The half marathon "in the moonlight" organized on Saturday, May 25 in Jesolo turns pink and launches important messages
with the "Pink is Good Running Team" and Silvia Furlani.
last 70 bib numbers for 10K and 500 for 21K
On Thursday, May 23, the online registrations will be closed.
Venice, May 21, 2019 - Running to promote prevention against female tumors and run to fight against a a devastating disease: two strong and important messages that will cross each other on Saturday, May 25 at the BMW Jesolo Moonlight Half Marathon & 10K, with the “Pink is Good Running Team” of the Umberto Veronesi Foundation and with Silvia Furlani.
Pink is Good is a Umberto Veronesi Foundation project, created in 2014, with the aim to finance scientific research in the field of female oncology and spreading the importance of prevention. In the same year (2014) the "Pink is Good Running Team" was also born to promote physical activity to reduce the risk of breast cancer, at any age and the “spokeswomen” of this important message are the Pink Ambassadors, women who have fought a female tumor (breast, uterus, ovary) and whose aim is to highlight the importance of early diagnosis, correct lifestyles in the fight against cancer and above all to show that after the illness it is possible to return to live stronger than before.
Nowadays, the running team sre 12; in Jesolo there will be 3 Pink Ambassadors at the start of 21K and 5 in 10K, always shouting "Nothing stops the pink, nothing stops women".
Silvia Furlani, the Friulian runner who fights against multiple sclerosis, returns to Jesolo for the second consecutive year "For 32 years I have a life partner, the most terrible enemy of muscles, multiple sclerosis, but I fight this disease with sport every day. I participated last year at the Moonlight and I had a lot of fun." For Silvia, the BMW Moonlight of Jesolo will be a 21K walk that will start in the middle of the afternoon and will end approximately after 6 hours. To accompany her, there will be two guardian angels: Antonella Cipriano and Piero Zanato of the Venicemarathon Running Team.
The start of the BMW Jesolo Half Marathon will be at 7.30pm and will be preceded by the 10K (7 pm) in the Piazza Milano area, where the Jesolo Moonlight Village will be built, and will be opened from the afternoon of Friday May 24 (3pm - 8pm).
The number of registrations is still growing, exceeding 5,500. In the 10K the last 70 bib numbers are available and in the half marathon there are 500. Thursday, May 23 the online registration will be closed.
The BMW Jesolo Moonlight Half Marathon is organized by Venicemarathon and the City of Jesolo with the support of the sponsors: BMW Italy, Karhu, Pro Action, Ventura, San Benedetto, Alì, Bavaria, Air France, Banco BPM, Zuegg, Palmisano, Castellano, 1 / 6H Sport.
- 4 days at the BMW Jesolo Moonlight Half Marathon & 10K
