Info Registration 2026
The organisers of the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich are introducing a new registration process and form for the 2026 event, incorporating a new draw system or ‘ballot’ to give the same opportunities to all the runners who want to participate in future races and avoid the platform becoming overloaded and the resulting dissatisfaction or frustration this can cause for popular races, such as this one.
This will allow the preferential loyalty period (4 days) to be maintained for participants in the 2025 race who want to repeat in 2026. Subsequently, registration will then be open to the general public for the draw or ‘ballot’ for the remaining places available until all the 35,000 race bibs have been allocated.
Registration 2026 Scheduled dates and deadlines
| 7 Dec | 2025 Event |
| 11 to 15 Dec | Preferential loyalty deadline (4 days) |
| From 16 Dec | Registration in the draw / ballot |
| Pending | Draw / ballot |
| Pending | Results sent to runners |
| Pending | Registration of entrants chosen in the draw (12 days) |
| Pending | Spare places filled from waiting list |
Registration Valencia Marathon 2026 – FAQ’s
Anyone who has an active registration for the Valencia Marathon 2025 (i.e. anyone who registered and has not cancelled their registration due to injury, change of bib holder or refund) can register for the event in 2026 during the 4-day preferential period.
If you do not register during this phase, you will still be able to register afterwards in the draw or ‘ballot’ along with everybody else, but you will lose the guarantee of having a reserved place in the first phase.
To sign up you will need to enter the ID or passport number, date of birth, email and full name of the person who wants to run.
These details cannot be changed later in the registration process. This is in order to avoid the situation where a runner who is chosen in the draw can give their place to another runner.
Yes, you will be able to complete a registration form for up to three people in case you want to run with a family member or friend, but you will have to fill in their personal details, which cannot be subsequently modified.
These details cannot be modified later in the registration process, in order to avoid the situation where a runner who is chosen in the draw can give their place to another runner.
No, but when you register for the draw or ‘ballot’ you will need an active bank card on which a 5 euro retention will be made for 7 days.
After this period, the amount will be automatically released. This means that we will not charge you anything for registration in the ‘ballot’ regardless of whether you get a place in the draw to register in the race or not.
The details cannot be changed later in the registration process, in order to prevent a runner from registering with the details of more than one person. Registration will be free of charge, but only one registration per person will be allowed.
Registration will be free of charge, but only one registration per person will be allowed. However, the same person may register up to three people if they wish to run as a couple, family or group of friends.
Yes, after the official draw or “ballot” takes place, which will happen before a notary, the organisers will communicate by email to all participants whether they have been awarded a place to register for 2026.
Those who have not been lucky will have to wait for their chance by registering on the Waiting List in case of future cancellations or take advantage of the race bibs held by the official agencies or tour operators authorised by the event.
Once you have received the email confirming that you have been chosen in the draw, if you do not then complete and formalise your registration for the Valencia Marathon within 12 days the reserved race bib will be cancelled, and you will lose the guarantee of being able to run in the event.
The place will be allocated to a person from the Waiting List at the end of this 12-day period to complete the maximum quota of 35,000 bibs.
Terms and conditions for 2026 registration
- Preferential registration phase
To purchase a race number for the 2026 edition of the Valencia Marathon, there will be a preferential period of 4 days from 11 to 15 December for all runners who purchased a race number in their name for the 2025 edition and have not renounced it (either due to injury, change of owner, use of the refund service, etc.).
2. Registration for the ballot
If there are still race numbers available once this preferential period has ended, a registration period will open on 16 December for the ballot, so that people who do not already have a race number can apply to purchase one, provided they meet the requirements to participate in the race (see rules). The registration period for the ballot will end on 7 January 2026 at 11 a.m.
If more people register than there are race numbers available, a draw will be held before a notary, who will draw a single winning registration number, followed by the rest of the winning numbers in sequential order until the number of available race numbers is filled.
You must register to participate in the draw, which is free of charge, but when registering for the draw, you will need an active bank card, from which €5 will be held for a maximum of 7 days. After this period, the amount will be automatically released, regardless of the result of the draw. Without the €5 deposit, you will not be considered registered in the draw.
Once you have completed the form, you will receive your raffle entry number at the email address you provided.
Registration for the raffle is non-transferable. You can register as an individual or as a group (up to three people), but in all cases you will need to fill in the necessary personal details and you will receive one entry number per person.
Only one registration per person is possible. If it is found that a person has attempted to register for the draw on several occasions, with several emails, etc., that person will be expelled from the draw and will not be entitled to participate in it.
The details entered when registering for the draw cannot be changed during the race number purchase process.
3. Registration deadlines and dates after the draw
Once the draw has taken place, the beneficiaries will have 12 days to purchase their race number via the link they will receive in their email, which will already include the same details they used when registering for the draw.
If the beneficiaries of the draw do not purchase their race number within the specified period, they will lose the opportunity to register with this guaranteed place, and the places that have not been filled will be assigned, in order of registration, to those who have registered on the official waiting list for the race, which will be opened for this purpose.