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Carlos Alonso, from Excellus which promotes the test, had explained the change in date “because there are fewer tests at this time”, saying it was “a test”. The organization expected more participants, which, in terms of number of registrations, happened, despite the yellow rain warning.
Now, the organizer says that the edition “exceeded expectations” and that the main race, the Half Marathon, “went well”. However, some of the athletes who participated in previous editions considered this year to be the most complicated event. “It was a Half Marathon run at somewhat slow and controlled paces. It’s tough, you can’t do great times here”, said Ricardo Pereira, 1st in the men’s race. Doroteia Peixoto, 1st in the women’s category, also said that it is “a very tough course”.
Carlos Alonso is not sure what can explain this perspective, given that the route is the same, but he was actually surprised by the “time for first place being higher than in other years”.
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