ASICS Penyagolosa Trails CSP 2025 information
Penyagolosa Trails® CSP is a 106-kilometer ultratrail event with a cumulative ascent of 5,600 meters, and cumulative descent of 4,400 meters. Starting at sea level, the race passes through the towns of Castelló, Borriol, Vilafamés, Les Useres, Atzeneta, Benafigos, Culla, Xodos, Villahermosa de Río, and Vistabella, Penyagolosa Trails® CSP is a race of endurance requiring semi self-sufficiency with a maximum allowable race time of 25 hours 30 minutes. Participants who successfully complete the Penyagolosa Trails® CSP will earn 5 ITRA and UTMB 100K Qualifier points
Qualifying event for the Western States
La CSP es prueba clasificatoria para la Western States Endurance Run 2026.
- Maximum number of participants: 600
- Date: 12th april 2025 to 00:00
- Edición: 13th
- Starting point: Pista de atletismo, Universitat Jaume I
- Maximum allowable race time: 25 h 30 minutes
- Distance: 106 km
- Cumulative elevation gain: 5.600 m
- Cumulative elevation loss: 4.400 m
With the chip in the race bib, runners’ times are taken upon arrival at all known and random checkpoints, whose locations will not be revealed by organizers. In addition, checkpoints are established with stipulated maximum transition times (see table). Those who exceed these times must withdraw according to the instructions of those in charge of the checkpoint.
Semi self-sufficiency
These races are governed by the singular race principle of semi self-sufficiency. That is, the ability of a runner to manage his/her own survival between two aid stations, including food, clothing and security.
This principle implies the following rules:
- Each runner must carry all mandatory equipment throughout the race (see article 9 EQUIPMENT). At any time, commissioners may request a check of this equipment. All runners are obliged to submit to such requests, under penalty of elimination from the race.
- Except in case of accident or emergency, personal assistance is authorized only at certain aid stations (*), in areas reserved for that purpose, or within 100 meters before or after designated areas.
- It is forbidden to be accompanied during all or part of the race by an unregistered person, outside of designated aid stations.
(*)Personal assistance is tolerated in the following places:
- Penyagolosa Trails®MiM: Borriol, Les Useres and Xodos.
- Penyagolosa Trails®CSP: Borriol, Les Useres, Atzeneta, Culla, Vistabella and Xodos.
It is forbidden in all other aid stations or in any other point on the route.
It is the obligation of each participant to carry their own waste until the finish or until places designated by organizers.
Drop out and evacuation
Except in case of serious injury, a runner should never abandon outside of a checkpoint. Runners must notify his/her decision to withdraw to the person in charge of the checkpoint, who can defnitively invalidate race bibs. Runners should retain race bibs, as this is the pass for buses, food and rest rooms.
Evacuation will be decided by person in charge, according to the following general rules:
- Bus in: Les Useres, Torrosselles, Atzeneta, Culla, Vistabella. The transfers will be made to the finish line, except for the night schedule of CSP of Les Useres (6:30h) and Atzeneta (7:00h) that will go directly to the start line.
- Runners who drop out in an aid station or checkpoint where there is no bus, and who are not injured, must reach the nearest evacuation bus stop as soon as possible, and by their own means.
- Aid stations that are only accessible by 4×4 vehicles:
- Upon closure of the checkpoint, organizers may evacuate retired runners who are still present.
- In case of unfavorable weather, which may force a total or partial stop to the race, organizers guarantee evacuation in the shortest time possible.
In the case of withdrawing after leaving a checkpoint, it will be necessary to return to that checkpoint and report the race withdrawal to the checkpoint’s manager. If upon return to the checkpoint you find the runners who close the race, they will invalidate your race bib and, from this point onward, runner will not be any longer under the control of the race organization.
There will be a exclusive bus service to transfer runners for free from the finish line to start. This service will be free for all runners. The bus schedules will be published later along with an access guide for the public to access different areas along the racecourse, as well as the finish.
Penyagolosa Healthy Trail
Penyagolosa Trails Saludable and Penyagolosa Trails Women are pioneering initiatives in the field of sports research in Spain, focused on improving knowledge about the health and performance of long-distance runners, both men and women, and contributing to the development of a safer and more efficient sport.
Launched in 2014, the Penyagolosa Trails Saludable project is part of the research initiatives of the Sports Service at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón. This program, unique in Spain and with few international counterparts, has been made possible thanks to the collaboration between the Universitat Jaume I, and ASICS Penyagolosa Trails.
The CSP has served as a testing ground for this project, enabling a thorough analysis of runners’ health through data collection before, during, and after the race. This approach has facilitated the study of aspects such as psychological factors, training habits, and physical parameters, including weight evolution, blood pressure, and blood tests. Through this rigorous scientific approach, the aim is to deepen understanding of the impact of long-distance races from a comprehensive health perspective.