Basovizza (Italy), Sunday 11 March 2012

A new trail running event will debut in March 2012 in the north-east of Italy.

The 13-kilometre Kokoš Trail race will be held in the wilderness of the Karst Plateau which rises above the Adriatic port of Trieste.

Participants will run a hilly and very scenic loop through grass- and woodland on the edge of the spectacular Val Rosandra gorge.

Start and finish will be near the village of Basovizza, which is at 377 metres above sea level. The highest point on the course will be on Monte Cocusso (Slovene: Kokoš), a wooded hill on the border with Slovenia (672m).

Race report and photos: 1. Kokos Trail 2012

Country: Italy

Venue (Map): Basovizza (Trieste city centre 11km, Rijeka 66km, Ljubljana 88km)

Date: 11 March 2012 (Sunday)

Race distance: ca. 13km

Start time: 10.00

Start and finish: 'Campo Zarja' football pitch (near the 'Foiba di Basovizza' Memorial Site)

Entries: by e-mail or fax (payment in cash on the day); late entries on the day; entrants may have to provide a medical certificate at registration

Entry fees: € 10 (advance entries), € 15 (late entries on the day)

Race centre: at the start (8.30-9.30)

You get: goody bag (to the first 200 entries), one feed station on the course, a meal and beer after the race

Prizes: to the first 20 men and 10 women, and to the 5 largest groups

Showers and changing facilities: (?)

Award ceremony: 12.30

Number of finishers 2011: ---

Event website: www.euromarathon.it

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