MADRID, 8 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Movistar Madrid Half Marathon, whose twenty-second edition will be held on March 26, has presented the official medal that all runners who complete the 21,097-meter course and cross the finish line located on Paseo de Recoletos will receive.
The ‘finishers’ will be able to hang around their necks a medal that draws the ‘skyline’ of the main landmarks of the Spanish capital that the runner will pass through during the race, including Paseo de La Castellana, the Bernabéu, Plaza de Castilla, Calle Serrano, Puerta de Alcalá, Atocha, Paseo del Prado, Neptuno, Plaza de la Cibeles or Plaza de Colón.
In addition to other novelties, the Expo moves in this edition to the Casa de Campo Convention Pavilion to facilitate and improve the experience of the almost 13,000 registered to compete in the Movistar Madrid Half Marathon.
The economic impact of the race in the city is very high, since, in addition to the 16 percent of registered foreigners of more than 80 nationalities, almost a third, 30 percent, come that weekend from outside the Community of Madrid.
Likewise, in the absence of final figures when registrations close, the provisional female percentage has improved remarkably, rising to 23 percent of the total.
FUTURE CAREER
In parallel, the 5.8 kilometer ProFuturo solidarity race will also be held that Sunday, March 26. This test seeks to make visible the work of ProFuturo, the digital education program promoted by Fundación Telefónica and Fundación la Caixa to reduce the educational gap in the world through quality digital education for children in vulnerable environments in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa. and Asia.
The Movistar Madrid Half Marathon continues to maintain the ‘Road Race Label’ seal of the World Athletics international federation, and was named by the Madrid City Council as an ‘event of general interest for the city’, since it is one of the most emblematic and with country tradition.
The historical records of the test have been broken on the renovated circuit, with records by Ronald Kiprotich, with 59:38 in 2021, and Winfridah Moraa, with 1h07:22 in 2022.