3 Días Trail Ibiza 2026 breaks record with 1,450 entries

The 13th edition of the 3 Días Trail Ibiza has reached 1,450 entrants, an all-time participation record, fifteen days before a race that will take place from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 November. Antonio Martínez and Gemma Arenas are among the names on the start list, in a race that combines three stages and several distances.

Runners can take part in all three days or choose individual stages. The organisers have further announcements still to come.

Antonio Martínez and Gemma Arenas head the start list

Antonio Martínez will return to the race after winning the Half Marathon and the 10K in Santa Eulària in 2025. The ASICS runner has won The North Face Transgrancanaria Marathon and Kaçkar by UTMB this season.

Gemma Arenas, the reigning women’s champion of the Ultra, will compete in that distance again. In 2026 she has won the CSP Penyagolosa Trails and has been crowned FEDME Spanish Ultra champion and Spanish 100 km road champion, the latter with a record. She also won bronze at the IAU 100 km World Championships.

The contenders in the Ultra and the Marathon

Alain Santamaría joins the start list. Jesús Gil, a runner from Ciudad Real, will also return to that distance after finishing fifth in 2025; this year he has won Trail Ribeira Sacra, Desafío Somiedo, Trail Menorca Camí de Cavalls and Malagón Trail Quesos Don Apolonio.

Gil has won the Gran Trail Peñalara three times, where he holds the race record. He was also Skyrunning World runner-up in the Ultra category in 2024 and Spanish Ultra champion in 2022.

Among the women are Yasmina Castro, of Club Tinganar, who has a podium finish at the CSP Penyagolosa Trails, and Naiara Irigoyen, who will make her debut at the event after her 2025 wins in Andorra and Sobrescobio. Gisela Carrión and Natalia Bermúdez also appear on the start list; Carrión was fourth at the Marató i Mitja.

In the Marathon, Julen Calvó will compete, winner of Transgrancanaria Advanced and Ultra Pirineu in 2026 and silver medallist at the Skyrunning World Championships in La Gomera; Iván Calvó also returns to the start list. Cèlia Balcells will run the same distance after finishing fourth at Ultra Pirineu, fifth at the Marató i Mitja and eleventh at the Chianti Marathon this season.

Bel Calero from Mallorca, of the Joma team, will return in the Half Marathon, where she was second on her debut in 2025 and stood on the podium.

Chema Martínez and Núria Picas return to the start list

Chema Martínez and Núria Picas will take part for the fourth year in a row. Martínez won the Ibiza Half Marathon in 2023; he was an Olympian with the Spanish team in 2004 and 2008, Spanish marathon champion and European 10,000 m champion.

Picas, a historic reference in mountain running, won the Ibiza Marathon on her debut in 2023 and finished fifth woman in the Ultra in 2025.

Three stages between Ibiza and Santa Eulàlia

The race will begin on Friday 27 November with a 10 km night race, starting at 19:00 and finishing in Plaza de la Constitución, in the centre of Ibiza town. The route will pass through the old town, Dalt Vila, the Necropolis and paths outside the city walls; the trophy presentation will be at 20:15 in the same square and there will be a bag drop.

On Saturday 28 November there will be four races: 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon and Ultra, all finishing in Santa Eulàlia del Riu and using sections of the Ultra route. The 77 km Ultra, with 2,800 metres of positive elevation gain, will start and finish in Santa Eulàlia del Riu and cover coastal areas, summits and beaches in the north of the island, from sunrise to sunset.

The Marathon will cover 44 km with 1,560 metres of positive elevation gain, starting in Portinax. The Half Marathon will start from Cala Sant Vicent and the 10K from Es Canar; all three will finish in Santa Eulàlia del Riu.

Saturday’s starts will be staggered: the Ultra at 06:30; the Marathon at 09:45; the Half Marathon at 11:00; and the 10K at 11:15. Ultra runners must hand in their drop bag for km 33.5 at 06:00, and it can only be the organisers’ official bag. Bag drop will be collected at 09:15 for the Marathon, 10:30 for the Half Marathon and 10:45 for the 10K, and the trophy presentation for all races will be at 14:30.

The final day will be on Sunday 29 November in Santa Eulàlia, with a 10 km stage along other cliffs. The start will be at 09:30, there will be a bag drop and trophies will be presented at 11:30 in Paseo de la Alameda.

Bibs, presentation and Social Run before the start

Bib collection will be on Thursday 26 November at Trideporte, from 10:00 to 19:00. At 15:30 the race presentation and the Ingrávidos live programme will take place on Carrer Jaime I (Parque Infantil Sargantana), in Ibiza town.

At 19:30 there will be a Social Run with Chema Martínez, Núria Picas and elite athletes at the Can Misses Athletics Track (Sánchez Vivancos Municipal Stadium), with Suunto watch testing and a gear giveaway.

On Friday 27, from 11:00 to 13:30, there will be talks at Can Ventosa by Maria Petit, Pol Makuri, Núria Picas and Biel Rafols. At 11:00 the children’s race will also take place at Portal de ses Taules, with Alain Santamaría and Naiara Irigoyen.

Buses, points and sponsorship

The bus service to the Saturday and Sunday starts is only for those who booked it at registration. It is shown on the bib, which must be presented when boarding. On Saturday, Ultra runners depart at 05:00 from Avenida Santa Eulalia and at 05:10 from Hotel Pachá; Marathon runners at 07:15 and 07:25; Half Marathon runners at 08:40 and 08:50; and 10K runners at 09:15 from Pachá and 09:25 from the avenue. On Sunday, buses leave at 08:05 from the avenue and at 08:15 from Pachá.

For the return to Ibiza, on Saturday there will be buses at 14:00, 14:30, 15:00, 15:30, 16:00, 16:30, 17:00, 17:30, 18:00 and 18:30; Ultra and Marathon runners who finish later will be transferred by the organisers. On Sunday there will be a bus at 12:30.

The race is a Montblanc (UTMB) qualifier and is part of the ITRA League. The programme is provisional and may be subject to changes; the organisers will give advance notice of any major change.

The event is sponsored by Turismo de Ibiza and co-funded by the Sustainable Tourism Tax fund of the Balearic Islands Government.