One month remains for the start of the 10th anniversary Olympus Marathon. Preparations for hosting more than 600 athletes that will take part in the race are hectic. The 500 available spaces for the Greek participants have been exceeded, while the applications of foreign athletes have reached the number of 125. All the Greek mountain running elite will be present at the anniversary event, while 9 athletes (8 men and one woman) that have successfully completed all nine previous events will stand at the start line of the 10 year's OM. Among foreign participants OM 2013 hosts the record holder of Olympus Marathon Hernadez Gispert Jessed.
The turnout of friends of mountain running in the Olympus mountain region is expected to be great. Among the foreign participants from 18 countries that will stand at this year’s start line noteworthy is the presence of more than 50 athletes from Romania that honor Olympus Mountain for the third consecutive year. Settlements availabilities are already short at the heart of events, while the vast majority of foreign athletes have combined participation in the event with their holidays. The presence of mountain running friends and participants of OM 2013 who make their workouts in the paths of the National Park of Olympus is daily, especially during weekends.
The Mountaineering Clubs of Karitsa and Litohoro, once again volunteering work in the race field, taking care of the race paths, while the necessary field preparations at the peaks of Mount Olympus will be done from the "Spilios Agapitos refuge" and "Christos Kakalos refuge” managers, Dionisios Pourliotis and Stylas Michael and their teams.
The detailed program of the event will be announced soon (the basic schedule is available on line, http://www.olympus-marathon.com/index.php?name=Content&page=sched), while the rules of the race are published on the official website of the race).
The 10th Olympus Marathon is included in 2013 top 20 SkyMarathons ® worldwide, in accordance with the ISF (International Skyrunning Federation), actively participates in the International Trail running Association work teams and celebrates its 10 years together with the 100th anniversary of the first ascent to the top of Mount Olympus, the Mytikas summit.
Litohoro,1/06/2013