Peschiera del Garda (Italy), Sunday 13 March 2011

A new 15K run will take place in mid-March near Peschiera del Garda (pictured), a very pretty small town that sits on the southern shore of Lake Garda, Italy's largest lake.

Starting and finishing at the Parc Hotel Paradiso & Golf Resort, the route is a scenic loop around sand bunkers, putting greens, tennis courts and exclusive hotels.

The mildly undulating course will take runners around the 18-hole championship golf course of the "Golf Club Paradiso del Garda" as well as through vineyards, fields and villages.

Country: Italy

Venue (Map): Peschiera del Garda (Verona 30km, Milano 140km, Venice 143km)

Date: 13 March 2011 (Sunday)

Race distance: 15km

Start time: 10.00

Start and finish: Parc Hotel Paradiso & Golf Resort, Via Coppo 3/b, Peschiera del Garda

Entries: by post, fax or e-mail; payment by bank transfer; entrants may have to provide a medical certificate at registration

Entry fees: 15 euros (until 28 February 2011), 20 euros (until 12 March 2011)

Race centre: Parc Hotel Paradiso (Saturday 12 March 9.00-19.00; on the day 7.30-10.00)

You get: timing chip rental, free parking, technical shirt

Prizes: product prizes to the first 5 M/F and to the first 3 in each category (prizes are not cumulative)

Showers and changing facilities: Centro Sportivo Paradisetto

Number of finishers 2010: ---

Event website (in Italian): www.paradisogardarun.it

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