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The Path of the Strengths show the best side city (08/04/2015)

The mayor and the head of Arsenal Admiral presented the latest details cartagenera popular race par excellence, in addition to its social aspect allocating the proceeds to charities and environmental projects money, adds its aspect of tourism promotion

The Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, along with Admiral Arsenal boss, Fernando Zumalacárregui, and Colonel Director of the School of Marine and General Albacete Fuster, Rafael Roldán, have announced Wednesday the final details of the sixth edition of Route of the Strengths, to be held on Saturday 18 April, including this year, as a novelty, I Strengths Ultra Trail, with a distance of 111 kilometers.

A test that has become a star in popularity in this part of the region, has a great national projection and its success lies in the perfect organization of the event, thanks to the coordination between the city and the Navy, noted Barreiro, who thanked also the collaboration of nearly 1,300 volunteers.

The mayor has also referred to complementary activities held to mark the event, concerts and others, who will not only be sporty but also has a shed to promote tourism in the city to those participants will have the opportunity to spend the weekend in Cartagena.

Meanwhile, Admiral Zumalacarregui has emphasized the social nature of the test, which last year distributed more than 40,000 euros between charities of the city and this year, and will also give part of the proceeds to environmental projects.

With regard to specifics of the 2015 edition of the Route, this year we have collected 5,576 applications to acquire one of the 3,750 lats overall test.

Riders who were in reserve, about 1,500 finally got back.

By origin, most are in the Region of Murcia, about 3000, highlighting the significant participation, among the rest, brokers Madrid and Cádiz.

Curiously, Colonel Rafael Roldán noted that there are 7 riders aged over 70 years.

And by sex, 80 percent are men and 20 percent women.

The military participants represent 13 percent compared to 87 percent of civilians.

As for the Ultrafortalezas Trail, demand for the first edition of the race has reached the 450 applications for 300 lats, which 150 are left in reserve. In this case only 12 women have been encouraged to participate, representing 4 percent. The runners, almost all aged between 30 and 50 years, coming from 17 different provinces, most, 243 of the Region of Murcia.

To access the target, which will be installed as every year at the School of Marine Corps Colonel Roland remembered that can not be to drive but on the sliding safety, access will walk.

It is planned to have an alternative parking area Eroski, with shuttle vehicles that communicate the parking area to the goal.

With everything ready for the route, remember that the delivery of ridges and accreditations will be on Friday, April 17, the day on which this year celebrates children's test, at 18.30 hours, and the sequence of outputs from other tests, Saturday 18, will be: to start the Ultrafortalezas 00,01h Trail;

08,05h to the general test and juvenile 09.00.

Is scheduled at 10 am start arriving the first Ultra runners and above 12.00, the overall.

In addition to the Town Hall and the Navy, which organized the test, collaborate, security, Civil Guard, National Police, Local Police, Fire Brigade, Civil Protection, and in healthcare, the Emergency Management and 061 emergency CARM, Red Cross volunteers of the Medical Association, the College of Physiotherapists, Nurses and Podiatrists.

There will also be volunteers UPCT, UMU and UCAM and ASIDO association.

ROUTE IN PICTURES

As in previous years, also this time are set on the ground floor of the Town Hall snapshots, e eam photographers Route organization, conducted during the V edition of the race.

Councillor for Tourism, Palazón Carolina, along with the mayors of Infrastructure, Francisco Espejo, and Public Safety, Mariano García, have come today show, which will be open in the coming days.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena

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