The month of September can be considered a golden month for road races! It started in a great fashion with Garoto 10 miles in Vitória. This race, one of the runners' favorites, didn't occur last year but returned in great shape with 2,400 participants. The peculiar thing about this 10 mile race is the crossing of the high "Terceira Ponte" (third bridge). The winners were Marilson Gomes dos Santos (47:41) and Márcia Narloch (55:10).

One week later, on September 8, another great race: Maratona de Santa Catarina. This marathon, in the beautiful Florianópolis city, had 600 runners on its second edition, double of the previous year. The course was changed to make it faster and less hilly. Anyway, the runners had a challenger marathon since it was very windy. Among the men, Everton de Moraes shaved 4 minutes from the previous winner's time and won in 2:14:27. In the female race, Hilda dos Santos won in 2:38:58, that was almost 7 minutes better than the last winner's time. 

On September 23, the huge Pão de Açúcar Marathon Relay closed the month in great style. More than 21,000 athletes ran on the streets of São Paulo in teams of 2, 4 and 8 members. The first male team to complete the marathon was Cruzeiro in 2:03:10 and the first female team was Pão de Açúcar BM&F in 2:26:34, the new race record.