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Pula, Sardinia, Santa Margherita di Pula

Challenge Forte Village

Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyHalf distance25 October 2026

Photo: Olaf Tausch, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

12

days to race day

Checked against the organiser's own race page.

Santa Margherita di Pula race week and bags, in the app.

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Challenge Forte Village at a glance

Swim

1.9 km

Bike

90 km

Run

21.1 km

Race week, the last three years

Sea

23°C

22°C to 24°C in race week

Air

23°C

18°C at night

Rain

52%

of race-week days

Wind

28

km/h gusts on a typical day

Date
25 October 2026
Distance
Half, 1.9 / 90 / 21.1 km
Official page
challengefamily.com

Standard distances; the organiser's own course page has the laps and the map. Weather: the seven days around the race date in 2023, 2024, 2025, averaged (Open-Meteo, ERA5). Sea is the sea off the town, not a reading of the swim. The water temperature that counts is the one officials measure on race morning.

Challenge Forte Village race week guide

Race week in three parts, the same three the Taperly app uses. Times and deadlines come from the athlete guide.

  1. 18 October 2026 to 23 October 2026

    Race week

    Everything that still has time to go wrong, while there is still time to fix it. Nothing you train this week makes you faster on the day, but plenty of it can make you slower.

    Must do: Read the athlete guide properly, Check your race entry and category are right, Final equipment check: tyres, brakes, gears, cleats, Arrange care for kids or pets.

  2. On site, by 24 October 2026

    At the race

    A long day of small errands in a town you do not know, and then an early night. Do them in an order you decided in advance.

    Must do: Athlete check-in, Timing chip somewhere you cannot leave without it.

  3. 25 October 2026

    Race day

    If the week went well, this is only a list of things to pick up and put down. It ends when the horn goes, because from there nobody is holding a phone.

    Must do: Timing chip on, Race number, Bike on your own rack number.

The full race week checklist

Taperly plan with the prep phases and what is left

The same race week, planned day by day in the app.

Packing list for Santa Margherita di Pula

What goes in each bag. The full list, to tick off bag by bag, is in the app.

Challenge Forte Village: questions

When is Challenge Forte Village?

Challenge Forte Village is on 25 October 2026, in Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy. The date is checked against the organiser's own race page.

What is the water temperature at Challenge Forte Village?

The sea off Santa Margherita di Pula has been around 23°C in race week (22°C to 24°C over 2023, 2024, 2025). Whether wetsuits are allowed is decided on race morning from the measured water temperature.

What is the Challenge Forte Village course like?

Swim 1.9 km. Bike 90 km. Run 21.1 km. The organiser's course page has the laps and the map.

What is the weather like at Challenge Forte Village?

In race week it has been 18°C at night and 23°C in the day, with rain on 52% of days and gusts around 28 km/h (2023, 2024, 2025).

What should I pack for Challenge Forte Village?

Everything sorted by the bag it goes in: what you wear, the morning bag, the bike bag and the run bag. The full list, with what changes for Santa Margherita di Pula, is free in the Taperly app.

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