Le Maioliche di Laterza

Le Maioliche di Laterza

The organiser files it in the 100K category but publishes the distance as 85 km. The course follows what it calls the longest gravina in Europe, a twelve-kilometre gash in the limestone up to 200 metres deep, and then winds on through continuous ups and downs, single track, ravines and old villages toward the golden sand of Castellaneta Marina.

The one aid station named on the race page is Grotte di Sileno, where runners get back the 30-litre drop bag they left at the start. The bag returns again at the finish. With 2,000 m of ascent over 85 km the climbing comes in short pieces rather than long cols, and a start in daylight with fifteen hours on the clock means most finishers arrive on Saturday evening or night.

This page covers the 2026 edition. For family and friends the interesting part is the arrival: one beach, one finish, and a runner coming in at any hour after dark. Through the runner’s own Livebib link they see the position on the course line, distance covered and a finish estimate that updates as the race goes, with the position carried forward and marked as estimated where a ravine takes away the signal.