Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 July, more than a thousand runners will challenge themselves along the 21 km FIDAL, the non-competitive half marathon, the relay race and Ministralivigno.
On Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 July about 1.200 runners will take part in the 16th edition of Stralivigno, an high altitude running competition along the beautiful valley of Livigno, Alta Valtellina.
At the moment there are 708 subscribers Stralivigno, 90 in the non-competitive half marathon. Furthermore there will be 72 pairs of runners who will run the relay, while Sunday, July 26, 230 children will participate in the Ministralivigno. Subscriptions are closed but you can sign in at the race office c.o. Aquagranda.
Also this year, at the start line there will be the very strong runners of the Run2together team, who over recent years always got on the podium: Githuku Geoffrey Chege (1990), Simon Kiruthi Muthoni (1995), Francis Ekidor erain (1994) and Ronaldo Ngigi Kariuki (1988) athletes to challenge. Team Run2together also includes Veronicah Njeri Maina (1989) and Janet Jepkosgei KIMUGUNG (1982), who are the favorites for the women race.
Stralivigno, the international FIDAL race, will take place on Saturday, July 25 at 15.00 from Aquagranda Livigno Sports Fitness Centre, at an altitude of 1,816 meters. The runners, both professional and amateur, will have the chance to put themselves on test on the 21 km competitive race, to participate in the non-competitive half marathon or in the relay splitting the effort of the race in 2 equal parts (with the exchange point at 10.5 km, at the Tresenda place). The route, entirely at high altitude along the Livigno valley reaches its peak between the 13th and the 14th kilometer - which never drops below 2000 meters. The weekend dedicated to mountain race will end with the Ministralivigno, a race designed for young runners up to 17 years, scheduled for Sunday, July 26 at 09.30.
Here the official program
Friday, July 24, 2015
9.00-19.00 - Bib and race packages distribution c.o. Aquagranda Livigno Sport Fitness Centre
Saturday, July 25, 2015
8.00-14.00 - Bib and race packages distribution c.o. Aquagranda Livigno Sport Fitness Centre
15.00 - Race start Stralivigno and relay race c/o Aquagranda Livigno Sport Fitness Centre
17.00 - Race packages distribution Stralivigno and Relay c.o. Plaza Placheda
19.00 - Dinner c.o. Plaza Placheda
Sunday, July 25, 2015
8.00-9.30 - Bib distribution Ministralivigno c.o. Plaza Placheda
9.30 - Race start of Ministralivigno c.o. Plaza Placheda followed by prizegiving
11.30 - Pizza Party c.o. Plaza Placheda
12.30 – Prizegiving c.o. Plaza Placheda
Also for this edition of Sltralivigno, the shops will offer an exhibition of the latest products related to the running world. In particular the Sport Station will propose the runners a foot analysis by 3D scanning Boot Doc Scan Station and will exhibit running shoes New Balance, Adidas and Nike, as well as sports glasses Alpina Vision Run and special sport clothing such as Accapi Hi-Tech Nexus Infrared and Bd Socks Compression. Silene Sport will also exhibit brand like X-Bionic, Mizuno, Hoka and Proaction. Punto Sport Ski Trab will be the exclusive retailer of La Sportiva. Lapponia Sport will have products of Montura, Scott, Salomon, Adidas, Compressport and Garmin. Lastly, 23030 Sportown will exhibit technical outdoor clothing of brands such as Nike, Adidas, Converse and Colmar.
Latteria, Coop, I Genuini, Enervit, Credito Valtellinese, Casa Vinicola Nera, Vis e Syprem will support the event as official sponsor.