Date
Sat, 5 Dec 2026
Start
10:30
Venue
Açor Arena, Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel
Vila Franca do Campo
Countdown
December
The friendly way in: 17 km with modest climbing, a late-morning start at 10:30 and five hours to get round. Lots of runners take this one on, and it suits first trail races.
Key facts
01Minimum age 16 by 31 December 2026
025-hour cut-off
03Non-stop
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The course
The route
Vila Franca do Campo
Distance17km
Total climb818m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate16.7 km
Weather
Early-December, Vila Franca do Campo
18°CTypical high
16°CTypical low
13°CColdest in 20 years
51%Days with rain
Highs around 18°C and lows around 16°C, but it has dropped to 13°C. Rain on 51% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2025 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Veera KLEMETTINEN01:39:5610.2 km/h
02Odete BRAGA01:44:289.8 km/h
03Joana SOARES02:02:258.3 km/h
132
Women finishers
3:06:36
Median time
5.5 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2025 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
OrganiserAssociação Portas do Mar (APM) and Clube Açoriano de Todo o Terreno e Turismo (CATTT); 2026 technical direction by AnsiBikers.
Websiteepictrailazores.com
Instagram@epictrailrunazores
Running since2015
Training
Training for the EPIC Trail Run Azores 17 km
We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.
Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.
Intervals.icuWhat a EPIC Trail Run Azores 17 km plan targets
Typical sessions
17 km with 818 m of climbing
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
Not a generic schedule
Typical sessions
Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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