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Everything is ready for the celebration, on April 2, the Forts Trail II, civil-military sporting event organized jointly by the Spanish Navy, through the Marine School, and the city of Cartagena.

And the last prune on organization and security were presented today at a ceremony in which they have been present Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, Maritime Action Admiral Emilio José Nieto, and Colonel director of the School of Marine General Albacete Fuster, Miguel Antonio Flores Bienert.

Among the new features, this year's output from the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, give it at 8 am the horn of a ship in the port after the flag raising and the day before the test, on Friday 1 April, given the numbers at the starting box to be installed in the square in time from 10.00 to 22.00 hours.

There are no recreational sporting event so successful and so spectacular as the route of the Strengths, born from the effort of the Navy and which do not hesitate to cooperate, said Pilar Barreiro.

Thus, for test development, the City provides approximately 150 municipal workers and volunteers, including police (41 troops), Civil Protection (40 personnel), staff Deportes.A brigades and this must be added the Navy personnel , 303 between officers and troops, and this year will also feature some 100 volunteers from the University.

In terms of participation, have exceeded expectations and has now reached 2,904 registered, 80 percent of the region and the rest comes from all over the country, such as Cadiz, Alicante, Madrid, Valencia, Almeria, La Coruña and even Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Emilio José Nieto stood out as fun facts that there are 66 registered between 55 and 60, 10 of them women, and 48 participants from more than 60 years, of which 3 are women. The success of the two calls of route, the admiral stated, suggests that next year we'll talk about 3,000 participants.

Remember that the general test consist of a run of 51 miles that pass through the various castles, coast and anti-aircraft batteries that have historically defended the Cartagena naval base.

Participants must pass a cumulative drop of nearly 1,800 feet and climb into the hills of Calvary (new addition this year), San Julián, Fajardo, Galeras, Atalaya and Roldan.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena