06/09/2023

This year, the event, which is in its 45th edition, is adding the new La Mercè Bimbo Global Youth Race, targeted at people born between 2007 and 2011.

Within the framework of La Mercè festival, on 17 September the streets of Barcelona will once again welcome a large crowd of amateur runners. This city will celebrate its most important festival through sport. If you are interested in participating, you can register for La Mercè Bimbo Global Race now!

The race will offer several categories so everyone can participate according to their abilities and age. With the usual 10K route, La Mercè 10K Bimbo Global Race will start at 8:30 am on Avinguda Reina Maria Cristina and will go through the city centre passing by such emblematic places as Avinguda Paral·lel, Passeig de Sant Joan and Plaça Catalunya.

With the aim of eliminating barriers in sport and promoting everyone’s participation, the event again includes La Mercè 2K Bimbo Global Race. This adapted category is run in conjunction with the 10K and is aimed at people over the age of 14 with intellectual disabilities or reduced mobility who are unable to complete a distance of 10 kilometres for physical reasons.

New this year is La Mercè Bimbo Global Youth Race, targeted at at people born between 2007 and 2011 who want to practise sport and take part in one of the most emblematic races in the city. This new option offers two distances to run depending on the participant's age: 800 and 1,600 metres.

Registration is now open, so hurry and get your bib number! Registrations will close when 10,000 people have registered for the 10K and 2K races and 1,500 for the Mercè Young race.