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Race weekend guideChecked 2 October 2026

Valencia Half Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich 2027

October 2027, date to be announced · Valencia, Spain

The Valencia Half Marathon starts and finishes on Avinguda dels Tarongers, beside the university campuses. It had 25,000 bibs in 2026, and the organiser says seven of the ten fastest men's times and the five fastest women's times in history were run on it.

The organiser has not announced the 2027 date. The next race is Sunday 25 October 2026, and it is sold out. Everything below is from the 2026 regulations and pages, and is labelled as such.

The women's record on the organiser's page is 1:02:52 from 2021, and the men's 57:30 from 2024 is marked as no longer valid.

The weekend at a glance

Date
Not announced for 2027. The 2026 race is Sunday 25 October
Your number
Expo 21K at Feria Valencia, on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 October 2026, 9:00 to 21:00. Nothing is given out on race day
Start
Avinguda dels Tarongers. First wave 8:25, last wave 9:27 (2026)
Finish
Avinguda dels Tarongers. The event finishes by 12:20
Time limit
2 hours 45 minutes. Runners reaching 10 km after 11:00 must leave the course
Refreshment
At 5, 10, 15 and 19 km and at the finish
Climb
The organiser gives no figure and calls the circuit very fast
Weather
The last four race mornings ran from 12.1 °C to 19.5 °C at 8:30

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On this page
  1. Getting to Valencia
  2. Where to stay in Valencia
  3. Collecting your number
  4. Race morning
  5. The course
  6. Weather in Valencia in October
  7. Afterwards
  8. Other race weekends
  9. Sources

Getting to Valencia

Valencia's airport is on lines 3 and 5 of the metro, and the tourist board says both reach the city centre in about 20 minutes. It recommends Xàtiva and Alameda stations for the centre.

Avinguda dels Tarongers is 4.7 km from the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, a 63-minute walk, and 3.6 km from the City of Arts and Sciences. The organiser's pages do not give the race-morning transport for the half marathon, so look for Metrovalencia's notice in the last week before.

Where to stay in Valencia

The start and finish are in the same place, so the table measures from the Avinguda dels Tarongers.

AreaTo the start
Malvarrosa beach16 minutes on foot, 1.2 km
The Polytechnic University campus16 minutes on foot, 1.2 km
City of Arts and Sciences48 minutes on foot, 3.6 km
Plaza del Ayuntamiento63 minutes on foot, 4.7 km
Estación del Norte67 minutes on foot, 5 km

Anywhere in the centre is a ride to the start. The expo is at Feria Valencia, about 10 km from the start on foot, and is a separate trip on the Friday or Saturday.

Collecting your number 2026 details

Bibs were handed out only at Expo 21K in Feria Valencia on 23 and 24 October 2026, from 9:00 to 21:00 on both days, and nothing is given out on race day. The regulations give the entry price as €40 for the first 10,000 bibs and €80 for the rest and for the waiting list, with a €3 day licence for runners who do not hold a Spanish or regional licence.

Race morning 2026 details

The start is in seven waves by the best time you gave. Wave times in 2026 were as follows.

Your timeWave starts
Under 1:208:25
1:20 to 1:268:30
1:26 to 1:348:35
1:34 to 1:438:48
1:43 to 1:509:01
1:50 to 1:559:14
Over 1:559:27

The event finishes by 12:20, and the maximum time is 2 hours 45 minutes. A runner who reaches 10 km after 11:00 must leave the course because they would exceed the limit. The organiser's page does not describe bag storage, so check the regulations before the race.

The course

The organiser calls the 21K circuit the ideal one for a very fast time, with a certified distance of 21,097.5 m. A downloadable map, a Google map with aid stations, toilets and cheering areas, and Strava route data are on its course page. It gives no landmark-by-landmark route and no figure for climb.

Refreshment stations are at 5, 10, 15 and 19 km, and there is one at the finish. The series page says the organisers keep refining the route to remove tighter bends.

Weather in Valencia in October

These are the last four races at Avinguda dels Tarongers, at 8:30 and at 13:00. The first wave starts at 8:25 in 2026.

Race day8:3013:00Wind at 8:30
23 October 202218.4 °C24.6 °C5 km/h
22 October 202312.7 °C20.6 °C7 km/h
27 October 202412.1 °C13.3 °C8 km/h
26 October 202519.5 °C17.0 °C3 km/h

The 8:30 reading was 7.4 °C higher in 2025 than in 2024, and 2025 was the one year the temperature fell between the start and 13:00.

Afterwards

The organiser's page lists a goodie bag and a photo service but does not describe the finish area, so check the 2027 regulations when they appear. The event itself is over by 12:20. The airport is 20 minutes away by metro.

In the Running plans this weekend for you. It covers the trip and its costs, the race morning from your own block and hotel, the course, and a pacing plan for this course. It is invite-only while it is being tested.

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Other race weekends

Valencia Half Marathon is part of the SuperHalfs. The series' other races with a guide here are Lisbon Half Marathon, Prague Half Marathon, Berlin Half Marathon, Copenhagen Half Marathon and Cardiff Half Marathon.

Close by, and with guides of their own, are Valencia Marathon, Zurich Seville Marathon and Madrid Marathon.

The next races with a guide

All race weekend guides

Sources

2026 date, 8:25 start, seven waves, 2:45 limit, Expo 21K days, refreshment stations, fees and 25,000 bibsRegulations 21K, organiser, 2026 edition
Start and finish on Avinguda dels TarongersCircuit, organiser, 2026 edition
Event page, organiser, certified distanceMedio Maratón Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich 2026, organiser, 2026 edition
Records, fast-course claimPresentation, organiser
25,000 capacity, ways to enterValencia Half Marathon, the SuperHalfs series page for the race
Airport metro lines 3 and 5Airport of Valencia, Valencia tourist board
Past race datesResults pages for 2022 to 2025, independent results site and the organiser
Walking times between placesOpenStreetMap routing, foot profile, checked on the date above
Race-day weatherOpen-Meteo historical weather, at Avinguda dels Tarongers, a 9 km grid

Written from the organiser's published information and the app's own race data, checked on 2 October 2026.

If something here is wrong or out of date, tell us.