The short answer
Check two things first: whether your rules refund anything for injury with a medical report, and whether you took out cancellation cover. If you have neither, transferring your bib through the official process is usually the way to get something back, if your race allows it.
Refunds for injury
Some races refund part of the entry with a medical report or certificate, always with a deadline. Others refund nothing.
- Rock 'n' Roll Madrid refunds 75% for injury with a medical report until 15 March 2027.
- The 2026 Elche-Alicante Marathon refunded the entry for injury or illness with a medical certificate until 1 November, minus €5.
- The Figueres Half Marathon doesn't refund the entry for injury, illness or any reason outside the organiser's control (art. 3).
Cancellation cover
Many entries offer cancellation cover when you sign up. It only counts if you took it out then, and it has its own deadline.
- For the 2026 Seville Half Marathon, until 1 November you got 100% back with the cover and 50% without it.
- For the 2027 Zurich Seville Marathon, with the cover (€15) you get 100% back if you ask by 17 January 2027; without it, nothing.
- The 2026 Málaga Marathon, which doesn't allow transfers, only refunded people who used the cover by 15 October.
If you get nothing back, transfer your bib
If your race is a bib-transfer race, the person taking your bib pays their entry to the organiser, who refunds you whatever the rules say. At the Murcia Marathon, for example, you get back what you paid minus €8 and the admin and bank fees, if the change is requested by 20 January 2027. In these races, listing on Pasadorsal is free and your bib is offered first to the people waiting in the queue.
If it's a direct-change race, the organiser only changes the details and refunds you nothing: the money goes between runners. At the Valencia Ibercaja 10K, for example, its official transfer document says the organiser refunds nothing and the new holder pays the person transferring privately. Protected purchase, for races with a direct change between runners, is coming later.
Sources
- Rock 'n' Roll Madrid 2027 FAQ and entry policy, read on 26 Oct 2026. FAQIts guide
- Elche-Alicante Marathon 2026 rules and announcement, read on 15 Oct 2026. RulesIts guide
- Figueres Half Marathon 2026 rules, art. 3, read on 21 Oct 2026. RulesIts guide
- Seville Half Marathon 2026 rules, read on 15 Oct 2026. RulesIts guide
- Zurich Seville Marathon 2027 rules, read on 21 Oct 2026. RulesIts guide
- Málaga Marathon 2026 rules, art. 6.5, read on 29 Oct 2026. RulesIts guide
- Murcia Marathon 2027 rules, read on 15 Oct 2026. RulesIts guide
- Official transfer document of the Valencia Ibercaja 10K 2027, read on 15 Oct 2026. RulesIts guide
Reviewed on 8 Nov 2026.