Sunday’s half-marathon starts at 6:30 a.m. and the 5K at 6:40 a.m. Both use Medina Ascencio. The longer route runs through Marina Vallarta.
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, November 13, 2026 – Runners will use the center lanes of Avenida Francisco Medina Ascencio on Sunday, November 15, for Puerto Vallarta’s half-marathon and 5K. Both races start and finish at the Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras, across from the Sheraton. The organizer’s race notice schedules the half-marathon start at 6:30 a.m. and the 5K at 6:40 a.m.
Both races head north from the sports complex. The 5K turns back near the Sunscape hotel, about halfway through the race. Half-marathon runners continue toward the airport before doubling back into Marina Vallarta near Hotel One. From there, the published half-marathon route takes them to the Tres Mares roundabout before they return to the sports complex.
As of Friday morning, Vallarta Daily could not confirm which intersections would close for the races, whether buses would be rerouted, or when the center lanes would reopen. The race comes days after Jalisco began building an elevated U-turn outside the airport on the same avenue. A lane closure and detour schedule for that project was also pending Friday.
Runners can pick up their race packets at the sports complex from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. Sunday’s event is separate from the half-marathon and 5K on December 6, which start and finish at the Centro Internacional de Convenciones.
If you’re driving from Centro to the airport early Sunday, leave extra time for the stretch from the Sheraton through the hotel zone and past the entrance to Marina Vallarta.
