Every year, for 48 year already, on the last days of December many athletes run through the city of Funchal in the evening.

Last year, 2005, the number of participants has reached a new record of more than a thousand persons divided on two different competitions. First there is a Health March where people from 2 to 100 years old walk on Avenida do Mar celebrating health. The second competition is the most serious one where professional and amateur athletes run about 6 km around Funchal downtown.