The Music Marathon 2015 comes to town this weekend in the coastal town of Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.
Music Marathon Events
The Music Marathon events under the banner of Kenneth Gasque Events has been on the calendar for a number of years and combines music and exercise participation, bringing a vibe to the avenue that all can involve themselves in.
The event starts and finishes on the Beach Avenue by the “Playa Grande beach” In front of the Apartamentos Los Cocoteros.
The Course
The route for the Music Marathon 2015 is a 1 loop course for the 5Km, 2 Loop course for the 10Km and 4 loop course for the 20Km.
Music Marathon Festival
The Music Marathon route 2015.
The START and FINISH line is at the Beach Avenue by the “Playa Grande beach” In front of the Apartamentos Los Cocoteros.
You run towards the Matagorda, pass the “Hotel San Antonio• and turn right before the “Hotel Las Costa”.
You run down to the beach and make a left turn.
Once you reach the beach avenue again you turn left and return back to the START/FINISH line to complete 1 loop of 5 km.
There will be and aid station around the “Street Italia” which you will pass 2 times on each loop.
5km is 1 loop
10km is 2 loops
20km is 4 loops
2014 Event Winners
1/2Ma. Stephen Bayliss 01:14:24
1/2Ma. Monique Grassrieder 01:30:32
1/4Ma. Victor Sánchez Garia 00:37:53
1/4Ma. Jenny Schulz 00:40:53
A personal message from the race director:
“Music Marathon Festival intention is to increase tourism on Lanzarote, by creating a new sports and cultural event, which is EXTRAORDINARY.
This event is created so that everyone can participate, with a kids run, you can either walk or run on the route where there is live music which animates participant and spectators, then ends with a concert.
The short-term goal is to fill Puerto del Carmen up with happy and active people. The long intended goal of this event is to increase the quality tourism in Lanzarote.”
Project background / milestones and expected results: Bring the smile back to Puerto del Carmen
Music Marathon Festival was started in 2008 due to the world crisis created, the tourists number has dropped to 60% in Puerto del Carmen in Lanzarote.
Our help is help for self-help, with the motto we have to do something and NOW, the only thing we can have in the first place is to bring people to the event, giving them a beautiful and very different experience, which helps to bring more tourists to Lanzarote and thereby improve the local economy, as well as the 2 different help organizations we also encourage the participants to support.
This process starts by word of mouth locally, internationally through journalists and other media using our tourist office.
It is our hope that tourists who are here on the day will support the event either as a participant or spectator, usually on a weekly 30,000 tourists and we expect a group size between 500 to 1000 first year
Project / activities:
Half Marathon races (20,000m)
Quartz Marathon races (10,000m)
Walk (5,000m)
Kids’ race (800m) (1,609m)
Wheelchair races (5,000m)
The route is an out route home as implemented 1, 2, or 4 times.
On the route is der6 entertainment places (with live music) which is passed on out and back the way it is, there is music for every 500 meters
After the event, there is little dining and socializing to music finishing with a major concert for all, in front of the start and finish area at Playa Grande on Avenida de Los Playas.
Band & Entertainment
There will be 6 to 8 bands and 3 Dj which in turn plays on the 6 scenes and we finish with a finale concert at the goal area
There will be local bands and musicians from Puerto del Carmen and Lanzarote + head band from Tenerife
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