10K Valencia Explained

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Date:January
Location:Valencia, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
Type:Road
Distance:10K, 5K
Homepage:https://www.10kvalencia.com

The 10K Valencia (Catalan; Valencian: 10K València; also known as the 10K Valencia Ibercaja for sponsorship reasons) is an annual road-based 10K run hosted by Valencia, Spain, since 2009. The marathon is a World Athletics Label Road Race and a member of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races. A 5K race is also held on the same day.

Kenyan runner Rhonex Kipruto set a world record for the 10K run during this race in 2020 with a time of 26:24, as did Kenyan runner Agnes Ngetich in the 2024 edition with a time of 28:46.

Course

The race is run on a loop course, with roughly the first and last being run on the same section of road, but in different directions.

See also

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