The quality level of the event, organized in Jesolo on Saturday 25 May with the new record of 1h01'37", has increased.
The event, a big party of 6,000 participants, will generate an economic impact on the area estimated at around 2 million euros.
Venice, May 29, 2019 - Venicemarathon and the City of Jesolo archive a ninth edition of BMW Jesolo Moonlight Half Marathon & 10K and are already working to prepare a truly special 10-year edition.
An event like the Moonlight always draws a group of over 6,000 runners, most of whom come from outside the region (about 70%) and from abroad (33 countries). In these cases, the sporting event is experienced as an expedient to spend a weekend of sun and sea with families and friends, which generates an important promotional and economic induction for the zone in the initial stages of the season's opening. 2 million euros of induced calculated in the past editions are an aim that should be easily reconfirmed, if not exceeded, and Venicemarathon is already collecting the data to realize the new study.
An initial assessment of the edition that has just ended (Saturday, May 25), it can easily be said that the BMW Jesolo Moonlight Half Marathon & 10K is a successful event because it is experienced as a great party, thanks also to the music, to the enthusiasm of the speakers, to the musical bands along the race course and to the strong heat of the audience. Moreover, this year the half marathon made a leap of exceptional quality from a technical point of view: in addition to the new record of the race (1h01'37" by James Murithi Mburugu ), faster than about 1 minute and a half compared to the previous one (1h03'07"), as many as five athletes ran under the 1h03'; in the women's field the Kenyan Lenah Jerotich, ran in 1h13'08".
The numbers of the BMW Jesolo Moonlight Half Marathon that can provide the real picture of the magnitude of the event: about 1,000 volunteers employed in services in the start and finish line and along the way including 40 local police officers, a relay race of Traffic Police, the Fire Brigade, many volunteers coordinated by the Civil Protection of Jesolo, including the Piovese group, and an impressive health service coordinated by the Green Cross of Cavallino. In addition, there were also 20 medical runners qualified for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and early defibrillation. Approximately 40,000 bottles of San Benedetto water were distributed, 500 litres of salts and 12,000 ProAction products, 1,200 cans of Bavaria Premium beer, 10,000 Zuegg fruit juices, 35,000 Palmisano biscuits, 6,000 Ventura dried fruit bags, 20,000 fruit and vegetable products including apples, oranges and bananas, 8,000 Karhu technical t-shirts give to volunteers and athletes. Along the way the athletes were cheered by 6 musical bands. Over 65,000 photos were also taken by the photo agency "Beam" with the "Pica" system and 3 hours of live streaming of the event, 5 hours of social media images and distributed to local television stations were produced.
Among the curiosities, the most mature at the finish line of 21K was Franco Carlo Mereu, born in 1941, who closed his rehearsal in 2h14'19 "and there were 9 athletes who celebrated their birthday on Saturday 25 May.
The positive analysis of the 9th BMW Jesolo Moonlight Half Marathon & 10K
