Details of Cancun Marathon

Cancun Marathon changes its name and this year will be called Rock 'n' Roll Marathon & 1/2 Cancún Cancun Marathon is the most important in Cancun, which will be held on Saturday, December 7, starting at 5:00 p.m. and one of the objectives is to overcome the mark of four thousand competitors that participated in the last edition of 2018.

As part of the promotion, runners and athletes will be able to take advantage of a discount on their registration from the last days of March and in the months before the event. A new approach to the athletic race was announced, which will continue to be nocturnal but will have a musical theme.

At a press conference, municipal authorities and organizers released details of the race, which this year will be called Rock 'n' Roll Marathon & 1/2 Cancún. It was indicated that the inaugural edition of the Marathon and 21 K Rock and Roll Cancun 2019 will take place on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 December.

The program starts on Friday at 20:00 hours with the competition of 5K and on Saturday from 17:00 hours will be held the events of 10K, 21K, and the marathon. In her message, the mayor Mara Lezama Espinosa, justified the name change of the event, highlighting that it takes place within the framework of the 50th anniversary of the founding of Cancún.

In the presentation, it was said that Cancun will be the new headquarters in Mexico for a marathon and 21 K "musically thematic" race. With nine months still to go, the first details for the Cancun Marathon sporting event are already starting to emerge.

Over the years there have always been complaints from the population, especially those working in the Hotel Zone because due to the closure of both lanes of Boulevard Kukulcán (Hotel Zone), workers and even tourists were affected by the closure of the artery

"The marathon will run the night on Saturday, December 7 and there will be a change of route, which will affect less tourism and the Hotel Zone."

To innovate the Night Marathon of Cancun this year, the route will be modified: the return of the 21 kilometers will no longer be until the Pok Ta Pok roundabout; for this year it would be at the height of the Calinda bridge, at kilometer 4.5 of the boulevard.

"The return of the 42 kilometers or the full marathon was at Delfines beach, and now we are looking for it to be no farther than the Melody Maker hotel (El Rey Return, kilometer 12 Kukulcan Boulevard). What we look for with this, that the marathon has an affectation, maximum of 12 kilometers, inside the Hotel Zone. The measure frees hotels and the tourism issue of kilometer 12.5 onwards, which will facilitate transfers and tourists who are not visiting the race continue to enjoy the destination and nightlife in the area of the nightlife. area of beaches. We have to make the destination and the event have an identity and be an event covered by all."

The Marathon of Cancun will celebrate its thirty-fifth edition and will propose a beautiful tour, absolutely beautiful and that will never be forgotten, for its passage in the bay, the lagoon and the Hotel Zone, where the winner will be acclaimed when crossing the finish line, with music from mariachi that will soften the arrival.