It starts at 5 pm with the Alì Family Run and continues at 6:30 pm with the 10K, the Rollerblade® Moonlight Half Marathon at 7:20 pm and finally the 14th Jesolo Moonlight Half Marathon at 7:30 pm.
The Italian Eyob Faniel: "I am very fond of the Jesolo half marathon because it all started here 10 years ago and tomorrow evening I want to run fast".
Alì Family Run: registrations open and available today and tomorrow at the Ali Family Run and Rotary District 2060 stand in Piazza Milano
Jesolo, 23 May 2025 - Tomorrow evening, Saturday 24 May, at 7:30 pm, the 14th edition of the BMW Ceccato Motors Jesolo Moonlight Half Marathon will start from Piazza Milano, the international road running event organized by Venicemarathon in collaboration with the City of Jesolo, which in addition to the 21K also offers a 10K race (precisely 9.830 km), the 3 km Alì Family Run and this year also a test event on skates, the Rollerblade® Moonlight Half Marathon.
Registrations have been closed for several days now for the three long-distance races to reach the maximum limit of 6,500 participants, while there are already over 500 registered for the Alì Family Run. Registrations for the non-competitive 3 km race are still open and can be formalized today, Friday 23 May and tomorrow 24 May at the Ali Family Run and Rotary District 2060 stand in Piazza Milano.
In the half marathon, which this year will inaugurate the new route by also crossing the historic center of Jesolo, eyes will be on the Italian former marathon record holder Eyob Faniel, whose career began in Jesolo with a victory in 2015. "I am very fond of this race because it all started here 10 years ago and I experience it a bit like a home race. I have just returned from Kenya, where I spent a good period of training at high altitude and tomorrow evening I want to run fast, because I plan to do the Sydney Marathon at the end of August, so tomorrow evening's time will serve as confirmation of the work done".
Giving the Italian a hard time will be the Kenyans Shadrack Kenduiywo and Dennis Kipkemboi Meli, the Eritrean winner of the 2023 edition Shumay Mogo Solomon and Eyob's training partner. The cast also includes Hicham Boufars, Castor Mogeni and the Italian Alessandro Giacobazzi, Italian marathon in 2022.
In the women's field, it will be an open battle between the Kenyans Cynthia Jepchumba and Ruth Gitonga, while the Veronese Arianna Lutteri will be at the start for the Italian team.
TIMES The Alì Family Run will start at 5 pm, continuing at 6:30 pm with the start of the Jesolo Moonlight 10K, followed by the Rollerblade® Moonlight Half Marathon at around 7:20 pm and finally the start of the 14th Jesolo Moonlight Half Marathon at around 7:30 pm.
FOREIGNERS The largest number of foreign athletes, representing more than 10% of the total number of registered participants, come from Germany, France, Hungary, the United States, Great Britain, Poland, Romania, Greece. There are also many athletes from outside the region, in this case around 50%, arriving from Lombardy, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trentino Alto Adige, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Piedmont, Lazio, Campania and Puglia.
CURIOSITIES Among the VIPs competing, we read about the participation in the half marathon of Pedro Obiang, the Spanish footballer naturalized Equatoguinean, midfielder of Sassuolo recently promoted to Serie A, of which he is captain.
There are also many Mayors competing. The mayor of Jesolo Christofer De Zotti will be at the start of the 10K, as will that of Treviso Mario Conte, while Alberto Teso, mayor of San Donà, will be at the start of the half marathon.
Running is a sport that is good for you and that can be done at all ages. Elio De Bon and Vera Baggiani, the most mature participants in the event, demonstrate this. Born in 1939, De Bon will run the 10K while Vera Baggiani (born in 1934) is registered in the Alì Family Run.
RUNNING FOR GIULIA CECCHETTIN “We want to make some noise and run on behalf of Giulia and all the women victims of femicide” said Alessio Cecchettin, Giulia’s uncle and Gino Cecchettin’s brother. “Since I am a runner, I thought that running could be an excellent opportunity to send messages of solidarity against gender violence. There will be about ten of us, including the family lawyer Stefano Tigani, and we will run wearing the shirt of the Foundation created by my brother Gino, to honor the memory of my niece and transform pain into an opportunity for society. We will start with the first race in Jesolo and then we will try to participate in a series of other running events, always with the same spirit”.
The Moonlight Village has been open since this morning and for two whole days it will transform Piazza Milano into a sort of big open-air party, which will welcome the passage of athletes, the public and the curious and will be animated by the activities of the sponsor companies and the good music of Radio Bellla & Monella and Radio Piterpan. You will be able to discover the exclusive Otso merchandising; test skates at the Rollerblade® stand and browse the stands of BMW Ceccato Motors, Alì, Palmisano, 1/6 H, Pro Action, San Bendetto and Comune di Jesolo; loosen your muscles at Body Evolution and customize your t-shirt at Il Negozietto.
THE NUMBERS This year more than ever, with the introduction of changes to the route of the half marathon and Alì Family Run and with the inclusion of the skates race, the number of volunteers and law enforcement personnel deployed along the various routes is increasing. The route will be manned by the Local Police, a relay of the Traffic Police, the Fire Brigade, the Civil Protection of Jesolo, an impressive health service coordinated by the Croce Verde of Cavallino (4 ambulances, 1 motorcycle-medic, 1 advanced medical station and 2 SAP) and 8 athletes of the BLS Run Team as emergency doctors.
In the start and finish area there will be approximately 500 volunteers located in the various services and who will have to assemble and distribute 6,500 technical vests, 6,500 Alì branded refreshment kits, 44,000 bottles of San Benedetto water and 7,000 of Acqua Vitamin, 6,500 Pro Action bars, 13,000 cans of Bavaria beer, 33,000 packs of Palmisano biscuits, 13,000 packs of I Bibanesi breadsticks and 9,000 Premium Dole bananas.
The big party of the event will begin immediately after the finish line with the long-awaited Pasta & Music Party at Parco Grifone (a few meters from the finish line) where athletes will be able to refresh themselves and dance until late at night, in a truly unique atmosphere.
The event sponsors are: BMW Ceccato Motors (Title Sponsor), OTSO (Main & Technical Sponsor) Alì (Official Sponsor), Longato Serramenti (Main Sponsor) Porte di Mestre, Rollerblade® (Official Partner), San Benedetto, Palmisano, Bavaria, Dole, I Bibanesi, Gac Power & Eventi, 1/6H Sport (Official Supplier), Body Evolution (Massage Service), Corriere dello Sport, Tuttosport, Radio Piter Pan and Radio Bellla & Monella (Media Partner).
Eyob Faniel crosses the finish line in Jesolo.
