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Transgrancanaria Advanced

Transgrancanaria Advanced Aid Station Planner

All 8 Transgrancanaria Advanced checkpoints pre-loaded. Enter your goal finish time to get estimated arrival times at every aid station.

81.7km4,314m D+8 checkpointsCutoff: 21h

Full Transgrancanaria Advanced course data: aid stations, cutoffs, course profile

Enter a goal Transgrancanaria Advanced finish time and get estimated arrival times at every checkpoint - 81.7 km with around 4,314 m of climbing, with crew and drop-bag points flagged.

Turns every arrival into a clock time and every cutoff into a margin.

Terrain changes how the goal time is shared between segments, not the total. One surface everywhere cancels out.

Checkpoints (8)

  1. Moya (Fontanales)

    Sat 11:24

    Cutoff Sat 11:5530 minTight

    Leave by Sat 12:38Set by Artenara

    Dist (km)
    12.2
    D+ (m)
    +982
    Seg time
    2:24:40
    Seg pace/km
    11:51

  2. Artenara

    Sat 13:15

    Cutoff Sat 14:301h14

    Leave by Sat 15:34Set by Tejeda

    Dist (km)
    22.4
    D+ (m)
    +658
    Seg time
    1:51:10
    Seg pace/km
    10:54

  3. Tejeda

    Sat 15:41

    Cutoff Sat 18:002h18

    Leave by Sat 18:18Set by El Garañón

    Dist (km)
    34.8
    D+ (m)
    +757
    Seg time
    2:25:53
    Seg pace/km
    11:46

  4. El Garañónlikely hiking (pace)

    Sat 18:08

    Cutoff Sat 20:452h37

    Leave by Sat 21:51Set by Tunte

    Dist (km)
    46.4
    D+ (m)
    +1129
    Seg time
    2:26:37
    Seg pace/km
    12:38

  5. Tunte

    Sat 19:42

    Cutoff Sat 23:253h43

    Leave by Sun 00:21Set by Ayagaures

    Dist (km)
    55.3
    D+ (m)
    +176
    Seg time
    1:33:47
    Seg pace/km
    10:32

  6. Ayagaures

    Sat 21:45

    Cutoff Sun 02:254h39

    Leave by Sun 04:04Set by Maspalomas (Finish)

    Dist (km)
    66.9
    D+ (m)
    +375
    Seg time
    2:03:42
    Seg pace/km
    10:40

  7. Maspalomas (Finish)

    Sat 23:41

    Cutoff Sun 06:006h19

    Dist (km)
    81.7
    D+ (m)
    +237
    Seg time
    1:55:11
    Seg pace/km
    7:47

Highlighted rows use a pace heuristic (>12 min/km / >19 min/mi) - likely hiking by speed, not grade. The grade-based power-hike cue is ≥15% (see GAP and Incline tools). Times are distributed proportionally by km-effort.

Leave by is the latest you can start the next segment and still make every cutoff ahead of you at this pace - often set by a station further on, not this one. It does not yet subtract the time you spend stopped, so treat it as the optimistic edge.

Cutoff buffers are estimates from your goal time and published barriers. Courses and barriers change - verify against the official race guide.

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About Transgrancanaria Advanced

Transgrancanaria Advanced covers 81.7 km with around 4,314 m of elevation gain, starting in Teror, Spain. The overall cutoff is 21 hours.

Crew access is allowed at Artenara (22.4 km), Tejeda (34.8 km), El Garañón (46.4 km) and Tunte (55.3 km). Drop bags are available at El Garañón.

Checkpoint data approximate - verify against the current official race guide at transgrancanaria.net before your race.

The science behind km-effort pacing

Most runners build race pacing plans by dividing total distance evenly - which ignores the fact that an uphill kilometre takes far longer than a flat one. This planner uses TrailMath's enhanced km-effort model to distribute your goal time proportionally by effort, not by distance.

The km-effort formula for each segment is: distance_km + gain_m/100 + loss_m/150. This is TrailMath's extension of the standard ITRA gain-only formula, which adds descent cost based on Minetti's finding that steep technical descents carry real metabolic load. A 5km segment with 500m of gain and 200m of loss has an effort of 5 + 5 + 1.3 = 11.3 km-effort - equivalent to running 11.3km flat. Time is allocated proportionally to this effort score.

Why gain and loss have asymmetric costs. Minetti et al. (2002) mapped the metabolic cost of inclined locomotion across gradients from -45% to +45%. The key findings: metabolic cost rises steeply above 15-20% uphill grade, making power hiking more energy-efficient than running on steep climbs. On descents, eccentric muscle loading (quads acting as brakes) creates its own metabolic cost - steep technical descents are far more demanding than the same gradient on a smooth fire road. The gain/100 + loss/150 asymmetry in the formula reflects this - gain is more costly per metre than loss, but loss is not free.

Power hiking threshold is flagged at segments where your computed pace exceeds 12 min/km (19 min/mile). This threshold corresponds to the crossover point where walking biomechanics become more efficient than running on steep uphill terrain. Strategic power hiking on marked segments preserves leg muscle for descents and reduces overall race time compared to running everything.

This km-effort model is the same formula used in TrailMath's training engine for load calculation (following Dan Johnston's asymmetric elevation scoring methodology), ensuring consistency between how your training load is measured and how your race effort is planned.

Minetti AE et al. (2002). Energy cost of walking and running at extreme uphill and downhill slopes. J Appl Physiol. 93(3):1039-46. Minetti AE et al. (1995). Mechanical determinants of gradient walking energetics in man. J Physiol. 481(Pt 1):235-43. ITRA. km-effort formula. International Trail Running Association. itra.run

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