Info Registration 2026
In 2026, the option to purchase the Valencia Half Marathon + Valencia Marathon pack will NOT be available.
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 36,000 race bibs have been allocated.
2026 Registration Dates and Deadlines
| 7 Dec | Valencia Marathon 2025 |
| 11 – 15 Dec. | Loyalty period (4 days) |
| 16 – 26 Dec. | Ballot registration |
| Pte. | Conducting the draw |
| Pte | Sending results to runners |
| Pte | Registration of draw winners |
| Pte | Vacancies not filled with waiting list |
Registration Valencia Marathon 2026 FAQ
Anyone who has an active registration for the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich 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.
Registrations for the ballot will open on December 16 at 11:00 am (Spanish time) and will close on December 26 at 10:59 am (Spanish time).
Yes, you can enter the draw/ballot with up to three people if you want to run with a family member or friend, but you will also need to provide their personal details (full name, ID or passport number, date of birth and email address), which cannot be modified either.
Once you have completed the registration, the people you signed up will receive an email and must confirm that they wish to enter the ballot.
This way, you will all be assigned a consecutive registration number, and this will allow—under the same conditions as all individual entries—that if your registration number is selected, each of you can complete your individual entry and run as a group.
If you enter as a group, your chances in the draw are exactly the same as if you enter individually.
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 15 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.
If you sign up as a group, a €5 hold will be applied to the person completing the registration and to each group member once they confirm that they wish to be part of the group.
The data cannot be modified later in the registration process, in order to prevent a runner from signing up using the personal details of multiple people. Registration will be free of charge, but only one entry per person is allowed.
If the organization detects more than one registration, it will proceed to cancel all registrations from that person, who will lose any chance of participating in the draw.
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 (according to the order in which they registered) at the end of this 12-day period to complete the maximum quota of 35,000 bibs.
Yes, both the bibs purchased during the loyalty period and those obtained through the ballot will allow a name change starting on February 1.
Registrations obtained through the ballot that are cancelled due to a change of holder will be offered to people on the waiting list who did not obtain a spot in the ballot.
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 26 December 2026 at 11 a.m (Spanish Time).
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 15 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.
Except for what is indicated here, the sale of the race bib and participation in the event will be subject to the provisions set out in the Race Regulations.
Ballot conditions
We have introduced this ballot system with the aim of providing the runners who wish to participate in the race with a clear and transparent system and in order to prevent unfair practices. We have therefore implemented some rules that you should bear in mind:
- You cannot apply to enter this ballot if you have already registered for the race.
- We will not permit duplicates of personal data or email addresses. Only one entry per person is permitted. For group registrations(maximum three people) different email addresses must be registered, one for each participant/participation.
- If you provide personal data belonging to third parties during the registration process for the ballot, you must ensure that you have their prior consent for their data to be processed by the race organisers for the purposes of managing the ballot and, where applicable, subsequent registration. The authorisation will be made available to the organisers.
- If you have already registered for the draw (either individually or as part of another group) and then complete a new registration (either individually or in a different group), the previous registration(s) will be automatically cancelled. This ensures that you only have one chance in the ballot , which is based on your most recent registration.
- The details you provide at the outset will be the details we use to register you. No changes will be permitted (except for reasonable requests such as typographical errors or changes to passport numbers due to expiry).
- We will carry out checks using IP detection tools, data patterns and duplication software and if we detect any possible infringements, we will cancel your participation.
- In order to ensure interest in participating in the race, when you apply to enter the ballot, €5 will be held on your credit card for 15 days. After this period, the amount will be automatically released. This means that we will not charge you anything for registering for the ballot. If you register before those 15 days are up, you will pay the full amount because the financial institution automatically unlocks the funds at the end of that period.
- If you are selected in the ballot and do not use the registration code within the specified period, the code and your application will be automatically cancelled.
Once you have completed the registration process, you will be able to check your entry number for the ballot and your status, or cancel your registration.