Saturday, May 25 the Italian runner will be at the start line of the half marathon in the moonlight (start at 7.30pm)
Just over two weeks after the event, the number of registrations is already reaching 5,000
Venice, May 8 2019 - Eyob Faniel, who finished his last half marathon in 1h00'53 " (fifth Italian performance of all time) at Padua on April 28, will be at the start line of the 9th Jesolo Moonlight Half Marathon on Saturday May 25.
Eyob, who wore the colors of the Venicemarathon Club until last year, won the Huawei Venicemarathon in 2017 and in 2015 he won the Moonlight Half Marathon, beating Francesco Bona and Ruggero Pertile. That race represented for Faniel a sort of springboard and for Venicemarathon it was the first step towards a technical collaboration project aimed at helping him to grow. When last year Eyob joined the “Fiamme Oro” military sports group, it was the culmination of a technical journey that had borne fruit and given both great satisfactions for Venicemarathon.
"I am very attached of this race - said Eyob - because my sports ascent begins with the victory of the Moonlight Half Marathon in 2015. This year I come back to compete on the 21K and to improve the record of the route made last year by my training collegue, Shumay Mogos Solomon (1h03'05 ”). I recently made a personal record but, before Moonlight, I want to try to beat the best Italian performance of Stefano Baldini's 10 km (28 '10 "- Arco 2002) and for this I will fly to Manchester on May, 19 to race the Great Manchester Run”. "The highlight of the year - Faniel continues - will be the World Championships in Doha (QAT, 28 Sept - 6 Oct) where I will run the marathon in particular conditions. I will go to Doha with the National team to do an inspection after the Moonlight Halfmarathon ".
The cast of the top atheltes of the Jesolo Moonlight Half Marathon is going to be defined, it is currently composed by the Kenyan Paul Kariuki Mwangi (1h00'42 "), Kipkorir, Murithi and Tiongik; from the Rwandan Hitimana and from the Italians Boudalia, El Mazoury and Graziotto .
As always, the prize pool will be rich not only for top runners but also for sports groups. Venicemarathon will award in cash the first 5 largest sports clubs from outside the region and the first 5 Veneto sports groups. Rich prizes also for all the Fidal categories, which will be awarded directly on stage in Piazza Milano starting at 11pm.
The start of the Half Marathon will be at 7.30pm and will be preceded by half an hour from the start of the 10K (7pm) in Piazza Milano area , where the Jesolo Moonlight Village will be built, which from Friday, May 24 (15-20 pm) will animate the square with music, exhibition stands and with the passage of all the runners who will collect the bib numbers.
At just over two weeks from the event, the number of registrations is already reaching 5,000 and, subject to early closure for sold out, registrations will remain open until Friday 24 May.
The Jesolo Moonlight Half Marathon is organized by Venicemarathon and the City of Jesolo. Many companies have joined in this event that have already confirmed their participation: Karhu, Pro Action, Ventura, San Benedetto, Ali, Bavaria , Air France, Banco BPM, Zuegg, Palmisano, Castellano, 1 / 6H Sport.
Eyob Faniel challenges the Kenyan Mwangi to the Jesolo Moonlight Half Marathon to break the race record
