Cursa Fosca
Sat 21 Nov 2026 · Torrelles de Foix, Barcelona
running the day-to-night transition — starting in daylight and finishing in the dark, one of the few semi-nocturnal races on the calendar · Our read
31.5Moderate31.5 km-effort · 50 m/km climb
EasyModHardV.hardExtremeBrutal
Endurance load on ITRA's km-effort scale — not steepness or technical terrain.
How we measure
km-effort = distance + climb/100, ITRA's published scale: every 100 m of climb counts like ~1 km of distance. Six levels, Easy → Brutal, from the hardest distance of the event. The climb figure (m/km) shows how vertical the course is.Drive
MID 1h 6m
from Barcelona (Glòries, est.)
When
Sat 21 Nov 2026
Distances
14 · 21 km
Official site & registration ↗
Ask anything the page doesn't show — “can I walk it?”, “good first trail race?”
Dates, start times and registration change — always confirm on the official site.
Distances
21 km · ↑1050 m · Moderate
14 km · ↑512 m · Easy
| Distance | Climb | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| 21 km | ↑1050 m | 31.5 Moderate |
| 14 km | ↑512 m | 19.1 Easy |
Our take
The catch · Our read
darkness + self-declared technicality + late-Nov cold = the hardest combination here for the effort; no published D+ or cutoffs, so plan conservatively and carry a good light
Who it's for · Our read
experienced night/technical runners chasing the Lliga; not for night-nervous beginners or anyone wanting an easy runnable course
Also nice · Our read
the botifarrada finish + full recovery setup (physio, showers) and a genuinely technical 21 km with race-series stakes (Lliga Gran Penedès)
In a word · Our read
harder than its 21 km suggests — a technical Penedès half made meaner by the dark
Character
- Setting
- Penedès mountain trail; "gairebé un 90% de corriols" on the 14k · Organizer
- Night race
- Yes — "seminocturna" (semi-nocturnal), staged across "los canges de llum del dia a la nit" (day-to-night light transition) · Organizer
- Technicality
- self-described as one of "les mitges de muntanya més dures i tècniques de la comarca" — organizer explicitly claims hard/technical (rare, so weight it) · Organizer
- Championship
- part of Lliga Gran Penedès. Holds "petjada verda" green seal · Organizer
- Aid
- "Avituallaments en cursa i arribada" — cup/bottle policy not stated · Organizer
- Food
- "Entrepà i beguda a l'arribada"; "botifarres a la brasa" (grilled sausages — a botifarrada). Finisher medals; physio + medical on site · Organizer
- Season & heat
- late-Nov, dark, Alt Penedès (~400 m) — cold night race; heat irrelevant, but layers and a working headlamp matter · Derived
Labels show how we know each thing: Organizer (from the race’s own site) · Derived · Our read · Our guess · Dima (ran it).
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