It will be on April 5 when 3,750 runners to thirty Spanish provinces made this journey of 53 km.
Next year will also organize a race of 111 km will be done simultaneously with the other
Missing just over a week, on 5 April, to be held the V Route Fortresses, organized by the Navy and the City, and you're all set. A total of 3,750 people from different parts of the country will this popular race.
It took only a few hours after opening registration period for the places available are exhausted with 1,463 in reserve.
Although most of the region are enrolled, 4,559, other runners come from thirty provinces of Spain, such as Valencia, Madrid, Alicante and Almería.
80% are men and 86% of the total are civilians.
The participant profile is a man of 30-50 years of age, although ten run over Route 70.
And every year that passes the route has more projection, as this morning claimed the mayor, Pilar Barreiro, stating that puts the world in Cartagena encouraging tourism with such sporting events.
Another feature of the V Road, which also emphasized the first mayor, is the important role played by volunteers who collaborate in this initiative.
This year 400 people they will be responsible for addressing the participants of the career. This is an excellent organization which forms the route, described the mayor today.
Solidarity, in addition to a healthy lifestyle is the most important value that is encouraged in this initiative, as the race develops for a good cause.
The money will cover the overheads of the race, although some will go to charitable organizations. Always asking us for help, we are willing to give what we have, today confessed Arsenal chief Admiral Fernando Zumalacárregui.
This year brought several new route as the only list of entries, change the path to the city center and close access to Atalaya Castle at 16.30 and the Roldán at 17.30 hours, between other.
A SIGN OF THE ROUTE
This morning the photographic exhibition at the Town Hall until the day of the race was also inaugurated on 5 April. The exhibition reviews the four previous editions of this sporting event with images of some of the participants.
The presentation ceremony of the final details have attended, in addition to the Mayor and Admiral Zumalacarregui, the director of the School of Marine Corps General Albacete and Fuster Colonel Rafael Roldan, and the mayors of Tourism, Carolina Palazón, Infrastructure, Francisco Mirror, Sports, Diego Ortega, and Security, Mariano García.
A CAREER OF 111 KM
Now some details of next year's edition are known in its sixth edition.
An important new feature is the organization of simultaneous career with Route Fortresses own.'s Ultra Trail of the Strengths consists of a course of 111 miles in 22 hours and that is created due to the demand of participants.
The race will take place in semi-autonomous and will be held at the same time as the route and with the same starting point.
Test Runners can enjoy some of the most important sites as the Roman Quarries, the Torre del Moro, Joyel and battery Mansions.
In addition, the tour will pass through the San Julián Castillo, Galeras, Atalaya, the Cañavates Alto, Atalayón, La Muela and Roldán.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena