Photo: © ASD Podistica Taras▶Strataranto Half Marathon del Mediterraneo
Taranto (TA), Puglia48th editionAt a glance
Strataranto Half Marathon del Mediterraneo 2026 takes place on 8 November 2026 in Taranto (TA), Puglia. Distances: 21.098 km. Start at 09:00 from Via D'Aquino, Taranto (raduno in Piazza Immacolata).
- Date
- Sunday, 8 November 2026
- Location
- Taranto (TA), Puglia, Italy
- Start
- Via D'Aquino, Taranto (raduno in Piazza Immacolata)
- Finish
- Piazza Immacolata, Taranto
- Distances
- Half marathon · 21.098 km · Competitive
- Start times
- 09:00
- Entry fees
- €20
- Registration
- Registration open until 5 November 2026 · Register now ↗
- Organiser
- A.S Podistica Taras
- Official website
- asdpodisticataras.it ↗
- Edition
- 48th edition
Last updated: 18 October 2026
The race
The Strataranto – Half Marathon del Mediterraneo, organised by ASD Podistica Taras with the Italian Air Force Volunteers School, reaches its 48th edition on Sunday 8 November 2026 and is one of the longest-running road races in southern Italy. The start is at 9:00 from Via D'Aquino, with meeting from 7:30 and the finish in Piazza Immacolata, in central Taranto.
The FIDAL-certified 21.097 km course crosses the 19th-century Borgo and the old town and, by permission of the SVAM, runs for a stretch inside the military base. The race also serves as the 27th Italian Air Force national championship. There is a single fee of €20, including a race pack with the traditional bowl illustrated by cartoonist Nico Pillinini, drink and sponge stations and a finisher medal. The time limit is 3 hours.
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Course
Start on Via D'Aquino and finish in Piazza Immacolata, Taranto. The 2026 rules publish no map: they state that the course is FIDAL-certified and that part of it runs inside the base of the Air Force Volunteers School. In 2024 the city circuit took in the 19th-century Borgo, the old town on its island and the stretch inside the SVAM. Asphalt, with drink and sponge stations along the course and refreshments at the finish.
Entry fees
- Until 5 November 2026Now€20
What's included
- Chip timing
- Aid stations
- Race pack
- Finisher medal
- Sponge stations
- Ristoro finale
- Cronometraggio
- Medical assistance
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 from age 18 to FIDAL members for 2026; from age 20 to Runcard or Runcard EPS holders with a competitive medical certificate for athletics, which may be submitted digitally; and to members of clubs in World Athletics federations with a self-declaration signed at collection. Entries only online on Icron by midnight on 5 November 2026; no entries, cancellations or substitutions on race day.
The fee is €20 by instant bank transfer, to be shown at bib collection, and includes chip bib, insurance, medical assistance, race pack with the Pillinini bowl, drinks, timing and medal. Time limit 3 hours. Prizes in kind worth €200 for the first man and woman, category prizes (not combinable with overall prizes), cups for the three largest clubs and awards for Air Force athletes.
