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Souvenir poster
Available from December 11th
Turn your Valencia Marathon 2024 into a lifelong memory
Months of training, spending less time with your family, saying “no” to beers with your friends, but… You did it! On 1 December, you ran along the mythical blue walkway and successfully completed the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich, an achievement that deserves a souvenir to match.
Which is why we recommend that you turn your medal and race bib into a poster that will decorate your home and last a lifetime. Because your legs may forget, but your heart never will…
Four posters to choose from
How? We have prepared four different models of prints that you can buy from our shop for the price of 5€ and on which your name and your time of the 2024 edition will appear.
There are four models to choose from:
- For those who just want to keep their medal with the slogan ‘I ran for Valencia’.
- For those who are taking part for the first time in this race, to place your medal and your bib with the text ‘I made my debut for Valencia’.
- For those who want to place their race bib in a prominent place under the slogan ‘I made my PB for Valencia’.
- For those who want to remember the Valencia Marathon 2024 course and their time.
Medal Party
The Medal Party is the official Valencia Marathon after-party that will be held on Sunday 7 December from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Mya club in the City of Arts and Sciences.
Join a unique celebration of all runners and friends after months of effort and sacrifice to achieve the goal of crossing the blue footbridge over the lake of l’Hemisfèric and enjoy the challenge with friends and colleagues. And don’t forget your finisher’s medal!
- Over 18 years old only
See the pictures of Medal Party in 20223
Rookies’ Corner
The Rookies‘ Corner by Serrano will be held in La Placeta, within Expo 42K Feria Valencia, the runners’ expo that will take place in Feria Valencia Exhibition Centre.
The Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich is one of the favourite races for runners competing over this distance for the first time, so in order to make this experience as memorable as possible, we have a space dedicated to all of them, Rookies’ Corner by Serrano, where debutante runners will be able to attend different talks and receive useful advice to help them reach the finish line.
The talks are given by José Garay and they deal with the key issues facing anyone running a marathon for the first time.
Supplementary exercises
Preparing properly for a marathon is not just about running or pace and series training, it is also about working out in the gym to get in the best possible shape.
In these videos, CA Serrano coach José Garay, who designed our training plans, recommends some exercises so you can round off your preparation.
Strength work
Running is an activity that damages our muscles and generates imbalances in different parts of our body. This is why we need to perform muscle compensation exercises in a toning circuit. Here we show you a series of exercises that are easy to perform, do not require any weight training equipment and that you can do at home or in your nearest park. Working on our strength from the first weeks of marathon preparation will allow us to face the demanding training sessions and the race itself with much greater guarantees of success.
Core exercises
One of the best workouts that runners can do to avoid injuries, increase their workload and that will give them a more efficient running technique, is to perform appropriate and systematic exercises that help to keep the abdomen and all the pelvic muscles in the best muscle tone condition. We are going to show you some basic exercises so that you can do them and gain all the benefits at a structural level.Working on flexibility
In addition to the supplementary strength work that we have highlighted during the first two weeks of preparation, it is important that we dedicate time to working on other aspects that will have an impact on our preparation in the weeks ahead. This is the case for flexibility, an essential aspect that promotes muscle elongation and helps us to eliminate muscle contraction after exercise and to prevent and avoid muscular and tendon discomfort and strains. It is important to do these exercises before physical activity, but above all it is very important to do them after every training session.Training Plan Tips
When you decide to train for and run a marathon, you make one of the most challenging, motivating and demanding decisions a runner can make. From Monday 18 August and for the next 16 weeks, you will have at your disposal the training plan that will take you to achieve the challenge of crossing the blue footbridge of the finish line, in the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències.
However, there are a number of factors to take into account before starting out on the specific training weeks, this will help you achieve the right level of fitness to begin with. Firstly, to successfully complete the plan you must be available and understand how to best adapt the plan to your personal and professional life. You have to create the best possible conditions around youself, so you can train without pressure and with the support of your family and friends.
Every runner should always keep their health in mind and train responsibly. Therefore, I recommend a thorough sports medical examination and positive report to prove you are fit enough to follow the plan, for the training sessions and for the competition.
Your body and your mind must start the training in the best possible condition and this will depend on your activity over the coming weeks. To achieve this, you should purposefully lose fitness before you start your preparation and you should stop training systematically and increase the amount you rest.
The transition period is a cycle of active recovery between the end of one season and the beginning of preparing for the next season through the basic-general period. The main objective is for your body to recover as much as possible, as well as for your mind to take a break from the various psychological aspects that can affect a runner after a long and intense season.
You should, therefore, plan approximately two to three weeks of transition and active rest that will include the following objectives and activities:
- During this period it is very important to disconnect both from the competitive side and also from the regularity of training. It is essential to understand that your body and mind are resting and to avoid strong stimuli of any kind.
- This is the ideal time to treat any niggling injuries you may have. Strains, inflammations, etc. You should visit your physiotherapist to help you eliminate any muscle, joint or tendon issues you may have. You can take the opportunity to do other complementary activities and other sports (hiking, mountaineering, swimming, cycling, etc.). In short, do not give up sport, but instead, do it in a playful, fun and non-competitive way. This will help you to avoid losing you physical condition completely and will make the first introductory weeks easier to assimilate.
- Do some strength training by doing circuits in the gym and toning exercises. It is important that your physical structure is not weakened before you start the preparation.
- You can do some gentle running for about 45 minutes. These should be low intensity runs. Due to the heat, your heart rate will be higher and you need to manage your aerobic sessions appropriately.
- It may be a good time to choose the kit you are going to use for your training and, above all, to have the right training and competition shoes and to ensure they are in good condition.
- It is important to monitor your diet to avoid gaining too much weight. When you increase rest and decrease your training load, it is normal to put on weight, but you must avoid gaining too much. The more weight we gain, the harder the first few introductory weeks will be.
All these tips will help you to manage your time before you start training, they will ensure you do not lose your fitness completely and help you to prioritise other activities over running and to have fun doing other sports. Resting and disconnecting is the best possible training you can do.
I look forward to seeing you on the 18th! Have fun!
Training 42K
TRAINING PLANS TIPS
Learn about the tips of José Garay, coach of Serrano CA, to take advantage of the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich training plans.
TRAINING
PLANS
The Valencia Marathon and New Balance make the official training plans for nine objectives available to all runners. What is your plan?
SUPPLEMENTARY EXERCISES
Working on other aspects such as strength and flexibility is also essential for optimal preparation. Here are some examples.