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The 8th edition of the Route of Strengths, which will take place on Saturday, April 1, will include the participation of athletes from 36 provinces of the Spanish geography as well as from five foreign countries.
At the same time, 56 teams will meet in this sporting event of enormous magnitude.
Among the provinces that most runners contribute to the test stand out Alicante, with 341 participants, and Madrid and Cadiz with 99 and 91 respectively, although the majority, 3,140 are from the Region itself.
The countries from which the six participants of other nationalities originate are Uruguay, with two, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, all with one representative.
On Tuesday, the mayor of Cartagena, Jose López, Councilor for Sports, Ricardo Segado, and the director of the Marine Infantry School General Albacete and Fuster (EIMGAF), Enrique Montero, have appeared before the media to explain the latest details about Of the issues related to this career.
A HUGE DEPLOYMENT
The first mayor said that "a test like this requires a complex logistics, with relief, provisioning, transport, etc.", something that is "an extraordinary effort" of the Navy and Cartagena City Hall staff.
"We must be proud of the dedication, dedication and professionalism that each and every one of them places in this event, which is very important for the municipality of Cartagena because of its national and international projection," he emphasized.
For this reason, the organization has prepared a great deployment in order to ensure full coordination during the test and the best care for athletes.
In total, a total of 960 people, civilian and military, will be mobilized with 109 vehicles.
Among them will be doctors, physiotherapists, podiatrists and nurses.
The test will have 11 relief posts arranged along the entire route with nine ambulances, as well as a field hospital in goal, as well as nine refreshment stalls.
The emergency deployment will consist of 124 people and 25 means of evacuation.
In addition, a transport service has been installed in Vista Alegre in collaboration with Alsa and Renfe-Feve, whereby people who leave the race at this point of the route will be able to return to the urban center free of charge by presenting their number.
The curious point that shows the magnitudes of this Route of the Strengths is the 12,624 bottles of water of 33 cl, 2,400 of 50 cl and 5,682 of 1,55 that will be distributed during the same and the fact that in the period of Pre-enrollment almost double the number of places available, with about 6,800 people attending the draw.
THE FESTIVAL DAYS
The events of the VIII Route of Strengths will begin on Friday with the delivery of riders, starting at 10:00 am, and with the activities scheduled for the youngest, with the children's event as the main event of this day from At 6:30 p.m.
The big day will be on Saturday, with the celebration of the general tests at 8:05 and juveniles at 10:00 hours in a day that will start with a salvo thrown from the gun barrel and solemn Lifting of the Flag on the esplanade of the port.
As indicated by the director of the EIMGAF, Enrique Montero, the climate will be favorable, since a sunny day is expected with mild winds of the northwest.
It has also announced that this year the Route of Strengths presents a novelty as is the app for smartphones with the same name of the race, which is available all information relating to it, just like on the web.
ALL ARRIVED
The mayor has also commented, regarding the adequacy of the terrain that will run the race, that cleanings are being carried out along the whole route with the municipal brigades and with the reinforcement of a cleaning company , Removing debris and debris.
In the same line, Ricardo Segado has assured that for the day of the test, if there is any area that remains to be cleaned, everything will be in perfect conditions for maximum enjoyment.
The Councilor for Sports has defined the Route of Strengths as "one of the sporting events of greater social and media importance of the national panorama" and "an inescapable challenge for thousands of athletes."
"Each edition fills our mountains and fortifications of sports life for weeks, for months, each edition fills the streets of Cartagena, its shops, restaurants and hotels, all of which means linking forces and factors that enrich and energize the city of Cartagena and its Surroundings and is a real pride for us all, "he stressed.
The sports mayor stressed the importance of "continuing this historic tradition of bringing Cartagena's military and defensive life to its civil society, eliminating, always symbolically, walls, barriers and access controls," which is achieved thanks to this race.
Mowed has encouraged to "enjoy" nature and the environment and has appealed to responsibility and has advised not put to the limit the physical capabilities of each.
At the end of the press conference in which the last data of the Route of the Strengths have been presented, the first mayor and the Councilor of Sports have accompanied the military authorities there assembled to the ground floor of the Palace Hall to contemplate the photographic exhibition Dedicated to last year's edition.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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