The San Fermin Half Marathon 2026

Set your sights on the magnificent city of Pamplona (Pampelune), in the heart of Navarre 🇪🇸. The festivities menu invites you to devour a must-do event that cranks up the heat: the famous Media San Fermín (often included in the great San Fermín Marathon festival). Whether you launch yourself into the queen distance of 21.097 kilometers to chase the clock or opt for shorter formats to make the engine explode, this event sets you an exhilarating challenge. Your body will have to manage relentless surges and take on the few characteristic false flats of the old town if you hope to tame the stopwatch in this overheated arena! ⏱️

The course propels you through a spectacular setting steeped in tradition. Your effort will have you cutting through the air on an exciting circuit, crossing the superb Vuelta del Castillo park, sliding along the impressive fortified walls, and bursting onto the majestic Plaza del Castillo. The immersion forces you to keep steel-like focus to hold your pace in these narrow streets where the famous bulls are used to running flat out during the legendary encierros. You’ll literally feel carried by the city’s history, driven by the energy of a route that very often finishes as close as possible to the famous Pamplona bullring 🐂.

Here, the fervor is a volcano ready to erupt. Locals, already totally steeped in the spirit of the big celebrations just around the corner, pack in frenetically along the sidewalks to cheer you on with deafening vocal power. An atmosphere of intense release and a great popular festival welcomes you under the final arch, where the pain of effort instantly turns into pure euphoria 🏅.

Save one last hint of appetite to pay heartfelt tribute to the incredible local gastronomy once your medal is around your neck. Carry your exhausted body into lively streets like the famous Estafeta Street to devour a generous round of pintxos meticulously lined up on the counters, all washed down with a good glass of Navarre wine or an ice-cold cerveza . Start your stopwatch and come make Pamplona’s asphalt tremble! 💥