Cycling & running events in La Orotava, 2026

La Orotava-Puerto Training Notes

Running: Locals run La Orotava and Puerto de la Cruz for steady base miles, sharp city efforts, and hillier days near Mount Teide. ASOC. +KM ORORUN anchors the local scene and organizes Hospiten 8km Orotava. Cross María Auxiliadora - La Orotava gives the area its classic runner stamp. Cross María Auxiliadora carries the old-school popular-race feel. Carrera Urbana Puerto de la Cruz, Music Run - Puerto de la Cruz, Muelletlón Puerto de la Cruz, Chimaque Trail, and Conquista La Victoria keep the calendar useful when you want a bib instead of another solo Z2 loop.

Cycling: Locals ride from Puerto de la Cruz when they want climbing without making a big production of it. Puerto de la Cruz holds the Cycling-Friendly seal and works well as the start-finish point for route days. The city guide gives 10 routes of different levels, all leaving from and returning to Puerto de la Cruz. There are 200 km of official tracks for mountain biking to Mount Teide starting from Puerto de la Cruz. The routes cover 9 km while gaining 2,713 m and dropping 3,863 m.

Season: The brief does not pin down best months, so locals read the race calendar and the mountain instead of pretending there is one perfect block. Hospiten 8km Orotava gives summer a clear marker, and the 2025 edition started at 10:00 PM on July 19 in La Orotava. Summer suits short races, late starts, and controlled intervals when the day has already backed off. Winter changes the feel for both sports because Mount Teide stays the big reference point, Puerto de la Cruz stays the easy launchpad, and riders and runners keep choosing routes by elevation, descent, and effort.