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Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment No. 73 organized for the twelfth consecutive year, a new edition of the Artillery Cross for Sunday November 24, in collaboration with e l City of Cartagena.

The popularity of this test is highlighted in the figures, because although the maximum capacity is 3,000 people, and has 2,800 registrations completed and, s and hopes that next November 1 squares have been exhausted, according said head coach of the test, Bernardo Dominguez.

Five tests will be at stake, the 400 meters, Child mile (1609 meters), the Urban Cross (5200 meters), the Christmas Lighthouse Race (13,000 meters), and Canicross (5,000 meters), and all will do it from the same point of departure, Paseo Alfonso XII, being well signposted paths with informative signs every 500 meters.

For categories, add to this twelfth edition a total of 7, in male and female form, except Canicross that is unique.

Thus, from the smallest of Benjamin, through the fry and Children, to continue with the Cadets, Senior, Veteran and Superveteranos, will visit the most emblematic streets of the Old Quarter.

Although there are no major changes from the last edition, highlight the dorsal side of a custom, and secondly, that in 2013 the podium will be installed in Cavite Heroes Square while on the esplanade of Puerto runners find the provisioning area, cloakroom, and other services.

During the presentation of this popular race, which is already a classic in Cartagena, appeared also the chief Colonel Juan Francisco Diaz Rodriguez-Valdes, who has emphasized the solidarity of the Cross look Cartagena, since 1 euro each participant donated to the Spanish Association Against Cancer.

Also requested that runners carry the test day and perishables new toys to help those most in need.

Remember that the R egimiento Antiaircraft Artillery No 73 has been working with the city of Cartagena in separate solidarity campaigns.

The event also took the floor the Councillor for Sports, Diego Ortega, to remember that athletics is a sport on the rise, with Cartagena one of the municipalities of the Region of Murcia in which careers are made ​​more popular.

In the Cross of the Artillery XII will be delivered over a hundred trophies and more than five hundred medals for children. The top three in each category will receive their deserved award, while there are special awards also focused on the more veterans or sponsored by two of the contributors, Estrella Levante and Paintings TKROM.

WALKING AND STARTING TIMES

For this edition has made ​​a considerable effort to minimize the impact that has on the public test, avoiding occupy all the Paseo Alfonso XII, in the words of Colonel chief artery of the city that sits as the point of departure and arrival of runners.

Here are the paths of each of the evidence in the XII Cross of Artillery:

- 400 meters out time: 10.30 hours Route: Start in Paseo Alfonso XII (along tourist booth), turn on the first leg-turn, back on rails Cavite Heroes direction.

- Infant Mile Time: 10.50 hours Route: Departure Alfonso XII, alongside tourism booth, direction of Plaza de la Isla, return to the island, return in cavite Heroes direction lanes, Meta.

- Canicross Time: 11.20 hours

- Urban Cross Time: 11.30 hours Route: Departure Alfonso XII, together tourism booth, Gisbert, Charity, Merganser, Square López Pinto, Carlos III, Compass Rose, Carmen, Puerta de Murcia, Air, Cannon, General Ordonez , Sea Wall, University (front), Adarve Artillery, San Diego, Gisbert, Alfonso XII, Meta.

- Christmas Lighthouse Race Time: 11.30 hours Route: Departure Alfonso XII, alongside tourism booth, Gisbert, Charity, Merganser, Square López Pinto, Carlos III, Compass Rose, Tolosa Latour, bridge Barrio Concepcion, Algameca road, Navantia door, Lighthouse Road Christmas, Back at the Lighthouse and return in Navantia door again until Tolosa Latour, Carmen, Puerta de Murcia, Air, Cannon, General Ordonez, Sea Wall, University (front), Adarve Artillery, San Diego Gisbert, Alfonso XII, Meta.

For more information on the link below, http://www.crossdelaartilleria.com/

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena