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Use our calculator to find your average time or pace when running a marathon
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Rookie’s Corner
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
Training plans – Private area
Dear Runner,
Congratulations on registering for Objetivo 42K Valencia and for receiving from New Balance the training plans for the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso 2023, which have been prepared by CA Serrano coach José Garay.
The preparation to reach the Valencia Marathon’s finish line will start on Monday 14th August and you will receive the training plan for your first week on Sunday 13th August. If you need to check your plan or make any changes, you can do so at any time on the following link.
Tips for before starting your plan
Best of luck in your preparations. Let’s get started!!
NOTE: We remind you that the training plan should serve as an accompanying guide, but in no case can or should it replace the figure of a personal trainer who has first-hand knowledge of your feelings and your responses during your preparation.
Training plans – Login
Thanks to New Balance, all the runners registered for the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso 2023 will have access to the training plans prepared by CA Serrano coach José Garay, with seven different options depending on each runner’s time aspirations.
Runners’ Bag
You have a date on Sunday the 1st of December with one of the world’s ten best marathons — the Valencia-Trinidad Alfonso EDP Marathon.
Inspired by the 2019 campaign ‘Valencia Speaks’, the shirt for this year’s race features a reflective component on the front that reacts to light changes. You can pick up your shirt at the Runners’ Fair (Expo Deporte Valencia) on Friday the 29th or Saturday the 30th of November between 9 A.M. and 8 P.M. (without a break).
Your entry also includes:
- Bib + Chip
- Official T-shirt
- Finisher’s medal
- Medical Insurance
- Refund due to injury
- Paella Party
- Tourist discounts
- Full Runner’s bag
- 10 Refreshment stands
- Showers
- Lockers
- Parking
Furthermore, your Valencia-Trinidad Alfonso EDP Marathon entry gives you access to the Paella Party, free locker service, post-race showers, and many other services that we will announce on this web page in due course.
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Tips on refreshments
Tips on nutrition and liquid intake
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.
- Drink between 25 and 30 cl. of water at every refreshment point (if possible, little by little rather than all at once).
- Remember that the Powerade at each refreshment point contains carbohydrates (approximately 8 grams for each ’slug’ in a beaker – roughly 15 cl.). This is in addition to any gel you take.
- From the refreshment point at Kilometre 25 to the Finish, there will be fruit at each of this succeeding points — bananas, dried apricots, and apricots.
- Bananas: One banana contains about 33 grams of carbohydrates. By the same token, a third of a banana contains 11 grams of carbohydrates.
- Dried Apricots: 1 dried apricot (9 grams) contains 5 grams of carbohydrates
- At kilometres 19 and 29, Enervit brand gels will be handed out. Each sachet (25 grams) contains 17.8 grams of carbohydrates.
- In addition, there will be water, isotonic drinks, and fruit at the Finish to help runners recover.
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.
Organisation chart
València City Council
- Management Committee Members
- Trial strategy in the municipal sphere
- Municipal facilities
- Volunteers' Office
- Permit management
- Co-ordination of municipal services
- Local Police
- Institutional Relations
- Activities promoting amateur sport
S.D. Correcaminos (running club)
- Management Committee Members
- Runners' Care Service
- Sponsorship Management
- Race organisation, logistics, and infrastructure
- The Runners' Fair
- Management of Volunteers
- Planning, contracting and management of elite athletes
- Budgetary management
- Parallel activities
- Support Programme
- Medical Services
- Security Plans
- Health & Safety at Work
- Relations with other marathons and sports institutions
- Entries
Fundación Trinidad Alfonso
- Management Committee Members
- Trial Sponsors
- Event promotion and support
- General strategy for the event
- Marketing & Communication Plans
- National & International Sales Plans
- Budgetary Sustainability
- Public co-ordination, involvement, and awareness campaigns
- Tourism packages & services
- Image of events
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Medical Tips
Medical tips so that you can safely and successfully run the Valencia Marathon
You will run in the Valencia-Trinidad Alfonso EDP Marathon 2019 on the 1st of December and we want to make sure you safely complete the race. That is why we in the Marathon’s Medical Services encourage you to follow your training plan so that you leave nothing to chance on the big day.
You will run in the Valencia-Trinidad Alfonso EDP Marathon 2019 on the 1st of December and we want to make sure you safely complete the race. That is why we in the Marathon’s Medical Services encourage you to follow your training plan so that you leave nothing to chance on the big day.
