The 25th Venice Marathon will be run on October 24th 2010, the fourth Sunday of the month, as usual. The event will take place in one of the most beautiful natural and cultural sceneries in the world. Starting from Villa Pisani in Stra, the runners will pass along the Riviera del Brenta to end up at Riva dei Sette Martiri in Venice.

As the Venice Marathon is famous mostly for its peculiarity, given the environment where it takes place, and of course its beauty, it is no surprise that its attenders come from all over the world. There are also some facilities to allow the disabled to participate to the competition, as the 13 bridges along the last bit of the route have specific temporary wooden ramps. The competition will start at 9.20 am, while the competition for the disabled will start at 9.15 am. The total lenght of the Marathon is 26,224 miles.
The Venice Marathon is indeed sensitive to those social issues that mostly involve our society, and so this year the causes supported are three. The first of them “Run for Water, Run for Life”, created with Africa Mission – Cooperation and Development, is a fundraising initiative to build wells in the region of Karamoja, one of the poorest in Uganda. The Venice Marathon supports also “Bimbingamba”, a charity organization created by the former Formula 1 pilot Alex Zanardi and Sergio Campo, the founder of the Associazione Niccolò Campo, that wants to help all those children who have lost one or more limbs. “Adopt a Bridge for Venice”, the third initiative of this year, allows Companies to link their names to one of the thirteen bridges along the route, making them part of the causes that the Venice Marathon is supporting.
Should you whish to know something more about these three initiatives, please visit this page . Back