Cycling & running events in Paraty, 2026

Paraty Training Notes

Running: Locals point runners toward trail days, not flat city loops. The trail to Sono Beach gives you a full plate, then keeps linking several beaches in a row if the legs are good. Paraty Brazil by UTMB is the anchor event here, and the race menu runs from 7km with 50m+ to 108km with 4850m+. UTMB also brings 17km, 25km, 34km, and 58km options, so Z2, intervals, and long climbs all have a place. Local run clubs are not named in the brief, so the scene reads more trail crew than club calendar.

Cycling: Locals ride the coast, the unpaved side roads, the beaches themselves, and dirt roads through the forest. The Paraty to Sao Paulo line can fit into one week or less, and 50-75 km a day keeps the ride social instead of rushed. The coastal road gives base miles with Serra do Mar in the background. Serra da Bocaina brings the climbing, especially the section between Cunha and Lidice, where rough, sandy, muddy, and steep bits make it unfriendly for a gravel bike. No named cycling club, crit, gran fondo, or cyclocross anchor event shows up in the brief.

Season: January is the named month in the brief, and January is also the wettest month, so summer training here means humid legs and warm sea recovery. The sea stays consistently warm in summer, which makes beach rides and post-run dips part of the rhythm. The Atlantic Forest, mountains, waterfalls, dirt roads, and coastal roads still drive both sports when winter hits, but the brief gives no hard winter numbers. Locals keep the plan simple: trail runners watch route access, riders pick between coast miles and Serra da Bocaina climbing, and everyone respects the wet ground after big rain.