The City Council recommends planning trips on the morning of Sunday the 9th for the Fuengirola Half Marathon

Traffic restrictions will occur between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. and will also affect public transport

The test, which has reached its eighth edition, has broken all registration records with 2,500 participants between the five kilometer race and the 21 kilometer race.

11/03/2025. The Fuengirola City Council has recommended that residents and visitors plan the trips they plan to make on the morning of November 9 before the celebration of the VIII Half Marathon. Traffic restrictions will occur between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., with traffic gradually becoming free from the eastern part of the city, once the race has passed through the surroundings of the Sohail Castle and along the Paseo Marítimo in the direction of Carvajal. This has been reported by the councilors of Sports and Mobility, Julio Rodríguez and Isabel González, respectively.

The race will depart, at 9:30 a.m., from the Fairgrounds towards the center of Fuengirola along Jesús Santos Rein Avenue, until reaching the intersection of Mijas Avenue, where it will retrace its steps, along Santos Rein and Jesús Cautivo Avenue to the 600 roundabout, where it will retrace its steps, in the direction of the city center, to Málaga Street, Héroes del Baler and Paseo Marítimo, in the direction of the Castle. Sohail. After crossing Alberto Morgestern Street, the race will take the Puente de la Armada until reaching the Castle Park. From there, you will walk along the entire Paseo Marítimo until you reach the end of it, in Carvajal. The runners will arrive at Los Boliches via Las Gaviotas Avenue, and upon reaching the intersection of Ramón y Cajal Avenue with Alfonso XIII Street, they will enter Jesús Santos Rein Avenue again to finish at the Fairgrounds.

“We want to remember the basic recommendations to be able to enjoy the great celebration of sport that comes with the eighth edition of the Fuengirola Half Marathon. All records have been broken, both for registered runners, completing the 2,500 registered runners that we had contemplated as a maximum. We will also have about 300 volunteers, who are very important for the previous preparations, delivery of numbers and during the development of the test itself. We are especially grateful for their commitment and the effort they will make. Without them, the Fuengirola sports festival would not be possible,” said Rodríguez.

In this way, participants will be able to collect their runner bags and numbers on Friday the 7th, Saturday the 8th and shortly before the race, on Sunday the 9th. On Friday they will be able to do so, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the Fuengirola City Hall. The next day, Saturday, in the same place but from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in which the ‘Runner’s Fair’ will also be held with stands of a multitude of sports products and charity stalls in favor of the work of the Association of Relatives of Alzheimer’s Patients Fuengirola-Mijas (AFA). Likewise, those furthest behind will be able to get their number on Sunday the 9th, from 7:15 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., at the Juan Gómez ‘Juanito’ Pavilion.

On the other hand, the councilor has thanked the willingness and the work carried out together with the areas of Citizen Security and Mobility, with which different meetings have been held, “so that everything runs perfectly, the experience of the runner is improved and has the least possible impact on the citizens. The coordination is perfect with the Local Police, Civil Protection, with the volunteers, health workers… So it will be a highly safe test.”

In this regard, it has also been reported that both the city’s public services, the taxi sector, and hotel establishments have been informed of the test route as well as the consequent interruptions in traffic.

Traffic cuts from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

For her part, Isabel González explained that for yet another year, the Fuengirola City Council has tried to do everything possible to improve this experience for the corridor but also in terms of traffic. Circulation restrictions will be in force from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and will also affect urban public transport.

“At all times we have worked to ensure that this important test for the city and for lovers of this sport generates the least possible impact on traffic. The test will start at 9:30 a.m. from the Fairgrounds and will run through the entire municipal area, which will be coordinated by a large Local Police device. A very clean layout has been designed that allows us to do the route and clear certain traffic blocks and thus cause the least damage to the city, which will experience a very important day for sport,” he said. pointed out.

Before finishing, Isabel González has recommended all residents and visitors to plan and anticipate, if necessary, their departures so that they are not affected by these interruptions.