Medio Maratón Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich
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The Medio Maratón Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich is a half marathon organised by the club SD Correcaminos with the support of Valencia City Council, held on a Sunday in late October. It has World Athletics Gold Label status and the organisers describe the 21,097.5 m course as an urban road route measured to AIMS and RFEA standards, with every kilometre marked. In 2026 the start and finish were in the Avinguda dels Tarongers area by the university district. Start times are in waves according to each runner's declared personal best, from 08:25 to 09:27 in 2026. The official time limit is 2 hours 45 minutes. The race began in 1991 as a 20 km event and adopted the half marathon distance in 2006. Valencia has produced world records: Letesenbet Gidey ran 1:02:52 in 2021, and Yomif Kejelcha ran 57:30 in 2024 in the rain, which remains the fastest men's time in the race. In 2026, the 35th edition, 25,733 runners finished and Rodrigue Kwizera won in 58:03, a Spanish record. For 2027, set for Sunday 24 October, 25,000 places are offered through a loyalty period and a ballot, at 40 euros for the first 10,000 bibs and 80 euros after that.
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Late October in Valencia is warm and mostly dry: average highs are about 25°C and lows about 16°C, with rain of 1 mm or more on fewer than five days of the month. The 08:25 first start is the coolest part of the day.
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The Sociedad Deportiva Correcaminos, a club founded in 1979, first organised the Valencia race in 1991. From 1991 to 2005 it was run over 20 km as part of the Adidas 20 km circuit, and in 2006 it moved to the half marathon distance of 21,097.5 metres.
In 2021 Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia set the women's half marathon world record of 1:02:52 in Valencia. In October 2024 Yomif Kejelcha broke the men's world record by one second with 57:30, running in rain after the pacemakers dropped out at about three kilometres. Gidey's time was still described by the organiser as current at the start of the 2026 race.
In 2026 Rodrigue Kwizera won in 58:03, a Spanish record, and became the first Spanish winner since the race adopted the half marathon distance. Laura Luengo set a Spanish women's record of 1:08:28 in the same race. Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya won the women's race in 1:03:51, the fastest women's time in the world that year.
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