Calendar of road races in Valencia — The Running City — scheduled for 2018

Valencia — The Running City, has already drawn up its calendar of races for 2018. Once again, it will have a big range of trials over the following months, with races of all distances on offer for runners.

There are new features in the 14th ‘Divina Pastora’ [sponsoring insurance company] Circuit, with various new races such as the 1st Valencia City Run, the 1st Marta Fernández de Castro Race. There will also be variations on some of the classic trials in the city’s running calendar, which will be held on other dates next year.

Among other new features, one should note the creation of two new categories: universities, and ‘fallas’ [associations making Valencia’s huge, world-famed papier mâché figures for the festival of the same name]. This makes it possible for any runner to represent his/her ‘falla’ association or university. At the end of the race, prizes will be given for both the fastest times and the biggest number of entries, in both categories.

The youngest runners are not forgotten in the new events. Youngsters aged between 14 and 18 can represent their schools. At the end of the season, a prize will be given to the school with the greatest number of runners taking part.

Furthermore, all those taking part in at least 9 or 10 trials on the Circuit will automatically be entitled to a €3 discount on an entry to the Valencia-Trinidad Alfonso EDP Half-Marathon, and €5 in the case of the Marathon, for the 2019 editions of these races.

Main 2018 Races

In addition, Valencia will hold three major international events in 2018. As well as the usual fixtures (albeit with new dates in 2018) — the Half-Marathon and Valencia-Trinidad Alfonso EDP Marathon, the 24th of March 2018 will also mark a new first in the city’s running history — the IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso Half-Marathon World Championship in Valencia. This is yet one more step on the way to turn Valencia into the heart of the world’s road race scene. Thousands of amateur runners will get the chance to run alongside the world’s top athletes on the same circuit.

The new date for the Valencia Marathon is the 2nd of December. This is to avoid a clash with the Cheste Motorcycle Gran Prix. There have also been some changes to the usual dates for the races held towards the end of the year.