WE CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF HISTORY!
This is what it's like at the start of the race
What is the Vig-Bay
The Gran Bahía Vig-Bay Half Marathon is an athletics event on the route between Vigo, Nigrán and Baiona, with 21,097 m approved by the RFEA. Beyond the sporting data, its history includes values that transcend the competition.
The origin of the idea
The race was born from the dream of a businessman, popular runner and lover of his city. During his training sessions along the coast, he came up with the idea of joining the bays of Vigo and Baiona in a half marathon, highlighting the tourist, scenic and social charm of this urban axis of more than 300,000 inhabitants that attracts thousands of visitors.
Name, slogan and meaning
The name Vig-Bay was created, a synthesis of Vigo and Baiona, which also evokes “Great Bay” in English: it marks the start and finish line and defines the circuit. The slogan “At all costs” plays with the coastal route and the effort needed to reach the finish line. The wings do not have a physical meaning, but a spiritual one: elevation and self-improvement. In heraldry, they represent the desire to rise through good deeds; in sport, this impulse is born from the solitude of the runner. The reference to Icarus and Plato's Phaedrus reminds us that it is not enough to have wings: we must learn to fly. This was the justification for the symbol that began on the race bibs and which accompanies those who have made sport a way of feeling and living.
You make the VIG-BAY possible!
On 27 February 2000, the first edition of the race started with 613 athletes. In 2019, the 20th edition was celebrated with two modalities: half marathon and the great challenge of the marathon. After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, in 2022 the 2nd edition of the marathon, the 21st edition of the half marathon and the 1st MINIBAY (Half a Half a Half) came back, as a thank you to all the runners who have “given wings” to the event. Message from the organisation: “Thank you all! Let's go for the XXV Half Marathon and for the V MINIBAY”.”