Cursa Neandertal
Sun 25 Oct 2026 · Capellades, Barcelona
run across a genuine Neanderthal archaeological landscape (Abric Romaní area) — prehistory as the theme · Our read
40Moderate40 km-effort · 74 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 3m
from Barcelona (Glòries, est.)
When
Sun 25 Oct 2026
Distances
13 · 23 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
23 km · ↑1700 m · Moderate
13 km · ↑590 m · Easy
| Distance | Climb | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| 23 km | ↑1700 m | 40 Moderate |
| 13 km | ↑590 m | 18.9 Easy |
Our take
The catch · Our read
no D+ published, but "dura, salvatge" plus cliff-and-forest terrain implies more climbing and technicality than the flat-sounding distances suggest. 23K cutoff of 5h30 is a warning that back-markers find it slow going
Who it's for · Our read
runners who like a rugged, story-rich mid-distance with a cause; NOT those wanting fast, runnable, well-documented courses
Also nice · Our read
15-year tradition with a charity core; the "wild and unexpected" branding suggests a characterful, non-sanitized course
In a word · Our read
like a typical Catalan comarcal trail but harder than its 23 km headline implies
Character
- Setting
- cliffs, forest, trails — "cingleres, boscos i camins"; on one of Europe's most important Neanderthal archaeological sites ("jaciments neandertals més importants d'Europa") — historic/prehistoric character · Organizer
- Course
- loop(s) from Capellades · Our guess
- Technicality
- self-billed "Dura, salvatge, inesperada" (hard, wild, unexpected) — organizer signalling real difficulty, unusual honesty · Organizer
- Tradition
- 15 editions, 6,000+ cumulative participants · Organizer
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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