The Nationale Nederlanden-San Silvestre Vallecanafounded in 1964 by Antonio Sabugueiro, will celebrate a new edition on December 31 with the 40,000 famous runners in the streets of Madrid, among them the mayor of the capital, José Luis Martínez Almeida.
The race, with the usual start at Concha Espina Avenue and street goal Foot lightsin the case of the famous, and inside the Vallecas stadium, in the international, it is one of the four ten kilometer events in the world with the World Athletics gold certificate.
Laura Luengo, Spanish half marathon champion with 1h09:41, said that the goal is “to be the first Spaniard across the finish line”the same challenge faced by Tariku Novales, the new Spanish marathon record holder with 2h05:48.
José Luis Martínez Almeida, mayor of Madrid and promoter of the twinning of the event in 2022 with the New York marathon, declared that “After running it for the first time last year you wonder why it took me 47 hours to do it.
“I will run again for many reasons. This is the best race, it will be held in Madrid, “The mayor needs to be with the runners that day and ultimately because of the beauty of running at the end of the year through such a beautiful city,” admitted Almeida, during the presentation at the Casa del Lector in Madrid.
Sonia Cea, delegate councilor for Sports of the Madrid city council, stated that the race is “a great opportunity to get to know the city and enjoy it to make a mark or get hungry before dinner“.
This year the exam motto is ‘No reason‘, where the organization aims to encourage the residents of Madrid to run to say goodbye to the year, either in person or virtually, with a method where they can run anywhere in the world, recording the time in a digital application .
Before the race on the 31st, the mini will be held on the 23rd, where for the first time the smallest They will run with the event’s official t-shirt and receive a medal, in a solidarity edition in favor of Gasoline Foundation against childhood obesity.
San Silvestre Vallecana, founded by Antonio Sabugueiro, was held for the first time in 1964 with only 57 runners. Success went to Jesus Hurtado The race is the replica of what has been held since 1925 in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo to say goodbye to the year.
Source: La Verdad
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