Pace and time calculator
Use our calculator to find your average time or pace when running a marathon
By entering two of the three variables: distance, time or pace, and pressing the CALCULATE button you will be able to discover the remaining parameter for races over distances including 5K, 10K, half marathon or marathon.
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
Congratulations on signing up for Objetivo 42K Valencia to receive, thanks to New Balance, the official training plans for the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich 2025, provided by CA Serrano and developed by their coach José Garay.
Your preparation for the Valencia Marathon will begin on Monday, August 18, and on Sunday the 17th you’ll receive the first week of your plan.
Before you begin, we recommend checking out some useful tips.
Tips for before starting your plan
Good luck with your training!
IMPORTANT: Please remember that this plan is intended as a general guide. It does not replace personalized coaching from a trainer who knows your physical condition, how you’re feeling, and how you’re progressing throughout your preparation.
Training plans – Login
Thanks to New Balance, all the runners registered for the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich 2025 will have access to the training plans prepared by CA Serrano coach José Garay, with nine different options depending on each runner’s time aspirations.
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
Course
Training Plans
All runners entered for the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich can receive our training plans, of which there are five versions depending on the target race time. The plans have been drawn up by José Garay, trainer with CA Cárnicas Serrano (athletics club).
Do you want to get your training plan?
To receive the training guide/plan by email, runners entered for the Valencia Marathon must first ask to be sent a plan. When you request the plan, we will check your registration details for the Valencia Marathon 2025: registration number; email address; DNI/NIE/passport number.
From then on, your training plan will be sent to you weekly by email. Each part of the plan covers the following seven days of your training. Videos and useful tips will be provided along with the plans to help you get the most out of your training.
The plans cater to those runners who are aiming to finish the Marathon in under one of the following times: 2 hours 50; 3 hours, 3 hours 15; 3 hours 30; 3 hours 45; 4 hours 00; 4 hours 15; 4 hours 30 and 5 hours (finish de race). The plans cover a 16-week period before the Marathon and the first instalment of the plan will be sent on 18 August.
So from 17 August, a training plan instalment will land in your email inbox each week. You can also follow the plan in the private section of the website we have set up for this purpose.
Children’s activities
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:
- Mini-Olympics run by the Municipal Sports Foundation.
- MAPFRE Healthy Diet Workshop and Road Safety Circuit
- Marathon at School — Infant Gala .
- Activities run by EMT València (Public Transport Authority)
- ’Bouncy Castle’ (in the shape of a bus measuring 9x4m.)
- Activity Marquee:
- Musical Theatre ‘La historia de Superbús y Superbusina’ (The Superbus Story)
- Puppet Theatre: ‘Draco, el dragón curioso’ (The Curious Dragon)
- Story-telling “El autobús rojo de la EMT’ (EMT’s Red Bus)
- Inflatables for small children.
