It is categorized as a Platinum Label Road Race by World Athletics.

[6] Three days later, on 10 September, the organizer announced that an "Elite Edition" of the race would be held on 6 December, and that the event would also include a half marathon race that year.

[10][11][a] On the day of the race, four half marathon runners broke the previous world record of 58:01, with Kenyan Kibiwott Kandie setting a new world record of 57:32.

[17] The previous record was held by Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya.

[17] The marathon runs on roughly a loop course that begins at Pont de Montolivet [ca] and ends next to the nearby Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe.