Author: Roberto Marin

The 4th edition of Venice Night Trail is on the way, we can pretty say it is becoming a tradition to Venice! Saturday 13th April at 9 pm will be the time to night-run through the beauty of Venice. Here we are again ready for the fourth edition of our beloved Venice Night Trail! Running at night, wrapped in the silence and accompanied by the sweet melody of the water. This is an experience not to be missed for those who love to match a sporting occasion with the discover of enchanting urban contexts. As the previous editions also the 2019  - organized by Venice Marathon Club - is set to sold out very quickly! The Venice Night Trail 2019 keeps the same winning original format of the previous editions: running at night, circumnavigating Venice by run in an enthusiastic set of beauty. You will face the race course along canali and rii, across campi and campielli, crossing 51 bridges, in a maze of calli and fondamenta paved with masegni up to cover about 16K | 10 mi. Get ready to race!   Registration: Venice Night Trail 2019 Type: urban race (competitive FIDAL/IAAF athletes) and urban run (not competitive) Lenght: 16K | 10 mi Bridges: 51 Bibs: 3.500 When: 13th April 2019, start time 9pm Where: Venice, San Basilio (GMaps location) Equipment: headlamp required Race kit: race number (bib) with a timing device and a race pack Course: open to pedestrian traffic. It is marked and controlled by numerous volunteers, pay particular attention to the signs and be careful not to overwhelm tourists and passersby Maximum time: 3 hours Services: changing rooms with toilets, resfreshment points along the course, pre and post race transportation service San Giuliano park (Mestre) <-> Venice (San Basilio)

MHM 2018 edition renews itself: the itinerary has been redesigned in total for both races, the classic distance of half marathon 21,097 km and also for the 10K fast way.   The route for 2018 goes inside the Jesolo’s municipality and start at the useful and central Piazza Milano. With the new itinerary of the half marathon all runners can see the wonderful architectures of Lido di Jesolo and learn the history of the area between the sea and the lagoon. After a few kilometres to start, the runners can see the historical aspect about this territory. The lands just outside the coast lead, introduce one of the big historical estate of coast, Canale Cavetta, which it will accompany the athletes along the itinerary until his mouth. The Venetian Republic realized the Cavetta in order to have a rapid fluvial connection with the trades in Friuli. The work began in 1440 based on the hydraulic project created by Alvise Zuccarini. The canal called Cava Zuccherina, in remember to its designer, was closed early because, around 1600, a new canal was opened. This canal was big and straight like the actual Canale Cavetta, that it connected the Piave river (which at the time flowed into Sile) with Revedoli canal in Eraclea. In 1683 the route of the Landrona determined hydrographic situation, that we see today: the Piave river changed his itinerary and went between the Cavetta canal and Revedoli canal, in this way the first river blocked the direct connetion. To avoid the possible flooding, characteristic of Piave river, the city decided to build the barriers in Cortellazzo and Revedoli. In this way the Cortellazzo’s village was born and it became a fishing port. Today Cortellazzo is a famous touristic port in the end of Cavetta canal, that feed the waters