Once again the beautiful German settled town of Blumenau received runners from all over Brazil for the 18th edition of its marathon. 

The nice weather (12 degrees Celsius this year) and flat course makes this marathon one of the favorite among runners. Besides, the best thing about running in a small town is that you can feel the race's atmosphere since it seems that everyone in town that weekend is a runner.  

This year the winners were Elson Alex Gracioli (2:17:27) and Rosa Jussara (2:46:41). There were aid stations each 3k serving water, plus two serving fruits and more two serving isotonics.