A Saturday evening dedicated to sport, being together and doing good. A race proposed on three different routes and with two distinct departures for the 2024 edition of the Mura Urban Trail. The first start at 7pm for the longer 30km route and at 9pm for the 8km and 16km routes. All have been designed to give participants the opportunity to test their strength and run along the city walls of Verona, a UNESCO heritage site, in a unique experience capable of combining sport, nature and love for the area. The event is included in the Mura Festival 2024 calendar of events.
What to do in Verona and its province during the weekend from 7 to 9 June 2024
The program was presented on Thursday morning by the environmental councilor of the Municipality of Verona together with Pier Nicola Fazzini of Studioventisette and co-organizer of Mura Urban Trail and Stefano Stanzial director of Gaac 2007 Veronamarathon Asd and co-organizer of Mura Urban Trail.
The routes of the 2024 edition
There are already over 1,000 registered participants in the various distances. The Mura Urban Trail is promoted by the Municipality of Verona and organized by Studioventisette and Verona Run Events. Further registrations they can be carried out at the Expo Village set up at the Mura Festival on the Bastone di San Bernardino in Circonvallazione Maroncelli (in front of number 8/A) on 8 June from 2.30pm to 6.30pm until all available bibs are sold out. These are the available routes:
- 8Km Monumental: Non-competitive, nocturnal, ideal for beginners or for those who want to live an experience of discovery, this route will allow you to discover the most beautiful monuments of the city.
- 16Km Brave: Competitive with a difference in altitude of 400 m and a mixed asphalt and dirt route. Reserved for FIDAL members or other Sports Promotion Organization or Runcard, in possession of a medical certificate for competitive activity.
- 30Km Wild: The most extreme, competitive route, with a difference in altitude of around 1,000 m and a more dirt-oriented route. This is also reserved for FIDAL members or other Sports Promotion Organization or Runcard, in possession of a medical certificate for competitive activity.
Discover the routes in detail at the link: https://muraurbantrail.it.
Solidarity
In collaboration with the Ronda della Carità Verona ODV, the race will be an opportunity to implement and support the Shoestainable social project “Another kilometer together”, dedicated to the reuse and donation of unused shoes. An opportunity to raise awareness among participants and to give new life and a new “home” to an object that often ends up in the attic or is thrown into the bin.
It will therefore be possible to bring unused shoes with you which will be collected by the Ronda volunteers and made available to the homeless. This year’s theme is the invitation to “give voice to your instincts”, awakening the totemic animal most similar to your nature to be guided by its peculiar characteristics and reach the finish line.
Discover the totemic animal within you!
The Mura Urban Trail 2024 invites participants to give voice to their instincts, exploring the fascinating world of totemic animals. Totem animals have been an integral part of many ancient cultures, representing strength, wisdom and connection to nature. They teach us to honor our deepest characteristics and find balance and harmony in our journey.
Bear, butterfly, cat, deer, hawk, horse, wolf, lion and elephant: each animal represents a set of unique and powerful qualities, which are expressed in the soul of athletes in different ways. Each participant in this edition of the Mura Urban Trail will have the opportunity to experience and experience this connection, adopting the essence of the totemic animal that feels closest to their instincts to face the race with determination.
Talks and associations
The afternoon will see the talks and exhibition part of the associations and entities present as protagonists at the Expo Village in San Bernardino. It starts at 5pm with Livio Venturelli and Andrea De Bartolo, professional masseurs who will talk about “Body care in preparation for the race”, followed by Fabio Orazi, posturologist, with “Canali postural method: posture as an effective method against trauma in iterative load in running”. Also present was Claudio Lapolla, from the Kleos gym: “The starting point for high-performance sports preparation”.
Guests, including the Pink Ambassadors, with the talk “The importance of sport and prevention”. Pink Ambassadors are women who, after having faced a typically female tumor, have accepted the challenge launched by the Umberto Veronesi Foundation: training to run the distance of a half marathon. The Pink Ambassadors promote fundraising for scientific research on female tumors supported by the Veronesi Foundation.
