The schedule of competitive trail running races planned for next weekend

They say one swallow doesn’t make a spring, but about twenty trail running races in just three days certainly seem to prove otherwise: there will be numerous races this weekend, covering a wide range of distances and elevation gains, with an extra treat in store thanks to the April 25 holiday on Monday. Here are Oxyburn’s recommendations on where to “climb” in Italy this coming weekend, starting with the first fascinating edition of the Venice Night Trail and ending with the Due Rocche ultratrail in Cornuda, Treviso.

SATURDAY, APRIL 23
In addition to the aforementioned Venice Night Trail—the first edition of an urban trail that will take participants on a journey through Venice by night across 51 bridges—the highlights will be the Tuscany Crossing in Castiglione d’Orcia, Siena, and the Laives Trail in Trento.

TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE
Laives Trail, Trento, 52k and 2,850m elevation gain, and 24k and 1,600m elevation gain
Night Trail Rovereto, Trento, 12k and 400m elevation gain

VENETO
: Venice Night Trail, Venice, 16k and 51 bridges

PIEDMONT
Orna Trail, Ornavasco, 34k with 2,400m of elevation gain and 17k with 1,200m of elevation gain

TUSCANY
The Abbots Way, Pontremoli, Massa, 125k and 5,500m elevation gain
Tuscany Crossing, Castiglione d’Orcia, Siena, 103 km and 3,100 m elevation gain, 53 km and 1,850 m elevation gain, and 15 km and 500 m elevation gain

FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
BRDA Collio Mini Trail, Cormons, Gorizia, 10k and 300m elevation gain

SUNDAY, APRIL 24
The weekend of events in Friuli dedicated to the Trail del Collio continues, alongside the Ultratrail del Mugello in Badia Moscheta, Florence; the classic 50-km race along the Adda River in Lecco; and the races in the Tolfa Mountains, in the province of Rome.

TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE
Divinosiola Trail Running, Vezzano, Trento, 35k with 990m of elevation gain and 21k with 730m of elevation gain

FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
Collio BRDA Trail, Cormons, Gorizia, 24k and 800m elevation gain
Collio BRDA Eco-Marathon, Cormons, Gorizia, 46.4k and 1,400m elevation gain

VENETO
: Due Rocche Trail, Cornuda, Treviso—21k and 700m elevation gain; 12k and 420m elevation gain; and 6k and 60m elevation gain
: Wild Trail, Piana Valdagno, Vicenza—18k and 900m elevation gain

LOMBARDY
: 50 km along the Adda River; Lecco: 47 km and 500 m of elevation gain

LIGURIA
Trail Aschero, Vado Ligure, Savona: 32.5 km with 1,700 m of elevation gain; 20 km with 1,100 m of elevation gain; and 7 km with 335 m of elevation gain

TUSCANY
Mugello Trail, Badia di Moscheta, Florence, 23.5k and 1,280m elevation gain
Mugello Ultra Trail, Badia di Moscheta, Florence, 60k and 3,200m elevation gain

LAZIO
Ecotrail Monti della Tolfa, Rome, 16k and 500m elevation gain
Ecomaratona Monti della Tolfa, Rome, 42k and 1,200m elevation gain

CAMPANIA
, Sapri Trail Running, Salerno: 32k with 694m of elevation gain and 9k with 300m of elevation gain

MONDAY, APRIL 25
Since it’s a Monday holiday, with the exception of the 48k Due Rocche Trail in Cornuda, today’s trail running races will be a bit shorter—but that doesn’t mean they’ll be any less challenging: just imagine running a mere 5.25k… …and add to that an elevation gain of nearly 800m, and there you have the Adelfio Sperafico Trophy in Lecco.

LOMBARDY
Trail del Formico, Gandino, Bergamo, 20k and 1,000m elevation gain
Gromeron, Gropello di Gravirate, Varese, 7.7k and 515m elevation gain
Adelfio Sperafico Trophy, Lecco, 5.25k and 790m elevation gain

PIEDMONT
Trail delle Rocche, Montà, Cuneo, 21k and 11k.

VENETO
, Super Serva, Belluno, 9.6k and 1,360 D+; 2.6k and 237m D+
, Due Rocche Trail, Cornuda, Treviso, 48k and 1,900m D+