Beira-Mar Avenue - Florianópolis city 
Start point of Santa Catarina Marathon

Three Marathons and a huge 10 km
November can be considered the marathon month in Brazil since it had no less than three: Santa Catarina, Curitiba and Brasília.

The inaugural Santa Catarina Marathon, held November 4 in the beautiful city of Florianópolis, was a good choice for those that gave up the trek to the New York City Marathon. Kenyan Jospeh Cheromey was the first to complete the hilly course in 2:18:30. In the women race, the winner was Marizete Rezende with a time of 2:45:00.

Two weeks later in Curitiba, other hilly course, Gustavo de Assumpção won the men's race with new course record of 2:17:59. In addition, there were new course records in the women's race when Marizete Rezende crossed the finish line at 2:42:21 and in the wheelchair division with a time of 2:07:32 by Carlos de Oliveira.

One week later there was a third race in Brasília, a rebirth of sorts. This race, that didn't happen since 1998, was won by Lindembergue Nunes in 2:22:05 and Ilda dos Santos in 2:50:21.

However, November wasn't marked just for the marathons. The traditional São Paulo Classic 10 km attracted 5,000 runners. The winners were Paulo Roberto de Paula (29:34) and Fabiane Cristine da Silva (34:00).

Barigui Park - Curitiba Ecologic Marathon start point
Photo: Cláudio Ito. Site : www.guiadobrasil.com.br