Rural Trail
Sun 25 Oct 2026 · Bigues i Riells del Fai, Barcelona
a deliberately un-competitive trail — no clock, no ranking, sustainability-first. The anti-race · Our read
32Moderate32 km-effort · 52 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
NEAR 42 min
from Barcelona (Glòries, est.)
When
Sun 25 Oct 2026
Distances
9 · 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 · ↑1100 m · Moderate
9 km · ↑400 m · Easy
| Distance | Climb | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| 21 km | ↑1100 m | 32 Moderate |
| 9 km | ↑400 m | 13 Easy |
Our take
The catch · Our read
don't be fooled by the "popular" framing — organizer insists even the 9.6 km "is not a stroll," and the Llarga's 1,147 m over 25 km is a real day out. No timing means self-pacing discipline is on you
Who it's for · Our read
runners who want a scenic, low-pressure trail day and green ethos; NOT racers chasing results or a ranking
Also nice · Our read
10 years of a festival-format community run; you go for the day and the party, not a PB
In a word · Our read
like a Vallès forest marxa but with a proper 25 km option — closer to a group long-run than a competition
Character
- Setting
- forest, Vallès rural landscape — "La cursa més verra del Vallès" (greenest race in the Vallès) · Organizer
- Night race
- no . Start time: unknown · Our guess
- Technicality
- La Llarga called "tècnic, exigent"; La Curta "però exigent. No és una passejada" (but demanding, not a stroll) · Organizer
- Championship
- none — explicitly non-competitive. "No ens interessa el temps que trigues" (we don't care how long you take), no timing, no ranking, no prizes, everyone gets a gift · Organizer
- Tradition
- 10th edition ("10a edició!") · Organizer
- Food
- "festa" at aid stations mentioned ; specific botifarrada unknown. Kids race: unknown · Organizer
Labels show how we know each thing: Organizer (from the race’s own site) · Derived · Our read · Our guess · Dima (ran it).
Route maps
From the official page — confirm the exact course on the site.
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