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An ever-growing number of runners choose the Valencia-Trinidad Alfonso EDP Marathon as the race in which to debut in a 42.195 km trial. That is why the Organisers have decided to create a ‘Rookie’s Corner‘ full of medical and sport tips from experts to make sure you enjoy your debut to the full.
The 2019 talk will be held on Saturday the 30th of November at 6 P.M. in the Auditorio Santiago Grisolía (auditorium) at the Science Museum in The City of Arts and Sciences.
Medical Tips
The big day is approaching. Get tips from Luis Cort, the trial’s Medical Director, to make sure you enjoy one of the world’s best marathons to the full.
Sport Tips
Fernando Ortiz gives the best tips for drawing up your race strategy, and controlling your pace and nutrition in preparation for the big day.
Nutritional Tips
To run in the Valencia Marathon, you also need to train when it comes to nutrition before, during, and after the trial. Discover the tips of Valencia’s Association of Dieticians and Nutritionalists (CODiNuCoVa)
Foot Health Tips from Podoactiva
Looking after your feet is vital if you want to run a Marathon. Discover Podoactiva's tips, brought to you by the official sponsor for foot health and bio-mechanics
The 40th Valencia-Trinidad Alfonso EDP Marathon will be held on the 6st of December. We want to make sure that you safely complete the trial.
To run in the Marathon and complete the 42-kilometre circuit, you must not only have followed the whole training plan and a healthy diet, you also need rest. In addition you should also take your nutrition and liquid intake needs into account during the race itself.
During the race, runners will find no fewer than nine points along the route serving liquid and food refreshments. They are sited at 5-kilometre intervals (plus an extra one at Kilometre 37.5), plus at two special points providing gels (at approx. kilometres 19 and 29.At all of the Valencia Marathon refreshment points, you can get sealed bottles of water (33 cl.) and beakers/bottles of Powerade – an isotonic drink(15 cl.).There will be a special liquid and solid refreshment point at the Finishing Line.
Nutritional Information for the race
Below, we provide nutritional information by unit so that a runner knows exactly how much carbohydrates he or she is consuming during the race. This information is much more important than you think.You will need to drink the right quantities during the race and right from the first refreshment point, as well as take in mineral salts and carbohydrates. It is vital that you do not miss out any of the refreshment points.You should reckon on an intake of between 30 and 60 grams of carbohydrates each hour.
Other recommendationsMineral salts are important to prevent dehydration. Enervit and Powerade gels contain these essential minerals but we also recommend you take an extra capsule of mineral salts for each hour of the race with at least 20 cl. of water (never just the capsule on its own).Caffeine boosts performance but taking more of it does not help. The equivalent of a coffee before starting the race and no more than two during the race will help you to be more active and perform better (those who do not tolerate caffeine well should be careful because it may cause diarrhoea).
Fernando Ortiz, National Athletics Trainer.
Fernando Ortiz, entrenador nacional de atletismo.
Discover the 2026 Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich course. Analyze the map of the fastest and flattest circuit in the world, featuring its spectacular finish line at the City of Arts and Sciences.
Additionally, you can now check the Valencia Marathon course and all the race information on Google Maps.
Open the map on your mobile phone, and it will be saved in your Google Maps saved section.
Lo sabemos, aún ves lejos el 6 de diciembre, pero lo cierto es que faltan menos de seis meses para que estés cruzando la soñada pasarela azul del Maratón Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich y, si no lo has hecho aún, es el momento de pensar en tu estrategia de entrenamiento…
As every year, the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich and New Balance bring you the official training plans for the race, which in 2026 arrive with a major new feature: they will be completely personalized thanks to Runna by Strava, the top-rated running coaching app.
Your strongest half is won in the closing kilometres – where early preparation shows. Runna’s progressive long runs and mileage insights help you build at the right rate, developing the endurance you need to hold your goal pace.
Valencia is built for your next PB. Runna’s interval and tempo sessions, paced precisely to your goal, make race day feel controlled. Your pacing becomes second nature, not a guess.
