{"id":30312,"date":"2018-05-08T08:32:36","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T06:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puente-colgante.com\/media-maraton-puente-bizkaia-20-mayo-6\/"},"modified":"2018-05-08T08:32:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T06:32:36","slug":"media-maraton-puente-bizkaia-20-mayo-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puente-colgante.com\/en\/media-maraton-puente-bizkaia-20-mayo-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Bizkaia Bridge Half Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"
On 20 May next, Getxo will be hosting a new edition of the Bizkaia Bridge Half Marathon.<\/strong>The race is run over a flat course that joins the two ends of the Hanging Bridge, skirting the estuary, and is suitable for all publics.<\/p>\n The fifth edition of this consolidated athletics meet once again offers its two customary competition modes, running and rollers, thus making it a unique event as it is the half marathon in all Bizkaia for skaters and one of the few available nationally.<\/p>\n One of the curious features of this course is that each year the start and finish lines alternate: one year it starts from Getxo and finishes in Portugalete and vice versa the following year.<\/p>\n This year it is Portugalete\u2019s turn to start the race, which will then pass through the municipalities of Sestao, Barakaldo, Bilbao, Erandio and Leioa to end in Getxo.<\/p>\n This feature shows how, prior to the industrial revolution, the inhabitants of these towns had to go around the river to reach the other bank of the Nervi\u00f3n River. This fact also explains why Bizkaia Bridge was built in the 19th<\/sup> century, an industrial icon that would join two towns that were so close but at the same time so far from each other.<\/p>\n