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Marathon Popular de Valencia Valencia, Spain February 17, 2009 Contact Information Name: Roberto Ferrandis Address: Maraton Popular de Valencia, Sociedad Deportiva Correcaminos, C/Arzobispo Fabian y Fuero 14, 46090 Valencia, Spain Phone Number: +34 96 346 07 07 Fax Number: +34 96 346 36 35 Email: maraton@correcaminos.org Official Race Website: http://www.correcaminos.org A great city to visit; very professional marathon Course: 4 Organization: 4 Fans: 3 Keith Ennis from Essex, England 2 previous marathons | 1 Marathon Popular de Valencia Valencia is a city I'd recommend anyone to visit - the city of science and arts is just fantastic, stunning modern architecture, and the restaurants are wonderful. Sitting in the street cafes sipping wine and gorging on paella is a great way to spend a weekend and Valencia offers this to perfection. The race itself is perfectly organized. Don't be put off by the truly awful website - the organizers know what they are doing on the day and it all goes very smoothly. The course itself is very flat - too much so for me, as it became a bit tedious at times running at the same pace particularly in the 3rd quarter of the race, which takes you through a plain, ugly industrial area. The weather was just perfect, blue skies and warm sunshine, but there were enough water stops to stop the heat being an issue. (Not much in the way of energy drinks though.) Surprisingly few fun runners taking part - most of the entrants seemed to belong to Spanish running clubs, with a large international contingent. Could get quite lonely if you were running slowly, I suspect. And I think this also contributed to the fairly sparse spectator support along parts of the course. The start and finish were great though - loads of noise, especially the end in the local stadium. Very well organized - flat - good support! Course: 4 Organization: 5 Fans: 4 M. F. from London, England 1 previous marathon | 1 Marathon Popular de Valencia This was my second marathon (the 1st was Sydney in September 2005) and I improved my finishing time by about 18 minutes (3:46:09). The course was very flat (exactly what I wanted), the race very well organized and the support was very good throughout the course. The weather was a bit temperamental: it was quite cold at the start (about 12C), very windy in the middle section and got quite hot in the last hour of the race (21C). They had water stations every 5 KMs, oranges at the 15KM mark and sponges every 5 KMs after 7.5 KMs. Valencia is a very nice city and the weekend we spent there was very pleasant. I would strongly recommend this race to anyone and I think it is the perfect course for a first-timer. Scenic tour of the city, very well organized Course: 4 Organization: 4 Fans: 3 Charles Dunn from Dublin Ireland 6-10 previous marathons Route went through all of the city you would want to tour, great variety. Brilliant organization, but not many "casual" runners - these guys were serious! Was very cold on the day. Worth doing - great city, great run. Carnival is a true spectacle in which magic and subversion have a special meaning. At carnival time nothing is left to improvisation and everything is the fruit of careful programming, outlined in detail throughout the whole of the year. It is an eminently popular fiesta, into which have been incorporated performances, the choosing of the carnival queens, the parades, the trial of Carnestoltes and the burial of the sardine. In the following section we highlight the most representative points of each carnival. To be highlighted in that of Vinaṛs is the Carnival wake, carried out by the Xarxa Teatre theatre group with a light and sound show that will take place on the 19th. The street musician contest that will take place on the16th in Villar is also to be highlighted. And in Pego enjoy la baixada del riu Bullent (the River Bullent descent) which will take place on the 10th. Back |
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