Case study · A Coruña
ENKI — the race
everyone can run.
How Fundación ENKI, with the support of the Xunta de Galicia and the Concello da Coruña, turned Spain’s first inclusive obstacle race into an accessible experience for all.
15,000+
Runners registered in the 2024 edition
ARASAAC
Pictograms combined with audio
42
Languages with voice readout
1st
Inclusive obstacle race in Spain
The client
Fundación ENKI
Inclusion in motion
Fundación ENKI runs Spain’s first inclusive obstacle race in A Coruña, with the support of the Xunta de Galicia, the Concello da Coruña and Federación Autismo Galicia.
Its mission is to prove that sport can be a real meeting space for people with and without disabilities. For that to work, the whole event —from arrival to the last obstacle— had to be accessible.
§ The challenge
So every obstacle is understood by everyone.
- 01
A race for everybody
The ENKI race in A Coruña is the first obstacle event designed for people with and without disabilities. Each participant needs to understand the route and what to do at every obstacle.
- 02
Accessible outdoor communication
People with autism, cognitive or visual disabilities need clear information before and during each obstacle. Standard signage isn’t enough: audio, easy-read text and pictograms are required.
- 03
Multilingual and install-free
Volunteers and international participants had to be able to read every panel in their own language, without downloading anything new and from several metres away, even in the rain.
§ The solution
Audio + pictogram.
One code per obstacle.
Every obstacle on the course carries a panel with a NaviLens code and, below it, a pictogram diagram in ARASAAC that answers two questions: what’s there? and what do I do?.
Pointing a phone is enough to hear the instructions in your own language, from several metres away and without touching anything.
§ Timeline
From a charity idea to a replicable model.
- 2024
Full deployment along the course
Fundación ENKI integrates NaviLens Accessible Code at every obstacle on the A Mariña – Parrote – Castillo de San Antón circuit, right on the A Coruña seafront.
- Oct 2024
Partnership with Autismo Galicia
Federación Autismo Galicia joins Fundación ENKI to reinforce the inclusion of people with autism in the race, with easy-read materials and pictograms combined with NaviLens audio.
- 18 Oct 2025
2025 edition with 15,000 runners
The 2025 ENKI race is held with more than 15,000 registered runners, cementing its status as Galicia’s flagship inclusive sporting and solidarity event.
§ Results
A race where no one is left out.
100%
Of obstacles accessible with audio + pictogram
0
Extra digital infrastructure required along the course
1
Validated model for inclusive sporting events
“With NaviLens, every obstacle explains itself: in voice, in pictograms and in the runner’s own language. That’s real inclusion.”
§ What they said
“La carrera Enki culmina su undécima edición con récord de participantes —15.000 inscritos— y reforzando su carácter accesible, con medidas como la «sala de la calma» para personas con autismo u otras condiciones, pictogramas adaptados y la tecnología NaviLens en cada obstáculo.”
“La Carrera ENKI se reafirma como el espectacular evento deportivo y solidario de Galicia con 15.000 corredores inscritos. La inclusión y la accesibilidad ya son parte de la meta del recorrido por A Coruña.”
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