Malta’s oldest road race celebrates milestone

The story of Gozo’s iconic festival of running as it heads out for number fifty

April 11, 2025| Times21 min read
Gozo’s Ta Pinu. Photo: Shutterstock.comGozo’s Ta Pinu. Photo: Shutterstock.com

The ‘most historic, innovative and iconic road race in the Maltese islands’ celebrates its fiftieth running on the 27th of April this year. Il-Ġirja t’Għawdex, which started in 1977 and spent twelve years as a ten-mile race before becoming an iconic half marathon, has evolved into one of Gozo’s premier sporting events, now drawing runners from all over the world.

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