Cardedeu’s ninth cross-country race: date, courses and entries

Plan your race pace

The ninth Cardedeu cross-country event will take place on Saturday, November 21, 2026, at Parc Pompeu Fabra. The program combines races in the Lliga Comarcal de Cros and the Gran Premi Català de Cros with an Open race and DiverCursa, an event open to participants of any age.

Entry requirements and fees vary by category and license status: school races in the regional league are free for clubs in Vallès Oriental, while the listed individual fees are €5 for school categories, €6 for the Open and no fee for DiverCursa. The regular entry deadline is midnight on Wednesday, November 18; the available information does not include a start time.

Event date and venue

The event will be held at Parc Pompeu Fabra in Cardedeu, a municipality in Barcelona province, in the Vallès Oriental region. The park will host the different races and the participatory event, although the published information does not specify an exact start point within the grounds or provide the complete course layout.

The event is organized by the Col·lectiu d’Atletes de Cardedeu, known as Corrigaires, with support from TEA Vallès Oriental, Cardedeu City Council, the Federació Catalana d’Atletisme and the Consell Esportiu del Vallès Oriental. The mix of organizations helps explain why the program includes federated competition, school sport and a broadly accessible activity.

The ninth edition has a confirmed date, but no start schedule for each race has been provided. Bib pickup begins at 8:30 a.m. and closes 30 minutes before each event starts. The necessary arrival time will therefore depend on the assigned race and the schedule announced by the organizers.

Who can take part

The rules cover several groups. Athletes with a Unió de Consells Esportius de Catalunya license for the current season may compete if they are taking part in the Lliga Comarcal de Cros. School-age athletes without a license are also eligible and will be issued a one-day license. The event also includes athletes registered with the Federació Catalana d’Atletisme who are competing in the Gran Premi Català de Cros.

The Open race is for participants born in 2010 or earlier who do not have a federation license. It has a stated limit of 100 runners, and the organizers will arrange a one-day license. The stated birth-year limit defines eligibility, but the available information does not give the race’s total distance or start time.

DiverCursa follows a different approach: people of any age may participate, and a one-day license will also be arranged. Its place in the program adds a participatory dimension beyond rankings and competition by category. The available information does not specify its course, duration or particular adaptations.

Before registering, participants should identify which group they belong to, since the process and fee differ. Runners from regional clubs, federated athletes and individual entrants follow separate procedures; using the wrong process could leave an entry incorrectly recorded.

Registration and fees by event

Clubs in Vallès Oriental taking part in the Lliga Comarcal de Cros must send the athletes’ list using the format provided by the organizers. Registration is free for these runners. The list should be emailed to corrigaires.escola@gmail.com, so the club handles the process rather than each athlete registering individually.

Federated athletes must be entered by their clubs through the Call Room platform. The stated fee is €4 per athlete, and each club must make a single payment for all its participants, then send the bank receipt to the organizers. The rules say the yellow chip will not be valid for timing, a detail clubs should bear in mind when preparing their entries.

Non-federated participants register individually through the form provided by the organizers. Fees vary by event: €6 for the Open race, €5 for school categories and €0 for DiverCursa. The difference in price reflects the structure of the event and should not be confused with the one-day license, which is arranged for certain participants under the published conditions.

The regular registration deadline is midnight on Wednesday, November 18, 2026. Late entries will not be accepted, although the organizers reserve the right to make an exception with a €2 surcharge. This is at the organizers’ discretion and does not amount to a guaranteed extension of the registration period.

The Open race is capped at 100 participants, making it particularly important to complete the form according to the official instructions. The reference information does not say when registration opened or whether places have sold out, so it is not possible to confirm that bibs are still available. It also gives no single fee for every category: the amount depends on the type of entry.

Courses and published distances

The event information describes three lettered courses: course A is 400 meters, course B is 600 meters and course C is 1,000 meters. These are course lengths, not a complete list of race distances or confirmation of which category will use each route.

The figures suggest that the program includes relatively short courses, suitable for holding different starts in the same venue. However, without the full rules or detailed schedule, it is not possible to reliably assign each course to an age group, category or event. Nor should these three measurements be used to infer the Open race distance.