Building your fitness is one thing; arriving fresh enough to use it is another. Your plan times your training just right so you peak when it counts, complete with a personalised taper. 16 weeks of work that shows up on the day.
Runna’s training insights, complete with workout briefings from expert coaches, show you exactly how much stronger you’re getting.
You can resolve any questions or issues with Runna by visiting https://support.runna.com/es/
With the arrival of the Valencia-Trinidad Alfonso EDP Marathon, the gardens of The City of Arts and Sciences come to life with a host of children’s activities. These take place onthe morning of Saturday the 5th of December, lasting from 9:00 A.M. to Noon (12:00) in Paseo de la Alameda.
The sporting spirit that imbues the race is a golden opportunity to foster children’s activities. Here, youngsters play the leading part. Fundación MAPFRE and Juegos Deportivos Municipales (the Municipal Sports Board) organise these events, which foster healthy lifestyles and are of an educational nature.
In 2020, the following activities will be laid on:
The Marathon at School is an education initiative in which the city’s Infant and Junior schools take part in the weeks building up to the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich. In 2025 participated 60 schools and more than 18,500 schoolchildren are taking part.
Schoolchildren took part in literary and drawing contests, races, team games, workshops, a mini-marathon, arts and crafts, making their own sports drinks, and using new technologies, among many other things.
Furthermore, the schools taking part were also eligible for super prizes covering the following:
The youngest members of the family can also play and learn from home by using the maratonalcole.com web site.
The Marathon at School is an education initiative in which the city’s Infant and Junior schools take part in the weeks building up to the Valencia-Trinidad Alfonso EDP Marathon. In the 2018 edition, 31 schools and over 10,100 children participated in the project.
For the third year in a row, schoolchildren took part in literary and drawing contests, races, team games, workshops, a mini-marathon, arts and crafts, making their own sports drinks, and using new technologies, among many other things.
Furthermore, the schools taking part were also eligible for super prizes covering the following:
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The youngest members of the family can also play and learn from home by using the maratonalcole.com web site.
Discover more about this exciting project in the video presentation on The Marathon at School:
The Bimbo Valencia Breakfast Run is an event held in parallel with the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich, taking place the day before the race. Hundreds of runners from all over the world come together to do one last test before Sunday’s race.
The training consists of a gentle 30-45 minute run in the Jardín del Turia, covering a large part of the 5K Jardí del Túria Circuit and finishing on the finish line walkway at the Hemisfèric lake.
After the training session, you can recharge your batteries with Coca-Cola, Enervit and ColaCao and enjoy lunch with Bimbo and Serrano.
Valencia’s City-Centre Retailers Association has long worked with the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich to ensure that as many runners and non-runners enjoy the race.
Points will be awarded for originality, design, use of space, and the innovativeness of shop-window displays. There will be five prizes, each of €500, for:
*Determined by the number of ‘shares’ on Facebook of shop-window photos taken by the general public. There will be a prize-draw of 20 vouchers of €100 each (tax included) for photo-sharers to spend as they like in the shops taking part in the competition.
Valencia’s City-Centre Retailers Association has long worked with the Valencia-Trinidad Alfonso EDP Marathon to ensure that as many runners and non-runners enjoy the race.
Once again this year, there will be a Shop-window Competition for associated retailers. The theme will be running the Marathon.
Points will be awarded for originality, design, use of space, and the innovativeness of shop-window displays. There will be five prizes, each of €500, for:
*Determined by the number of ‘shares’ on Facebook of shop-window photos taken by the general public. There will be a prize-draw of 20 vouchers of €100 each (tax included) for photo-sharers to spend as they like in the shops taking part in the competition.
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From the 2nd to the 30th of November, a hundred associated shops will join in ‘The Marathon Party’ with a host of discounts and special offers for Marathon runners and their companions.
See all the special offers/discounts shown in the Valencia ‘Running City’ App. The App can be downloaded from the ‘Marathon Party’ section of the web site.
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