So far, you have only run kilometres to build muscle tone but from September onwards, you will start the special training for the Marathon itself. You will find different kinds of Marathon training on our web site so we will not go into detail here.The key thing is that you follow a plan drawn up by a professional coach and alternate strength-building exercises and long sessions with relaxing days and stretching so as to avoid injuries. Obviously, you need to keep up a training rhythm and stick to our suggested programmes. Above all, you need to be responsible and know what you are taking on so that you can safely run and finish the 42,195-metre race in Valencia Ciudad del Running. Leaving aside the training plans, we would like to give you some general tips now that you are starting special preparation for The Marathon. Follow them to make sure that your experience of the Valencia Marathon is one that you will cherish forever.
General Tips
1. Safety and Health are of paramount importance
We want you to be in tip-top health on the day of the race. With three months to go until the Marathon, now is a good time to go for a medical check-up if you have not already done so. Just like at work, where there are medical check-ups, it is important that you start your Marathon training in good health. Nutritional deficiencies, anaemia, changes to the body’s electrolyte balance, and so on can be picked up through simple analytic tests. If you have never had a medical check-up, now is the moment to consult a specialist, who will suggest the appropriate tests in your case.
If you are over 40 or suffer from certain chronic diseases (high blood pressure, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, and so forth), it is vital that you tell your usual doctor about your plans to run the Marathon. We recommend you also have an annual check-up to make sure you are healthy enough to compete in the trial.
2. Training nutrition
What you eat and drink is directly linked to your performance. Three months before the Valencia Marathon, you will begin strenuous physical activity in the build-up for the race. This means following an appropriate diet.
Avoid alcohol, drugs, and other toxic substances.
Make breakfast your main meal.
Follow a varied diet based on carbohydrates and proteins.
Avoid saturated fats and instead eat unsaturated ones (such as those found in Olive Oil and in blue fish).
To sum up, follow a balanced, healthy diet.
3. Proper Hydration from Day One
It is a mistake to only drink enough water in the days shortly before the Marathon. In the same way that we need to follow a diet that meets our physical needs, we must also make sure that we drink enough.
The body has to get used to a higher intake of liquids.
It is also important to take advantage of the long running sessions to check our liquid-intake strategy for the race. As we said earlier, you cannot leave anything to chance.
4. Train responsibly
We cannot over-stress that running a Marathon calls for a great deal of preparation. Before beginning the special training in the three months before the race, you must already be able to run 20 kilometres in one go. If you have not yet reached this point, you should ask yourself whether you ought to run the Marathon some other time, when you have proved to yourself that you can easily run a race over half the distance.
In the first week of special training for the Marathon, you must not boost the number of kilometres you run by over 10% compared with those you ran in each of the previous few weeks.
Likewise, the rise in the number of kilometres run week-on-week should not exceed 10%. You should remember that the training programme is one whose intensity rises gradually over a three-month period.
The training programme has rest days and recovery days, especially after several days of intensive training. Over-training is counter-productive and only leads to injury.
This is the moment to put all your kit to the test. Running shoes, running shirt, gels, socks, or anything else that is new during the race can bring your efforts to naught. You have 3 months to thoroughly test everything you will need for the Marathon itself.
5. Listen to your body and take care of yourself
Always: Listen to your body: Stay healthy! Incorporate stretching sessions in your training for the Marathon. It is not just a question of strengthening your legs; simple squatting and abdominal exercises will strengthen your ‘core’ and beef up your buttocks, boosting your performance.
If you feel pain or do not feel well during these 3 months, it is important that you slow down or even stop for a couple of days. If this does not solve the problem, consult a doctor as soon as possible. You might think you are wasting time but you have everything to gain in the long run.
These simple tips can be summed up in two words: Common Sense. You are already halfway there if your training and lifestyle dovetail. Be sensible when it comes to your training for the race.
We want to see you in fine fettle on the 2nd of December in Valencia!
Dr. Luis Cort is the Chief Medical Officer for the Valencia Marathon.
Estas sencillas recomendaciones se resumen en dos palabras: sentido común. Si vuestro estilo de vida es coherente con el entrenamiento que estáis realizando, tenéis mucho ganado. Sed responsables con vuestra preparación.
¡Queremos veros en plena forma el próximo 6 de diciembre!
Luis Cort, responsable médico del Maratón Valencia