The reference to Parc Pompeu Fabra places the event in a park setting, but the surface, elevation, number of laps and presence of obstacles are not specified. Those factors can affect pace and footwear in a cross-country race, although there is not enough published information to describe the conditions of this particular course.

A set of courses with different lengths can accommodate varied routes during one event, but the course label alone does not determine difficulty. Surface, turns, ground conditions and the day’s weather also matter; in the absence of official details on those points, it is best to stick to the published distances and wait for the organizers’ instructions.

Bibs, timing and results

Bibs will be distributed on race day from 8:30 a.m. until 30 minutes before the relevant start. For clubs, the organizers will prepare bibs in grouped envelopes for collection by team delegates. This system helps manage distribution, especially when a club has entered several athletes.

Wearing a bib is mandatory, and it will be personalized with the runner’s name if registration is completed before the deadline. Personalization therefore depends on meeting the cutoff and submitting the details correctly. The information does not explain how name errors will be handled or whether last-minute changes will be possible.

Timing will use the ChampionChip system, with a chip attached to the bib. The yellow chip will not be valid in any race, so athletes must use the system linked to the bib provided by the organizers. Results will be available on Xipgroc after each race finishes.

Publishing results race by race makes it easier to follow the event without waiting for the whole program to end. However, the source does not specify whether there will be age-group rankings, awards, a ceremony or time limits. Those details should not be assumed unless they appear in the rules or a later announcement from the organizers.

A day combining competition and inclusive participation

The inclusion of DiverCursa sets this event apart from a program focused only on times and rankings. By welcoming people of any age, it allows participation beyond school or federation categories. The involvement of TEA Vallès Oriental reinforces that aspect, although the available information does not describe specific adaptations for the event.

A participatory event alongside regulated races does not erase the differences between them. The Open has a stated cap of 100 places and is for people born in 2010 or earlier without a federation license; school and federated races, by contrast, follow the requirements of their respective leagues. Each format offers a different way to take part.

At an event with a range of ages and experience levels, advance information serves a practical purpose: knowing which license is needed, which registration channel applies and when to collect a bib helps prevent confusion on race day. For families, clubs and individual participants, the key is to check that the selected category matches the rules.

Free entry for DiverCursa and regional-club school entries contrasts with the fees for the Open and federated registrations. That pricing structure does not, on its own, define the scale of participation, but it does show that the program offers different routes into the event. It brings together school sport, competition and an activity intended to make participation accessible to a diverse group.

What is confirmed and what is still missing

The published information confirms the date of November 21, 2026, the venue at Parc Pompeu Fabra, the organizing role of Corrigaires and the partner organizations. It also lists eligibility categories, known fees, the regular registration deadline, bib distribution and the timing system. These are the essential details for identifying the event and understanding how participation is organized.

By contrast, there is no start time, total distance for the Open, course map or complete assignment of courses to categories. There is also no overall participant limit, information about prizes, transport, spectator services or refreshments. The absence of those details does not mean they do not exist; it means they are not included in the reference information.

A confirmed date should also be distinguished from the status of registration. Knowing the event date does not show that registration is still open, that places remain or that entries are full. The event sets a regular deadline of November 18 and allows for a possible late entry with a surcharge, but it provides no update on the number of registered runners.

To avoid mistakes, athletes can use the published rules for the category that applies to them. Regional clubs handle free group entries; clubs entering federated athletes use Call Room and pay the stated fee; non-federated participants use the individual form. The organizers retain discretion to accept late entries as an exception.

Cross-country running as a meeting point in Cardedeu

The event at Parc Pompeu Fabra connects the athletics calendar with local sport. The involvement of municipal, regional and federation organizations creates a program where school sport, competition and an event open to all ages can coexist. It is more than a sequence of starts: the day requires clubs, families, athletes and organizers to coordinate in one place.

The ninth edition’s appeal lies in both its short courses and its range of ways to participate. A federated athlete, a school runner from a regional club, an Open entrant and a DiverCursa participant may follow different procedures, but they meet at the same sporting event. Clear information about schedules, registration and courses will be important to making that mix work smoothly.

With the date set for November 21, 2026, the key remaining details for planning are the start schedule and the allocation of categories to each course. Until those are confirmed, the 400-, 600- and 1,000-meter distances and the entry rules provide a useful, though partial, picture of a day combining competition and participation in Cardedeu.