🏃♀️ Sports Challenges & Races in the Balearic Islands
Looking for your next challenge?
From road races and mountain trails to open-water swims, triathlons, cycling events and family-friendly competitions, there’s something happening across Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera all year round.
🧭 One of our favourite places to keep track?
Elitechip – the go-to platform for discovering, registering and checking results for races across the Balearic Islands.
Whether you’re training seriously, travelling with sport as your excuse, or just looking for motivation — this is where the island sporting community lives.
⭐ Iconic Races & Challenges · 2026 Highlights
🧊 January
• Copa Nadal open-water winter swims
• Sant Antoni festive village races
🌸 February
• Various mountain & charity races
🌿 March
• Mitja Marató Ciutat de Palma – fast, flat and hugely popular
• Galatzó Trail – mountain challenge in the Serra
• Volta a Mallorca Masters – competitive cycling
☀️ April
• Mallorca 312 – world-famous long-distance cycling event
• Trail Menorca Camí de Cavalls
• Half Marathon Magaluf
• Triatló de Portocolom – one of Spain’s oldest triathlons
🚴 May
• Mallorca Olympic Triathlon (Colònia de Sant Jordi)
• Ironman 70.3 Alcúdia-Mallorca – elite-level international race
🌊 June
• Binter Night Run Palma
• Mallorca Championships (ATP 250)
🏖 July & August
• Night runs, coastal swims, festive village races and family events
🍇 September
• Trail races and mountain challenges as temperatures cool
🍂 October
• Gran Fondo Ibiza
• TUI Palma Marathon Mallorca – Mallorca’s biggest international marathon
🌬 November
• Charity races & end-of-season challenges
🎄 December
• Sant Silvestre end-of-year fun runs
🌿 Curses Serra de Tramuntana 2026
Sport, Nature & Heritage – Family Edition (13th Edition)
Promoted by the Consell de Mallorca, the Curses Serra de Tramuntana return in 2026 with their 13th edition — and they’ve become one of the island’s most loved family sporting circuits.
👨👩👧 Designed for all ages
📍 10 locations across the Serra
🎯 Expecting 2,700+ participants
Distances range from 150 metres for the youngest runners to 4.5 km races for adults, making this a true family-friendly circuit where everyone can take part.
Beyond sport, the programme integrates nature and cultural heritage, with added features such as guided visits for participating families — including access inside the Cartoixa de Valldemossa during the opening event.
🗓 2026 Calendar
- Valldemossa – 21 February
- Calvià (Galatzó) – 7 March
- Mancor de la Vall – 28 March
- Esporles – 26 April
- Campanet (Fonts Ufanes) – 24 May
- Banyalbufar – 12 September
- Bunyola (Raixa) – 3 October
- Pollença (Cala Sant Vicenç) – 24 October
- Escorca (Cúber) – 7 November
- Escorca (So n’Amer Refuge) – 29 November
Active since 2013, the circuit has brought together more than 33,000 runners and regularly sells out. In 2025, runners who completed all races were recognised with a special gift sponsored by Tribe sportswear.
It’s not about podiums.
It’s about moving together – through some of the most spectacular landscapes in the Mediterranean.
🏝️ Four islands. Endless challenges.
🗓️ New events added regularly
👉 Discover and register via Elitechip
An active island life – all year long.
