On a special route, on the coastal front of the city, with the start and end of the Municipal Theater, the Piraeus welcomes Sunday 4 May, the race race Piraeus port run. This is the well -known Vartzakio race, which acquires a new name, Piraeus Port Run, with a new identity and new routes.

The race inspired by the Piraeus Health Runners Association in honor of Piraeus Runner, Christos Vartzakis, a member of the Runners Association, is also dedicated to the Runners of Hope, and is co -organized by the Piraeus Runners Association. It includes 5 and 10km races for adults and 1 kilometer for children, while MyRACE has the technical address.

The Mayor of Piraeus Giannis MoralisIn his address at today’s press conference held at the Foyer of the Piraeus Municipal Theater, he stressed: “Piraeus Port Run 2025, is the historic Vartzakios road, which was first held in 1986 in honor of Piraeus Marathon. This year he returns renewed, with a new name, always honoring the many years of Christos Vartzakis, with new routes and aspiring to make Piraeus as a sports destination, both for the runners of our country and for runners from around the world. “

Mr Moralis explained that Piraeus champion of the Marathon and Balkanian Nikos Polia, who has many years of experience in organizing racing races, has contributed to this effort to renew and extroversion of the event. We want all those involved in this event. “

According to the mayor of the city, “Piraeus is a city of sports, with many clubs and many awards in team or individual sports. Our goal is to organize or host large sports events, which on the one hand make people fun and come closer to sports. “

The Executive Municipal Sports Councilor, Nikos GemelosHe noted: “The Municipality of Piraeus has Mayor Yiannis Moralis, who is a man of sport. It is very important for the event to be held in a sports municipality, such as our municipality, where a large number of its city councilors comes from sports. Is the Health Runners for us the Piraeus Road Movement, with Christos Vartzakis being the one who gave the start? for the road movement. We cannot think of Piraeus without sports, which means health and culture, so the participation of all of us in Piraeus Port Run is important. “

The President of the Piraeus Health Runners Association, Angel Samoshe pointed out: “In recent years there has been the need to become something new, something different. For this reason we made the decision to postpone two events and study something new. The work we all do has borne fruit and we are ready for the 1st Piraeus Port Run. I’m talking about ‘first’ because for the first time we have this title. In previous events, the title was a Vargazeian road. We do not forget the late Christos Vartzakis, the fight is dedicated to his memory and will always be. “

Making a brief historical overview of his address, Mr. Samos said: “We started in the 1990s with the round of Piraeus, hand-in-hand with the homonymous municipality. The first finish in the race was the marathon runner, Nikos Polias, who is very responsible for what we will see and live on Sunday, May 4th. The race changes the page, it comes in a new era. The distances are changing and the routes are a little changed, many things change. I urge the whole world to participate in the Piraeus Port Run to enjoy a unique race. “

Piraeus Port Run Coordinator, Olympic and Manager of Myrace, Nikos PaulHe emphasized: “I feel very happy because I am part of this new effort to upgrade the iconic struggle of Piraeus in memory of Christos Vartzakis. Already, the number of entries has exceeded 1,200. I have grown sports in the neighborhoods of Hadjikyriaki, I have been a member of the two leading sports clubs of the city of the Piraeus Association and Olympiacos, having won 7 marathon championships, and I feel very happy, who will now be actively involved in the city. I call on young and old, systematic runners and ordinary athletes, to register with piraeusportrun.gr and become part of this great sporting event next Sunday, May 4th. “

The public concerned for information on the race can visit the website of the event www.piraeusportrun.gr, while the entry statements will take place until Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at 14:00 at https://www.myrace.gr/event/5823/registration.html.