The Grand Mediterranean 21K Run

Do you know what the oldest half-marathon in the world is? 🤔 Don't look in the United States, but rather in Europe 🇪🇺. And rather in the south of Europe, where potatoes are eaten in tortillas and where appetizers mean tapas! 🌮 It seems that the Elche half-marathon is therefore the oldest in the world with a birth date that goes back to 1968! 😳 It's certainly one of the oldest road races, no doubt about it! 👏 However, the marathon linking Elche to Alicante is not an old event as it had its very first edition in November 2025. A newborn 👶 in the prolific running calendar, but a promising infant! 🏃 Only one distance, the best: the marathon!

The month of February can be tough for those who neither live in the mountains nor in the South of France... It's cold, the days are short, and we are eagerly waiting for the return of the sun and the warmth of spring! 🥹 That's precisely what the city of Alicante, in the Southeast of Spain 🇪🇸, on the Costa Blanca, offers, where February means mild weather, beaches, and palm trees 🌴😎. As an unconditional fan of running 🏃‍♀️, we've found an event by the seaside that should encourage you to book your plane ticket right away: the International Half Marathon of Alicante (also called Meridiano International Half Marathon & 10k Aguas de Alicante)! 😜