Countdown to the thirty-fifth edition of the Half marathon Route of the Reconquestto dispute the last Saturday of May, the 27th, from 5:30 p.m., with the traditional route between the city of Cangas de Onís, the Marian sanctuary of Covadonga and return to the old capital of the Kingdom of Asturias, where the finish line will be located, right next to the Town Hall, on Avenida de Covadonga , main artery of the old Canicas. The dean of this type of road race of all those organized in Asturias.
This edition, organized as usual by the Cangas de Onís Athletics Club, led by José Fuente Olmo, is frankly emotional and supportive, since 1 euro for each registration -up to now around 400 athletes have registered, out of a maximum quota of 1,200- will be allocated to ELA Principado, a non-profit organization founded in 2001 with the aim of meeting the specific needs of people diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and their family environment, which is listed as an entity declared useful public since 2006.
Likewise, in the prestigious Canguesa test, José Luis Capitán will take part, a person closely linked to it, for many years, who is afflicted with this disease. Captain, you will participate in the XXXV Ruta de la Reconquista Half Marathon in a special wheelchair attached to a harness thrown by a group of volunteer relievers. And it is that one of the dreams of the former international athlete, who also served as a spiker in several editions, is to pay a visit on this occasion to Santina, patron saint of all Asturians, in the sanctuary of Covadonga.
Kaoutar Boulaid (Trespack Team), an Olympian in the marathon with Morocco at the Rio-2016 Games, registered her name as the winner of the thirty-fourth edition of the Ruta de la Reconquista Half Marathon, in 2022, after completing the 21,097-meter itinerary in 1 hour 18 minutes and 47 seconds, far from the record held by the Galician Paula Mayobre (1.14.14), absent on that occasion; meanwhile, the overall winner of the was Redouan Nouini ((Construcciones Cárcaba Ribamontan al Mar), also a Moroccan based in Cantabria, who spent 1 hour 06 minutes and 56 seconds covering the route, staying very close to the record that was established that year. passed the Portuguese from SD Compostela Nuno Costa (1 hour 06 ’05).
2023-04-24 17:39:54
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