Mayor Enrique Cresto led a series of meetings held this Tuesday afternoon to finalize organizational aspects of the province's premier athletics event, which the city is already anticipating.
"We are already experiencing this great sports festival, living the 41st edition of the Maratón Internacional de Reyes, with high expectations for 2020 because we have achieved the interest and participation of a large number of elite runners, both men and women, runners under 30 minutes, which promises to be a great race," noted Marcelo Flores, director of the event.
"The momentum given by Mayor Enrique Cresto has allowed us to work towards achieving this goal and implementing various improvements that have been taking place year after year to have an increasingly better race, which all residents of Concordia enjoy and, as we already know, come out to the street at every block of the route to cheer on the athletes," he valued.
"We held meetings with the different areas of the Municipality, which are many, with Health and the Province's Emergency system, with the Police, the Firefighters, with the press, with the collaborators, with all those who make it possible for Concordia to be the provincial capital of the Marathon and for us to continue making a better Maratón de Reyes year after year," expressed Flores.
"The main novelty this year is that the start of the 5 km race will be at Avda San Lorenzo and Eva Perón. In previous years the location was at Plaza España, which is a very beautiful and symbolic place, but it is a change made at the request of the runners, for their convenience, so that the start and finish are close to them. Especially for the runners who come from outside to run that distance," he explained.
Finally, Flores asked for "the collaboration of all residents to respect the circuit and not stand in the street where the runners pass. It is impossible to fence the entire circuit, it is 10 km plus the blocks added to complete the 5 km distance. That is why in certain areas there are no fences, and it is important that the resident stays on the sidewalk, so the runner does not have any inconvenience when passing and we take care of the physical integrity of all participants."
At the same time, he asked that "they do not park cars on the circuit. You can check the Maratón de Reyes Facebook page where the detailed map is, so that everyone knows and is well informed." In addition, he indicated that "on Saturday in the downtown area, the streets of the circuit will be closed to traffic from 2:00 PM, and on the rest of the route from 6:00 PM."