The Lucena City Popular Race closes the rankings with 1,500 participants

“It is a reason for satisfaction that this celebration of sport and athletics is once again full of competitors and families who fill the stands and brighten up one of the most beautiful days of the year in Lucena,” said the Sports Councilor, Ángel Novillo. , during a press conference in which he was accompanied by Javier Luque, member of the Hermes Gym, who, together with Surco Lucena, is in charge of the technical organization of the test; and with José María Parejo, director of McDonald’s Lucena, a company that will collaborate with 2,500 water bottles and 700 shopping bags.

With the delivery of bibs at the Cité des Sports on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and on Sunday from 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m., preparations for this sporting event will be completed, which once again had the valuable collaboration educational centers and its students, main protagonists of this eventas well as companies, clubs, volunteers, associations and staff from Civil Protection, Citizen Security, Operational Services and the Equality and Diversity delegation in a race celebrated under the motto “For a fair, diverse Lucena and equal”.

The sports program begins Sunday morning. For the 9:00 a.m. the start of the queens’ competition is announcedon a urban planning of 10 kilometers, which will be followed (from 10:30 a.m.) by the races of the lower categories, in this order: sub 18 and sub 16 (10:30 a.m., with 2 kilometers) and sub 14 (10:50 a.m., 1 kilometer).

After the prize giving of this first section of races, the competition resumes with the Local Functional Diversity category (11:45 a.m.), sub 6 (12:05 p.m.), sub 8 (12:25 p.m.), sub 10 (12:05 p.m.). 45h) and sub 12 (1:05 ​​p.m.), now with the course only in the athletics track. Family members of participants are reminded that they must be present on site at least half an hour before the start of their test.

Among the new features of this edition, the course in the main event It has been modified due to the work in the Llano de las Tinajerías, avoiding passing through this place by taking Arriera, Ancha and Peñuelas streets. In addition, a reduced time will be established for the absolute category of 22.5 minutes at 3 kilometers, 45 minutes at 6 kilometers and 67.5 minutes at 9 kilometers, so if this time is exceeded the participant will run under your responsibility.