2024-05-20 01:03:18
This 12 months, the Half-Marathon Highway takes place for the seventh time, on Saturday and Sunday, Could 18 and 19, within the lakeside space, with begin and end at Mavili Sq. and greater than 1400 entries.
That is one other “evolution” of the Evening Half Marathon, which was began in 2014 by the Ioannina Runners Affiliation and have become a morning occasion in 2022, whereas this 12 months it consists of a number of completely different races and social messages.
The race, which is organized in collaboration with the group of sports activities occasions “My Journey”, is supported by the Area of Epirus and the Municipality of Ioannina, becoming a member of it in a community of road occasions, which make town a sports activities tourism vacation spot.
The races begin on Saturday, at 5 pm, with the youngsters’s 1000 m race and at 5.30 the ten km race will begin. On Sunday, at 9.30 am, the Half Marathon will begin, at 9.50 race 5 km. and at 11.45 the race for the disabled 1 km, in collaboration with the “Run with me” group.
The president of the Ioannina Runners’ Affiliation, Vangelis Tsimaris, and the Affiliation’s consultant on the Odysseus Koukesis Federation, known as on the residents to applaud the athletes and their efforts, whereas the deputy governor Vassilis Gorgolis and the deputy mayor Stefanos Sintos expressed the help of the native authorities.
For the race to happen, visitors rules shall be required each on Saturday afternoon and on Sunday morning within the lakeside space. On behalf of the Police Directorate, the pinnacle of the Info and Media Workplace, Elias Mitsios, requested for drivers’ understanding and compliance with the rules, as it is going to be essential to cease visitors on necessary arteries of town in addition to exterior it.