The Valencia Marathon: You don’t have to defeat the Persian army.
The 39th Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso EDP took place on 1 December 2019, with the aim to set a new record of 22,000 official competitors.
The winner was the Ethiopian Alayew with a record time of 2:03:51
In 2018 the marathon had also set a new record with 19,241 runners actully crossing the finishing line.
The Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso EDP on the 1st December 2019 was among more than 100 world races that will be qualifying events for the 2021 edition of the Abbott World Marathon Majors Wanda Age Group World Championships.
Valencia is not all about lying around in the sun drinking sangria, although Valencia is certainly about that too. Some people actually work up a sweat at least once a year by participating in the Valencia Marathon, which has been running (get it?) since 1981.
The Marathon of Valencia, largely thanks to the efforts of SD Correcaminos (The Roadrunners), the 42.195 kilometre race has now become firmly established on the international sports calendar as an essential event for runners worldwide.
Both the starting and finishing lines have been relocated to the City of Arts and Science complex, so that the race is not only about sweat, pain and suffering, but is also an architectural event.
The race is held in November, when the temperature averages between 12-17 degrees.
You will not need to be told that the Marathon dates back to 490 BC, and its origin is supposedly connected with the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to inform the city of Athens of a Greek victory over the Persians.
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