The Mayor of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil, along with the delegate of the newspaper La Verdad in Lorca, Pilar Wals, presented the eighth edition of "Corre x Lorca", a charity race that has been held since just a few weeks after the fateful earthquakes of 2011 and that will take place on Sunday, May 13 with departure at 10.30 from Las Columnas.
The First Edil has pointed out that "the" Corre x Lorca "is a fundamental event in the sports and social agenda of our city, every year hundreds of people take to the streets to honor our city through physical activity and the coexistence, propitiating a very pleasant day that is also fully supportive, since the collection obtained will go once again to the Bureau for Development ".
The programming of "Corre x Lorca" will start at 10.30 am with the absolute race that will have an extension of 5.6 km.
Depart from Juan Carlos I Avenue at the height of Las Columnas, ascend the Old Bridge to visit Calle Mayor, Ortega Melgares, Armed Forces, Avenida Europa, Puente Nuevo, Santa Clara Avenue and Rafael Méndez Avenue, returning to Juan Carlos I through of the underground passage to reach the goal located in Las Columnas.
In this race the category runners will take part from cadets to veterans G.
After the absolute race, the ones destined to the categories petate (100 meters), prebenjamín and benjamín (700 meters), alevín (1 km.) And infantile (1'5 kms.) Will be made.
The top three finishers of the men's and women's overall and the first three of each category and race will receive a trophy, except the mat category in which all the participants will receive a medal.
There will be a special trophy sponsored by the Department of Equality to the first woman classified.
Those who reach the finish line will be presented with a commemorative shirt and will enter a prize draw.
As for the inscriptions, these can be done through the web www.asuspuestos.com until 2:00 pm on Thursday, May 10, except the mats that will be registered the same day of the test.
The registration fee will be 5 euros for the absolute race (cadets to veterans) and 3 euros for prebenjamines, benjamines, fry and children, being free for the petates.
It has also been established as in previous years a Dorsal 0 as a donation to collaborate with the Solidarity Roundtable to which the collection will be allocated.
The Mayor wanted to "thank the collaboration of the newspaper La Verdad without which it would be impossible to perform for the eighth consecutive year this race that is already part of Lorca and the process experienced since May 11, 2011 that has led us to go from being a city ​​physically destroyed morally to become a municipality of future, of opportunities, with new infrastructures and resources.We have to take advantage of this eighth edition of "Corre x Lorca" to vindicate everything that neighbors have achieved during these last seven years of effort collective to build the new Lorca that is already a reality and that goes to more ".
Organized by the Department of Sports and the newspaper La Verdad, the eighth edition of "Corre x Lorca" also has the support of the General Directorate of Sports of the Autonomous Community, the Department of Emergency, the University Campus of Lorca, Hospital Virgen del Alcázar, Limusa, Cricket, Community of Irrigators of Lorca, Local Police and Spanish Red Cross.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca