10K Valencia

The 10K Valencia (Catalan: 10K València; also known as the 10K Valencia Ibercaja for sponsorship reasons[4][5]) is an annual road-based 10K run hosted by Valencia, Spain, since 2009.[1][3][2] The marathon is a World Athletics Label Road Race and a member of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races.[1][2] A 5K race is also held on the same day.[6][7]

10K Valencia
DateJanuary[1][2]
LocationValencia, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
Event typeRoad
Distance10K, 5K
Established2009 (15 years ago) (2009)[3]
Official sitehttps://www.10kvalencia.com

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.[8][5]

Course

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Course map of 10K in 2024[9]

The race is run on a loop course, with roughly the first and last 700 m (2,300 ft) being run on the same section of road, but in different directions.[9]

See also

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