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A practical guide to Venice Marathon 2018 races with all the relevant info to run ones of the most amazing races in the Veneto region.   Venice Marathon Club is deploying on the field all its great skills acquired through +30 years of experience in races organisation. Venice Marathon 2018 calendar is well fitted to let runners enjoy some of the best spots in the Veneto. Four main events, spread between April and October, with a lot of side runs. Let's have a look to the races timeline.   We are waiting for you in the Veneto, runners!

There are many bridges in Venice, they have been counted and there are 438 bridges all over the city, but on some occasions we can add another one: HUAWEI Venicemarathon is one of them   As we mentioned in the previous articleby Stories by Run, the organization will set up a temporary bridge to connect Punta della Dogana to St. Mark's Square across the Grand Canal. The bridge is made up by floating piers that cover the 170 meters to cross the San Marco basin. This temporary bridge built for HUAWEI Venicearathon HUAWEI Venicemarathon is not the only one: in fact in the past it was built every year also for the Redentore festival. From 1575 to 1577, the plague struck down the Serenissima and it caused about 50,000 victims, one-third of the population. The Senate of the Serenissima decreed, on 4 September 1576, that the Doge should have built a church dedicated to the Redentore to obtain mercy for the plague and promised to honor the basilica every year on the day in which the epidemic would have been defeated. On 13 July 1577 the plague ended and it was decided to celebrate the liberation from it every third Sunday of July with a religious and popular celebration. From the first huge and spectacular votive bridge, set up through 80 Venetian ships, it changed over the years and it was decided to use cheaper and more practical rafts. From the 1950s the votive bridge was assembled by the Italian military genius using an English Bailey bridge abandoned by the allies at the end of the Second World War. In 2002 it was replaced by a more modern floating bridge. From the beginning of the sixteenth century, a second floating bridge was set up for Redentore’s Day to cross the

After the Liberty Bridge you will have to run for about other 6K to reach  the finish line of the Venicemarathon… these will be probably the most fascinating kilometers but also the hardest for  many athletes.   Some are the difficulties of this last part of the course: the first one is the change of pavement. You will run on the asphalt till the port area and then to the area of San Basilio. Then, after crossing a wooden bridge (the last one at Venice Night Trail) , the ground will change again and you will continue your race on the typical 'hard' Venetian floor: the “Masegni”, large rectangular stone slabs. Another topic of this last kilometers: 13 short bridges, connecting the banks of the Venetian canals,  on which there will be built wooden ramps which allow to the runners to fully enjoy the magical urban landscape that surrounds them, while don’t think to pay attention about the steps. You will be at the famous Fondamenta delle Zattere and on your right you will admire the Giudecca island, separated by the homonymous canal. Crossing the second bridge (made with stones) on your left you will see the Squero di San Trovaso, one of the oldest shipyards where traditional boats (gondola, pupparini, sandoli ...) are built and repaired. From this point of the  course the cheering will really increase!  Fondamenta is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful walkways in Venice and, because of the south exposure, is the ideal place to get warm on this autumn day. Later, you will be on the last part of the fondamenta , called "Zattere ai Saloni": here on your left there are the factories of “Magazzini del Sale”, also called Saloni, built by the Republic of Venice to the storage of salt, precious good in