The Alte marathon/MTB ride will be held again on April 25 and, on the date that celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, will provide many new features for lovers of this two-wheeled sport. From the outset, the strengthening of the organizational structure that becomes a partnership between the Professional School of Alte, Grupo Desportivo Serrano and the Parish Council of Alte.
Registration, which will open soon on the website «pedaling», will be limited to 2000 MTB participants and 150 for the Walking Tour. More information on the website of the Escola Profissional de Alte.
«The courses for 2014 have many new features. Highlight for the completely new singles tracks in Rocha da Pena and Rocha dos Soídos, keeping the magnificent single track by the Algibre river, this year with greater extension and made in the opposite direction», announced the organization.
There will be, as always, several levels and distances for everyone to celebrate mountain biking, the beautiful trails and the fantastic landscapes that this area of the mountains and the Algarve's Barrocal offers, in a spring season, when the fields and nature are in their splendour .
Level 1 of the marathon/walk, the “Family Walk”, will have 16 kilometers and the second, the “Clássico Passeio”, 25 km. Those who opt for the 3rd level, the «Half Marathon Leisure», will have to travel 52 kilometers and the “hardest ones”, who line up in the «Marathon Leisure and Algarve Cup of Marathons XCM», will have to walk 75 kilometers.
In addition to the mountain biking, a Pedestrian Walk will be promoted for companions through the village of Alte and the surrounding area, and a Regional Market will be held in the leisure area of Fonte Pequena.
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