La Puebla del Río Half Marathon 2027

Don’t expect a flat road race just because the town sits on the Guadalquivir plain. The Media Maratón Cross La Puebla del Río is off-road. Its organisers, Club Atletismo Puebla, say the course is “full of climbs, gullies and drove roads”, which makes it unusually demanding for somewhere so close to Seville. The 13th edition was on Sunday 18 January 2026 at 11:00, with more than 500 entries. The 2027 date hasn’t been announced; mid-January is the usual slot.

Where you run

La Puebla del Río is 14 km south of Seville, the last town on the banks of the Guadalquivir. The municipality stretches along the river through pine woods, dehesa, marsh and rice fields, inside the Natura 2000 Doñana Norte y Oeste conservation area. The race starts and finishes in town, by the river. It follows cañadas reales and veredas, the old livestock drove roads, out to the Gurugú, an area of eucalyptus, Mediterranean scrub and pine, then comes back. Almost half the race is in that woodland.

The club publishes the course as a KML file and on Google Maps. It’s worth looking at before you pick your shoes.

Practical notes from 2026

• Entry was through Sportmaniacs and opened in mid-November. The regulations were published as a PDF on the club’s race page.
• Parking: in 2026 the Cocheras de Tranvías esplanade was closed because a bullring was being set up there. Runners parked on the esplanade next to Barriada Gutiérrez Pérez instead. Check again for 2027.
• The 2026 poster honoured José Luis González García, the club’s oldest and most active member, who finished the first six Seville Marathons from 1985.

The same club organises the Triatlón Cros “Puerta de Doñana”, if you like the area enough to come back.