TRAIL /// Ultra Trail Los Nevados
SPORTS AND LOGISTICAL VICTORY
Competitors from: Costa Rica, United States, Britain, France, Italy,
Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Chile, Poland and Colombia attended
this big sporting event. Local runners themselves, who are used to
races in their country, cataloged the UTPLN as a competition like no
other. This follows from the statements of Diego Medina, second in
the 18 to 35 years category at a distance of 25 km.: "In the 12 years
I've been running I had not seen such good attention and support to
athletes, from the time of the welcoming until the end. The race is
excellent; we passed badlands edged with snow and altitudes up to
4800 masl. which is the most difficult stage due to the lack of oxygen.
The logistics and organization were perfect, as well as the hydration
and nutrition stations."
The official sponsor of the UTPLN was Compressport-Colombia, cosponsored by BUUF, Petzl, Salomon, Julbo, Patagonia, Gatorade,
Going, Be Fruit, Paracord Colombia and La Sportiva. Also collaborated XVII Week of Mountain and Speleology, the Volcanological and
Seismological Observatory of Manizales (OVSM), Aventura
Inteligente, the ECOANDES Foundation and Ultratrails.com.
Colombian and foreign media were also present.
The next date for the ULTRA TRAIL Parque Los Nevados, certified as
an active member of the International Association of Trail Running
(ITRA) and qualifying career for the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc ®, will
be on August 15th, 2015, probably with the assistance of great representatives of this sports activity which is becoming more popular
everyday around world.•
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