Great races in São Paulo
There were two great events in São Paulo city in September: the Golden Mile Corpore and the Pão de Açúcar Marathon Relay.

Golden Mile Corpore gave the unique opportunity for many road runners to race on the track. There were many mile races rounds divided by age and gender categories. Elite Category winners were Edgar Martins with 4:02:47 and Fabiana Cristine da Silva with 4:43.86.

The Pão de Açúcar Marathon Relay is fastest growing race in Brazil. This event, with 8, 4 and 2 runners teams, had 7 thousand participants in 1999, 11 thousand in 2000 and 15 thousand this year. The Cruzeiro 8 runners male team was the first one to cover the marathon distance in 2:04:31. Among the female teams the first one was Pão de Açúcar / Funilense in 2:29:54.