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Monthly Running News from Brazil


April 2003

Corpore Running Festival attracted more than 8,000 runners

Corpore Running Club presented the runners with races of distances for all tastes: 6 km, half-marathon and marathon. This running festival was a success bringing together more than 8,000 runners on the streets of São Paulo.

The shorter race, 6 Km Corpore Exército Brasileiro, had Luiz Carlos Fernandes (17:59) and Maria Lucia Alves Vieira Moraes (21:46.) as winners. The 4th edition of half-marathon race had more than 3,500 runners and the winners were Frank Caldeira de Almeida (1:04:52) and  Rosangela Raimunda Pereira (1:15:58).

The best news for the runners was the first edition of Corpore São Paulo City Marathon. The race, consisting of two loops over the half-marathon course, had Willian Salgado Gomes (2:20:43) and Maria Salete Scheneider Herld (2:54:49) as winners. The weather conditions weren't good, since the runners had to face a heavy fog. However, the marathoners counted with a great structure with 20 water stations, 12 aid stations with isotonics and 3 aid stations with food.

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