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The 2nd edition of the Popular Race 'Virgen del Mar' will count on Sunday January 20 with more than 7 kilometers of the Paseo de la Playa de Levante from La Manga, as well as by the cliffs and the lighthouse of Cabo de Palos.
There will be four categories.
The absolute will start at 10 o'clock.
The other categories - benjamines, children and youth - will start at 11:40.
The race is organized by the Association of Women 'Virgen del Mar', and has the support of the Department of Sports of the City of Cartagena.
To participate in the test, you must register at www.alcanzatumeta.es or www.famu.es.
The registration fee is 5 euros for children and 12 euros for adults.
The deadline to sign up for the test ends this Thursday, January 17 at 9:00 p.m.
The organizers of the event expect to exceed the 400 registered last year.
What is collected by the inscriptions will go to projects of the Association of Women 'Virgen del Mar' for young people and women.
The president of the group, Isabel Belmonte, said that "I had wanted to do this race for many years so that it is known that La Manga exists.
We have a very nice place to be seen and enjoyed. "
The Secretary General of Education, Youth and Sports of the Autonomous Region of Murcia, Maria Esperanza Moreno Reventós, says that "promoting sports not only involves direct actions on improving health, but there are also many positive repercussions that we find in the populations where it develops ".
The Councilor for Sports of the City of Cartagena, Manuel Mora, affirms that the race is "a magnificent initiative that in some way helps to deseasonalise tourism through sporting events.
It also helps us to transmit that image of a natural winter paradise in which the surroundings of La Manga, Cabo de Palos and Mar Menor become ".
From the organization of the event, they assure that it is a race of family character.
In fact, there will be activities in parallel to the activity, such as a giant paella and a bouncy castle in the area of ​​departure and arrival of the event, at the Hotel Entremares.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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