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Fossacesia (CH), Abruzzo4th edition · since 2023At a glance
Costa dei Trabocchi BCC Half Marathon 2026 takes place on 25 October 2026 in Fossacesia (CH), Abruzzo. Distances: 21.098 km. Start at 09:00 from Porto di Ortona.
- Date
- Sunday, 25 October 2026
- Location
- Fossacesia (CH), Abruzzo, Italy
- Start
- Porto di Ortona
- Finish
- Fossacesia Marina
- Distances
- Half marathon · 21.098 km · Competitive
- Start times
- 09:00
- Registration
- Registration closed on 18 October 2026
- Organiser
- ASD Podisti Frentani
- Official website
- podistifrentani.it ↗
- Edition
- 4th edition · since 2023
Last updated: 18 October 2026
The race
The Costa dei Trabocchi BCC Half Marathon reaches its 4th edition on Sunday 25 October 2026: first held in 2023, it is a FIDAL-certified Bronze-level half marathon and this year also hosts the Italian Masters Individual and Club Half Marathon Championship. It runs along the Via Verde of the Costa dei Trabocchi, in Abruzzo, from the port of Ortona to Fossacesia Marina, through the towns of Ortona, San Vito Chietino, Rocca San Giovanni and Fossacesia.
The course is completely flat, between the sea and the hills, and passes the trabocchi, the old wooden fishing structures that stand over the water. Only the half marathon is held, with no non-competitive races. The start is at 9:00; bibs and race packs are collected on Saturday 24 October at the Expo Village in the Ortona sports hall.
The 1,800 places with race pack are sold out: entries without race pack, with medal, remain open until 18 October. Besides the FIDAL rankings there are special rankings for employees of the Banche di Credito Cooperativo and for lawyers (Avvocati-Run).
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Course
The race starts at 9:00 from the port of Ortona and finishes in Fossacesia Marina: a 21.097 km point-to-point course, FIDAL certified, entirely flat and all on the Via Verde cycle path, watched over by the municipal police and volunteers until the last runner has passed. By order of the Prefect the course is reserved for the race from 9:00 to 12:00.
Along the way it passes Marina di San Vito and Rocca San Giovanni, between pebble beaches, cliffs over the sea and trabocchi. There are five aid stations, where you can also ask for medical help; runners who drop out are taken to the finish by shuttle. There are bins every kilometre, as dropping litter along the course is forbidden. The official track can be viewed on Google Maps and Garmin Connect from the course page.
Entry fees
- Until 31 July 2026Con pacco gara e medaglia (primi 1800 iscritti)€25
- Until 30 September 2026Con pacco gara e medaglia (primi 1800 iscritti)€30
- Until 18 October 2026Senza pacco gara ma con medaglia, senza limite di iscritti: l'unica ancora disponibile€20
What's included
- Medical assistance
- Finisher medal
- Race pack
- Chip timing
- Cronometraggio
- Pacers
- Aid stations
- Ristoro finale
- Bag drop
- Shuttle bus
- Navetta ritirati
- Finisher certificate
- Race photos
- Changing rooms
Rules and requirements
- FIDAL membersMembers of an Italian athletics club (Italian Athletics Federation).
- RuncardFIDAL card for runners without a club: buy it online and pair it with a competitive athletics medical certificate.
- Sports promotion bodiesMembers of an Italian sports promotion body recognised by FIDAL, with a competitive medical certificate.
- International runnersMembers of a federation affiliated to World Athletics, or with a Runcard and a competitive medical certificate.
Open to 2026 FIDAL members from age 18, and from age 20 to Runcard or Runcard-EPS holders with a competitive medical certificate for athletics and to members of clubs affiliated to foreign federations recognised by World Athletics. Online entries on TimingRun until 23:00 on Sunday 18 October 2026, by credit card or by bank transfer within 24 hours; no entries on race day.
Fees with race pack and medal, reserved for the first 1,800: €25 until 31 July, €30 until 30 September, €35 from 1 October; the limit has been reached and only entries without race pack, with medal, at €20 remain. Clubs get a «10+1» offer: one free bib for every ten entries with race pack. Fees are not refundable; until 18 October the bib can be transferred to another runner or the entry deferred to 2027 for a €10 fee.
Time limit 3 hours, TimingRun results based on gun time. The fee includes medical assistance, chip bib, pacemakers, aid stations on the course and at the finish, bag drop and transport from start to finish, shuttle buses between Fossacesia and Ortona, a medal for all finishers and a certificate downloadable from timingrun.it.
