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CHALLENGE El Desafío de los Miradores de Xàbia
Do you fancy a real challenge whilst enjoying the spectacular coastline of the northern Costa Blanca? Some 150 walkers will be doing just that in April when they will take part in the fifth edition of the annual
javeamigos.com Mirador Challenge, a 29 kilometre trek along the coast of Jávea which follows an established walking route which links fifteen of the official viewports (“miradores”) of the municipality.
2015 is the biggest yet with 30 teams of five walkers registered to take part in one of two disciplines: the Sport category is for those who want to cover the distance as fast as possible • without running, of course • whilst the Leisure category is preferred by those who would rather take a more leisurely approach • whilst still racing • with time spent at each mirador removed from the final time. And this year the Challenge has received the support of Villas-Plots-com and Bar Quo Vadis who have become the joint main sponsors of the event and the organisers thank them as well as all the other sponsors and the Ayuntamiento de Jávea for their support in helping make the
javeamigos.com Mirador Challenge one of the premier events in the sporting calendar of Jávea.
The event will also be supported by a team of almost 50 checkpoint supervisors, marshalls and route support teams, with the two-person team from Blanca Fit once again walking the whole distance themselves at the back of the field to clear and close down the route and we thank them and all the volunteers for their time and effort for without them the event could not take place.
The route, which begins at Mirador La Granadella and, having passed through thirteen stunning viewpoints along the coast, finishes at the iconic windmills of Mirador Els Molins, was created in the spring of 2011 by six friends who were curious if they could trace an extended walking route along the coastline of the municipality and covered the distance in a fairly relaxed 8 hours and 22 minutes. In 2014, the winning Sports team finished in 4 hours 16 minutes.
A route modification for 2015 has added over two kilometres to the total distance which means that this record will never be beaten. However a new one will be set and some thirty teams have already registered to face the challenge of walking across the municipality of Jávea from its very southern border to the northern ridge of La Plana.
More information can be found at
www.javeamigos.com and on the Facebook page ‘The Mirador Challenge’. THE MIRADOR
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