Monfalcone (Italy), Sunday 4 December 2016

Marcia degli Alberoni - two runners on a beautiful trail near Monfalcone (Copyright © 2016 Hendrik Böttger / runinternational.eu)

 

The Marcia degli Alberoni is a non-competitive event for runners and hikers, held every year in early December on the coast of the Gulf of Trieste in the north-eastern corner of Italy.

Three flat routes are on offer, approximately 7km, 14km and 18km long, starting and finishing at the Marina Hannibal on the edge of the shipbuilding town of Monfalcone.

 

Monfalcone, Italy (Copyright © 2016 Hendrik Böttger / runinternational.eu)

 

All routes are on mixed terrain (asphalt, gravel and trails) and well marked.

 

Marcia degli Alberoni - a runner on the dyke of the Isonzo River, Italy (Copyright © 2016 Hendrik Böttger / runinternational.eu)

 

The registration process is simple. Just turn up, pay the entry fee (€ 3), and off you go! You can start to run (or walk) at any time between 9am and 10am, and you can still decide on the course which route you want to take.

 

Marcia degli Alberoni - at the Canale Quarantia (Copyright © 2013 Hendrik Böttger / runinternational.eu)

 

The 18km route takes the participants along the coast, along two canals, through a beautiful nature area at the Isonzo river mouth, and through the small beach resort of Marina Julia.

 

Marcia degli Alberoni - runners at the Isonzo River Mouth, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy (Copyright © 2016 Hendrik Böttger / runinternational.eu)

 

Country: Italy

Venue (Map): Marina Hannibal, Monfalcone (31km from Trieste, 46km from Udine, 136km from Venice)

Date: 4 December 2016 (Sunday)

Routes: ca. 7km, 14km, 18km

Start time: 9.00-10.00

Start/finish area: Marina Hannibal, via Bagni 41, Monfalcone

Entries: on the day in the start area

Entry fees: € 3 (€ 2.50 for FIASP members)

Timekeeping: No, this is a non-competitive event (manifestazione podistica ludico motoria).

You get: fruit, sweets and drinks on the course and in the start/finish area

Prizes: to the largest groups

Number of finishers 2013: approximately 650

 

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