Trail Running · Gran Canaria

🇪🇸Transgrancanaria 82 km:
Course Analysis & Race Readiness

81 km with 3,711 m of gain and 4,271 m of loss across 12 climbs and 11 descents. A net-downhill mountain course where descending legs decide the day, punctuated by steep, sustained climbs.

CourseRecon scores your own training against the descending and durability demands that define Transgrancanaria 82 km — the sample analysis below shows exactly how.

80.7 km

Distance

+3,650 m

Vertical Gain

−4,220 m

Total Descent

Feb 27, 2027

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The Course · GPS-Measured

What 80.7 km / 50.1 mi and 3,650 m / 11,990 ft of vertical gain actually look like

Measured from the GPS track: 80.7 km / 50.1 mi and 3,650 m / 11,990 ft of vertical gain. This is the terrain you're signing up for: read it before it reads you.

Course Profile

Segments

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Terrain summary

Claimed vs GPS-Measured

Claimed · Organizer

80.7km

Distance

+3,710m

Gain

−0.0 km−60 m

GPS-Measured

80.7km

Distance

+3,650m

Gain

Climb & Gradient

+3,650 mTotal Gain

−4,220 mTotal Loss

Gradient Distribution

23%

Flat

≤3% grade

21%

Run-Climb

3–15% up

12%

Steep Climb

>15% up

44%

Descent

downhill

Steepest Sustained Sections

Descent

KM 6.2–8.7 · −314 m

-13%

Climb

KM 38.9–43.1 · +535 m

+12.8%

Descent

KM 48.5–52.4 · −473 m

-12.1%

Climb

KM 8.7–11.1 · +265 m

+10.9%

Finish & Cutoff Times

What it takes to finish

Reference finish times from past results — use them to set a realistic goal pace.

7h 48m

Winning time

14h 52m

Median finisher

21h 00m

Back of pack

What This Race Demands

Four things this course asks of your body

Every course weights the four pillars of mountain-ultra fitness differently. Descending carries 52% of the scoring weight on this course — the terrain makes that the deciding factor.

Weighting shows where readiness is won or lost at this distance — not whether you need each pillar. An aerobic base is a given for a race this long, so it carries little deciding weight even though it's essential — the gaps open on the climbs, descents and the back half.

AerobicSustained engine

Foundational

81 km of near-continuous climbing and descending sustained over a long-duration effort.

ClimbingVertical power

19%

3,711 m across 12 climbs, including a 609 m ascent and 21% of terrain steeper than 10% up.

DescendingEccentric / braking

52%

4,271 m of loss over 11 descents, half the course downhill, with an 11.3 km, 801 m plunge.

DurabilityLate-race resilience

30%

12 climbs and 11 descents accumulate leg damage over 81 km with pounding net-downhill loss.

The Profile in One Line

A long, descent-heavy 81 km with 4,271 m of loss outweighing 3,711 m of climbing over relentless up-and-down terrain.

Aerobic FoundationalClimbing 19%Descending 52%Durability 30%

Here's how CourseRecon reads a course and an athlete

Sample Readiness Analysis

What a readiness result looks like for this course

This is a worked example for a representative strong mountain-ultra athlete — not your score. Connect your own training and the same analysis runs on you.

Sample

OUT OF 100

READY

For a representative strong mountain-ultra athlete

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Pillar Breakdown

Aerobic

The course strings 12 climbs and 11 descents across 81 km with almost no genuine flat, demanding steady aerobic output over a long-duration effort.

Climbing

With 3,711 m over 12 climbs and 21% of the route steeper than 10% up, contenders face repeated power-hiking, including a single 609 m ascent and a 535 m grind averaging 12.8%.

Descending

Descending is the dominant demand: 4,271 m of loss across 11 descents, half the course pointed downhill, including an 11.3 km descent losing 801 m that punishes quads and technique.

Durability

Net loss exceeding gain means eccentric damage compounds over 81 km, and the constant alternation of 12 climbs and 11 descents leaves no section to recover.

Km 48–52

Steep descent into fatigue

A 3.9 km, 473 m descent averaging -12.1% arrives past halfway, testing whether quads still hold up under sustained steep braking.

Km 39–43

The 535 m grind

A 4.2 km climb gaining 535 m at 12.8% is the course's toughest sustained ascent, forcing extended power-hiking before more descending resumes.

Longest descent

11.3 km drop, 801 m

The biggest descent loses 801 m over 11.3 km, a prolonged downhill that rewards efficient braking technique and destroys undertrained legs.

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