Teguise. The event starts earlier than that: the runners’ expo opens on Wednesday 2, and on Thursday 3 in the afternoon come the children’s race and the 5 km Santa Claus run.

Here is everything that needs sorting before you run it, based on the event’s official website and the entry platform’s event page, both read on 10 October 2026.

The four starts on Saturday

The event schedule spreads them across the morning and each one goes from a different place:

• Marathon, 42 km: 8:00, the Los Charcos car park in Costa Teguise. The FAQ puts it opposite the reception of the Sands Beach Resort.
• Wheelchair half marathon, 21 km: 9:00, from that same Los Charcos car park.
• Half marathon, 21 km: 10:30, Avenida de las Playas, in Puerto del Carmen.
• 10 km: 12:00, Arrecife. The call-up pen is «situada en la Rambla Medular, cerca de Ferreteria Tias», that is, next to the local hardware shop.

The detail worth noting is the one that wrecks most travel plans: only the marathon starts in Costa Teguise. The half sets off from Puerto del Carmen and the 10 km from Arrecife, and all of them finish at Avenida de las Islas Canarias 18, which is also where numbers are collected.

The cut-offs, which are what shape the day

The organisers’ FAQ gives all three at once: «El límite de tiempo es de seis horas para la modalidad de maratón, tres horas y treinta minutos para la modalidad de media maratón, dos horas y media para los 10 kilómetros» — six hours for the marathon, three hours thirty for the half, two and a half for the shortest distance. After that you have to leave the course, and that is what the sweep vehicle is for.

With those start times, everybody comes through the finish inside the same window: the schedule calls the race over at 14:00 and puts the prize-giving and closing ceremony at that same hour.

Walking is allowed. Pets and buggies are not, on health and safety grounds.

And two things about the course worth knowing before you build a race plan. First: it is «perfectamente señalizado con marcadores de km», fully marked with kilometre boards, and only «parcialmente cerrado al tráfico», partly closed to traffic, with open stretches where you have to watch for pedestrians. Second, for anyone chasing a time to use as a qualifier elsewhere: as of 10 October 2026 the course is not a certified one, and the website answers that question with «No. Estamos en ello» — no, and they are working on it.

There are aid stations the whole way, of two kinds: water points, and full stations with water, sports drink, fruit and toilets. The website spaces them «a ~2,5km de distancia de separación», roughly every two and a half kilometres.

What it costs today

Today, 10 October 2026, the platform charges 85 euros for the marathon, 70 for the half marathon, 55 for the 10 km and 20 for the 5 km Santa Claus run. The wheelchair half is 50 euros and the children’s race 20. These are amounts with tax included and booking fees on top.

Every distance also has a second, dearer tier before entries close. The platform publishes the exact day each one kicks in on its own pricing screen, so the thing to do is check it there on the day you enter. Short version: entering early is cheaper.

How long entries stay open

The FAQ puts the close of online entry on Monday 30 November: «La fecha límite para realizar inscripciones online será el 30 de NOVIEMBRE de 2026». The platform where you pay keeps its own window open a few days longer. We give the 30 November date because it is the earlier of the two, so anyone who goes by it is left out under neither.

There is also the in-person route: the schedule opens entries at the runners’ expo on Wednesday 2, Thursday 3 and Friday 4, while places last.

Once paid, an entry stays where it is: «Las inscripciones no son reembolsables ni transferibles», no refunds and no transfers. What you can ask for is a change of distance, by email to eventos@sandsbeach.eu and as early as possible, because it stops being possible the moment the numbers go into production. Moving up to a longer distance means paying the difference.

The minimum ages

The marathon and the half marathon ask for 18 years of age on race day. The 10 km, 16 with a parent’s or guardian’s authorisation. And on Thursday there are races for children from 3 years old.

Numbers, bag drop and the buses to the starts

Numbers are collected at the Feria del Corredor, in the finish area at Avenida de las Islas Canarias 18, Costa Teguise. The schedule opens that area on Wednesday 2 from 10:00 to 18:00, on Thursday 3 and Friday 4 from 9:00 to 20:00, and on Saturday from 8:00 to 15:00, by then only as an expo and for engraving medals.

You need ID. To collect someone else’s, a photocopy of their document and a signed authorisation. And anyone claiming the resident discount proves residency at that same desk.

There is one last window on Saturday morning, and it is not a walk-up: «Este servicio estará disponible de 6:30 a 7:30 en la expo de Costa Teguise (zona de meta) y está sujeto a reserva previa» — it runs early at the Costa Teguise expo in the finish area and has to be booked in advance. Turn up counting on it without having booked and you are half an hour from the gun with no number.

The bag drop is in the Zona del Corredor and opens early and stays open until mid-afternoon, from 6:30 to 15:00. It only takes the official bag handed over with your number, with its sticker on the front: «Tenga en cuenta que solo se admitirá la bolsa oficial de la carrera en el guardarropa». At the half, 10 km and 5 km starts there are vehicles that collect those bags and bring them to the Zona del Corredor. In Puerto del Carmen the bag drop runs from 9:00 to 10:15 and in Arrecife from 10:30 to 11:30.

The buses leave from the Sands Beach Resort, a few metres from the finish. The last one to Puerto del Carmen, for the half, goes at 8:30, and the last one to Arrecife, for the 10 km, at 10:00. The half-marathon service is «sujeto previa reserva», subject to advance booking; the 10 km one appears in the FAQ as a «servicio de transporte gratuito», a free shuttle. Marathon runners need neither, because their start is in Costa Teguise itself.

Thursday, with the children’s race and the 5 km Santa Claus run

On Thursday 3 December the finish area is given over to the short races. At 16:30 there is a zumba warm-up for the children and, from 16:30 to 17:30, the Buddy’s Marathon by age group, from 3 to 16 years old. At 17:30 the zumba is the one for the 5 km Santa Claus run, which starts at 18:00.

Both take entries in person on the day: the 5 km from 9:00 to 10:45 and the children’s race from 9:00 to 16:00.

If you are going to watch

The Costa Teguise seafront between 10:00 and 14:00 covers the whole day: all four distances come through there, the finish line is there, and there is live music from 12:00 to 14:00. Trophies are handed out at 14:00.

Everyone who crosses the line gets a finisher’s medal, whatever the distance, and they can be engraved in the expo area the same Saturday.

And there is a reason this race happens in December rather than June: the event website gives an average of 21 °C for those days, with the route hugging the east coast and almost no climbing. That combination is what brings runners from central and northern Europe here every year to chase a time in short sleeves.

The full listing, with the route, the contacts and the official links, is at Lanzarote International Marathon. To enter you have to go to the organisers’ platform, because the payment is theirs.