The Benidorm Half 2026, scheduled for 21 November, has officially opened its registration process. The organisers are launching entries with an initial early-bird period offering special prices for the first race bibs in both the half marathon (21K) and the 10K events. The race has a strong international profile and is included in the national calendar of the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA).
From Thursday 15 January 2026 at 5:00 pm until Sunday 18 January 2026 at midnight, registration will be open at a special price: €24 for the half marathon and just €19 for the 10K.
What will the next registration periods look like for the upcoming edition of this landmark race in the province of Alicante and the Valencian Community?
Once the initial promotional period has ended, from 19 January to 2 April 2026 the entry fee will be €29 for the 21K and €24 for the 10K. The next price bracket will run from 3 April to 4 June 2026, with bibs priced at €32 for the half marathon and €26 for the shorter distance. From 5 June to 1 October, the following registration phase will be in place, with prices set at €35 for the half marathon and €28 for the 10K. The final registration period, from 2 October 2026 until entries close shortly before race day, will see prices rise to €38 for the half marathon and €30 for the 10K.
The Benidorm Half has experienced significant growth since its organisation was taken over by Tour-Sport Promociones Deportivas, with the support of Benidorm City Council. In the most recent edition, held in November 2025, participation reached a record 9,132 runners, comfortably surpassing the previous high of 6,500 set in 2024. The objective for the 2026 race is to significantly exceed that figure.
Another particularly noteworthy statistic highlights the international appeal of the Benidorm Half. Of the total 9,132 registered runners, 4,616 participants (50.5%) were international athletes. Remarkably, 4,043 runners were from the United Kingdom.
They were joined by athletes from countries such as Ireland (108), Norway (74), Belgium (72), the Netherlands (72), Poland (42), Italy (38), Germany (23), France (22), Sweden (18), among many others.
Looking at Spanish participation in detail, of the 4,516 domestic runners, 1,934 came from the province of Alicante (42% of the Spanish total), while the remaining 2,582 athletes travelled from 46 other provinces. The top five Spanish provinces were led by Alicante, followed by Valencia (704), Madrid (463), Albacete (424) and Murcia (184).
Registration is now open for the next challenge of this iconic race, and with it begins the search for the athletes who will succeed the 2025 champions: Ben Connor, winner of the half marathon in a course-record time of 1:03:51, and Lily Partridge, who claimed victory in the women’s race with a time of 1:12:07. In the 10K event, Harry Johnson took the men’s title with a time of 30:38, while Alondra Yairet Negrón Teixidor won the women’s race in 33:13, setting both a new women’s event record and a national record for Puerto Rico.