79th Arkadi races

79^th Arkadi races

Sunday 3^rd November 2019

8:15 Arkadi Power Walking Race (Arkadi Monastery)

9:45 Flame Lightning Ceremony (Arkadi Monastery)

11:10 Arkadi run (22,6 km) (Arkadi Monastery)

11:30 79^th Arkadi Races Opening Ceremony (Sohora Stadium)

11:40 Flame arrival ceremony (Sohora Stadium)

11:45 Music by Rethymno Philarmonic Orchestra (Sohora Stadium)

12:00

          1) 1km Run Race for disabled athletes (Sohora Stadium)

           2) Kids Athletics (Sohora Stadium)

12:05 1 km Run Race for Elementary Schoolboys (Sohora Stadium)

12:10

          1) 1km Run Race for Elementary School girls (Sohora Stadium)

          2) First Awards (Sohora Stadium)

12:15   Cretan shot put:

         a) Men (born between 1969 and 2001)

          b) Veterans (born before 1968)

          c) Children (for Elementary school pupils only)

12:25 ARKADI RUN FINISH (Sohora Stadium)

13:00  

   1) Shot put for disabled athletes (Sohora Stadium)

   2) 6 km run race for men-women (Platanias Bridge at the crossroad to Arkadi)

13:15 Traditional Cretan dances from local dance groups (Sohora Stadium)

14:00 END OF 79th ARKADI RACES

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