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B100 Cursa dels Nassos

17:155:15 PM Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona. Photograph by dronepicr, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The 10 km starts and finishes on Carrer de Selva de Mar and runs by Passeig de Garcia Faria, Pla de Palau, Passeig de Picasso, where it turns 180 degrees, Avinguda Icaria and Avinguda Diagonal.

The course in short 3 lines
  • From Selva de Mar along the sea and back down the DiagonalA 10 km loop out from Selva de Mar with a turn on Passeig de Picasso.
  • A New Year's Eve race at 17:15The 31 December race starts at 17:15 in four waves.
  • Sold out every year since 2019A sell-out every year since 2019.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
Whole courseGeometryFrom Selva de Mar along the sea and back down the DiagonalA 10 km loop out from Selva de Mar with a turn on Passeig de Picasso.

The route is marked every 500 metres, and the distance is measured and approved by the Catalan athletics federation. The start is level with Plaça Ramon Calsina, and chemical toilets stand at the start and finish and at km 6.

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Whole courseTacticsA New Year's Eve race at 17:15The 31 December race starts at 17:15 in four waves.

Waves are set by best 10 km time of the last 24 months. Runners have a maximum of 1 hour 30 minutes from the last start, and the minimum age is 16 on race day.

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Whole courseCrowdSold out every year since 2019A sell-out every year since 2019.

The race is organised by Barcelona’s city council with La Sansi and Sportlife, and a separate international 5 km runs beside it.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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No gel needed at this pace

Finish

Under about 75 minutes most runners need no gel: water at the aid stations does it.

For your long training runs:

Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side.

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In Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Salted Caramel, 24-pack, the best seller there.

Outside the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the UK and Ireland, Spain and Portugal, Italy, the rest of the EU and Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Chocolate Outrage, 24-pack on Amazon.com, the best seller there.

Anti-chafe
Compeed Anti-blister stick
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Compeed

Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml

Best selling on Amazon amazon.nl, read 2 Nov

An invisible layer before the start keeps seams, straps and shoes from rubbing skin raw.

Put it on before you leave for the start: heels and toes, inner thighs, under a bra or heart-rate strap.

Try it on a long run first, like everything you use on race day.

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Number belt
A race number belt
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Compressport Race Belt

Holds your bib without safety pins through your top, with loops for up to 8 gels.

Clip the bib on the night before, so it goes on with your shorts in the morning.

Keep the number on the front, where officials and photographers can see it.

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Electrolytes
A tube of electrolyte tablets
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SiS Hydro electrolyte tablets, tube of 20

One tablet in a bottle puts back some of the salt you sweat out.

One tablet in 500 ml of water in the hour before the start.

Only if you have used them in training: nothing new on race day.

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Blister plasters
Compeed Blister plasters, medium, 6
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Compeed

Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6

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One in a pocket cushions a blister if one starts.

Put it on clean, dry skin and leave it until it comes off by itself.

Give a couple to whoever comes to cheer, so they are there at the km you need them.

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distance
10.0 km6.2 mi
cut-off
1:30 h

Race week

Timetable

Thursday 31 December Race day

  1. 19:107:10 PM

    Course closes Runners have a maximum of 1 hour 30 minutes from the last start. 1:30 limit: 9:00/km for 10 km1:30 limit: 14:29/mi for 6.2 mi
Other races (2)

  1. 17:145:14 PM

    Wheelchair start Carrer de Selva de Mar. Racing chairs and athletics carts only; handbikes and electric chairs are not allowed.

  2. 17:155:15 PM

    First wave, the fastest 10 km times Carrer de Selva de Mar. Waves follow at about 17:21, 17:28 and 17:35, by best 10 km time of the last 24 months.

Times as published by the organiser, in Barcelona time, checked .

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Trip

Getting a place

Entry through the organiser

Entry details on the organiser’s site →

The organiser, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.

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