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"Yenisei Ring" Super Marathon, devoted to the 63rd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, has started in Krasnoyarsk. 10 Krasnoyarsk veterans – runners – are taking part in the marathon. The length of the super marathon will be 200 km. It will last for five days with 4 overnight stops.
 
Before the start Sergey Venevtsev, head of Krasnoyarsk Sport Agency (Krassport) wished good luck to the sportsmen and congratulated them with the start of the marathon. "200 km is no distance for the ones with your health!" Venevtsev assured.
 
As KNews reported earlier, the route of the super marathon goes along the Cable Bridge, Metallurgov Prospect and out of the city, further – along the Yenisei River, via the villages of Kubekovo, Chistoostrovskoe, Kuvarshino, Shivera, Atamanovo, Sukhobuzimo, Minderla, Taskino, Solnechnyy and back to Krasnoyarsk.
The sportsmen refused from the escort of a patrol car of the State Traffic Safety Affairs Inspectorate. They will be escorted by a car with clothes, tents and food only. The runners will finish on Otdykha Island on May 8 during the meeting near devoted to the 63rd anniversary of Victory Day near the Monument of Internationalist Warriors.
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