San Silvestre Vallecana

It was about New Year and with it the most important race of the popular Spanish geography: The San Silvestre Vallecana, joining a large group of cities that release and the year.

The race "San Silvestre Vallecana" is a career that makes the streets of Madrid on New Year's Eve, where sportsmanship and brotherhood, which does not always go together in this world in which we live, unite to dismiss the year with joy and some healthy exercise. Ten miles down the streets of the Spanish capital and two runs to that sign: The amateur and professional.

In the Amateurs race can join any person who is over age 13 in the direction www.sansilvestrevallecana.com, and later in many parts of the Community of Madrid, as in the English Court of Castellana, in The Princess, the thalweg, Calderon shop Corridor Park ...

Until 8 November, the registration costs 17 euros (15 if you chip itself), and from 9 November until 5 December (or earlier if just the squares), 20. Two years ago, the 20,000 places on offer were completed in 17 days, so that in 2007 the quota of participants jumped to 25,000. The output is taken into Concha Espina, Serrano Street, proceed along you will reach the Cibeles and Paseo del Prado and end in Candillejas. The Amateur is scheduled for departure at 18.00.

For incribes in absolute proof, which starts at 20.00 pm and has the same route except that ends at the Estadio Teresa Rivero (the Rayo Vallecano), is necessary to establish official documents proving that the participant made the rounds of the 10 kilometers in 39 'if male, or 45 "if female.

The first edition of the San Silvestre Vallecana took place in 1964 when he won Jesus Hurtado. Since 2003 no Spanish wins the race, both in male and female category.

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