Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale

Marseille - Cassis is a folk and road race, which connects the two French cities of Marseille and Cassis. It takes place since 1979 in October and is organized by SCO Sainte -Marguerite. The distance is 20.308 km; because of the to be overcome 327 meters of altitude correspond to the times about which a flat half marathon.

History

At the first event in 1979 was attended by about 700 runners. Over the years, the race is one of the most popular in France, so that for some years the number of applications has limited to 12,000.

Since 1990 on the day before the run, the hike L' Autre Marseille - Cassis instead, which runs south of the running track by the Calanque massif.

Route

The start is at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille. From there it goes to a closed to traffic road up to the Col de la Gineste, the highest point on the route, which is reached at 10 km. The second half of the route runs continuously downhill to the finish, the port of Cassis.

Statistics

Track records

  • Men: 58:10 min, Atsedu Tsegay (ETH ), 2011
  • Women: 1:08:17 h, Lydia Cheromei (KEN ), 2011

Finisher 2010

List of winners

Sources: website of the organizer, ARRS

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