Barcelona marathon closes streets
Barcelona’s annual marathon is running this weekend and has closed major streets in Sants and Gràcia, disrupting city center routes and drawing runners and spectators to the event on March 15 El Periódico.
About 32,000 runners were registered for the Zurich Marató Barcelona this year, a field organisers say sold out months in advance. democrata.es The elite and mass starts are scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Passeig de Gràcia — the line runs between Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes and Plaça de Catalunya — with the finish at Passeig de Lluís Companys near the Arc de Triomf. elperiodico.com No-parking orders and road occupation for the event began being applied from Friday, March 13, while full race-day traffic controls extend from the early morning on Sunday and into the afternoon. elperiodico.com City transport adjustments include a total suspension of Trambesòs services on lines T4, T5 and T6 between Glòries and Ciutadella from about 7:45 a.m., and authorities are diverting nearly fifty bus routes away from central corridors. diaricatalunya.cat The official race course covers the full 42.195 km urban loop used by the Zurich Marató Barcelona, features 35 pacers for target times from 2:45 to 4:30, and was promoted this year as a flatter, more central sightseeing route. zurichmaratobarcelona.es This is the event’s 47th edition and organisers expected participants from more than 100 countries, making it one of the largest single-day mass-participation road races in Spain. datasurfr.ai
