6,000 athletes in the 10th International Crete Half Marathon

With a historical grounds of information exceeding 6,000, Crete is preparing to invited athletes from 52 countries for the day 10th International Crete Half Marathon. This year's event, which completes a decennary of success, confirms its presumption arsenic the largest sporting lawsuit connected the land and a starring sports tourism hub.

The occurrence and constitution of the instauration is the effect of a wide collaboration, with the inaugural and main work for the enactment belonging to the Arkalochori Sports Health Association (ATHL.S.Y.). The Region of Crete and the Municipality of Minoa Pediada basal by it arsenic main co-organizers, on with the invaluable enactment of the section Cultural Associations of Arkalochori, Thrapsano, Voni-Galatas and Choumerio-Zoforos. The planetary scope and value of the contention for the country's tourism promotion is underlined by the auspices of the Greek Tourism Organization (GTO).

At a property league held contiguous successful the Region of Crete, the co-organizers expressed their restitution with the monolithic effect of the radical and emphasized the important benefits for the section system and society. As mentioned, among the thousands of runners determination volition beryllium large names successful Greek and satellite way and field, which portends a high-level racing spectacle.

The Crete Half Marathon has evolved into an instauration that embraces the full society. The joyousness of participation, the fantabulous enactment and the promotion of Crete arsenic an

ideal destination for sports events represent our top success, arsenic the representatives successful attendance pointed out.

Attending were the Deputy Governor of Crete, Giorgos Pitsoulis, and the Deputy Governor of Heraklion, Nikos Syrigonakis, from the Region of Crete, Stefanos Psyllakis, Deputy Mayor of Sports and Education from the Municipality of Minoa Pediada, and Sakis Stavropoulos, Member of the Board of Directors of ATHLIS.SY.

Statements astir the enactment were made by those present:

• Deputy Regional Governor for Sports Leonidas Terzis: “An emblematic race, an organization contention that highlights the Cretan hospitality, just play and the harmonious narration betwixt the 2 levels of section administration, successful collaboration with sports clubs, volunteers and bodies.

Sports are the crowning glory of culture, portion contributing to extroversion and promotion. The 10th Crete Half Marathon brings unneurotic each the characteristics of a large sporting event. The portion of Crete is erstwhile again lasting by the organizers, institutionally and financially supporting the organization. We privation the athletes bully luck, we are definite that we volition bask a beauteous contention this twelvemonth too.”

• Mayor of Arkalochori, Vasilis Keggeroglou: “We are delighted to invited for the 10th twelvemonth the athletes of the Crete Half Marathon arsenic good arsenic the thousands of loyal visitors who are looking guardant to this unsocial and peculiar event!

The Crete Half Marathon is simply a apical sporting and taste lawsuit for Crete and the Municipality of Minoa Pediada and is present portion of the lives of its residents and visitors.

It is simply a emblematic illustration of occurrence done the joining of forces that contributes to the promotion of the values ​​of Sports, Volunteerism and our culture, with a absorption connected the hospitality of the radical of our country.

As a Municipality, we enactment - from our bosom - for a cleanable enactment and arsenic Mayor of the country wherever the Half Marathon is held, I explicit my afloat enactment for this large solemnisation of Sports.

We look guardant to sharing this unsocial and unforgettable acquisition with each of us, some for our visitors and the participating runners, galore of whom person traveled from acold distant destinations to basal astatine the commencement of the Crete Half Marathon!

• President of the Arkalochori Sports Health Association, George Alevyzakis. "The planetary fractional marathon of Crete, the largest sports lawsuit connected the island, is breaking records again this twelvemonth with 6,000 athletes, 1,500 from extracurricular Crete, participants from 52 countries. Among them volition beryllium apical Greek and overseas way and tract champions. The Crete Half Marathon is simply a purely voluntary event. This year, implicit 750 volunteers are acceptable to springiness their best.
  Sunday, October 5th is an accidental for those who did not negociate to unafraid information oregon bash not privation to run, to travel to the contention route, bask the lawsuit and invited the athletes who came to our state with us.

The Games

The contention programme of the lawsuit includes routes for each ages and abilities:

· Half Marathon: 21.1 km.

· Road Race: 10 km.

· Road Race: 5 km.

· Children's Race: 1,000 m.

· Disabled Race

Due to accrued demand, registrations for astir races person already been completed.