The Women’s Race announced the dynamics for its 2021 version, which will take place on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 September, in person without crowds under two forms of participation: timed and virtual routes.
The Women’s Race, presented by the AVON Foundation for Women, is the most representative event for the female gender in Colombia and has been constituted in a whole campaign that promotes the practice of physical activity in women since it is constituted in one of the main tools for reducing the probability of developing breast cancer and, on the other hand, helps in the construction of the autonomy of women, a preponderant value in the fight against gender violence.
Every year there are thousands of breast cancer diagnoses in the country, a condition that when detected in time can save lives, “Through this event we want to call on women to do self-examination and periodically attend a specialized examination, mammography, this is a condition that hundreds of women take every year, and that is why with the race the invitation is to think about themselves, take care of themselves, love themselves, and give the necessary importance to good habits, exercise and so on. to be able to recognize those signs of breast cancer in time ”, assured Carolina Henao Restrepo, Director of the Avon Foundation for Women.
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A timed route is a section of track or path, within which a five-kilometer segment has been designed, it is equipped with two timing points with satellite antennas, these are located, one at each end of the segment. To complete the 10 kilometers, the participant may use either of the two points as a ‘starting’ point. They must go to the point of the opposite end and return, to finish at the point where they started. The timing points can be recognized by flags with the event logo.
This innovative proposal is exclusive for the 10-kilometer distance and will be developed only in the cities of Medellín and Bogotá, in which they will be available on September 19 between seven in the morning and one in the afternoon, in such a way that the runners They will be able to do their 10 kilometers at the time that suits them best.
The measurement of the timed routes will be accomplished with a chip previously sent in the participation kit. The starting point must be made at one of the two antennas and must end at the same point.
It is worth noting that the routes of the timed routes will not be closed, which is why the normal operation of the bicycle lane and traffic regulations must be respected.
The virtual modality can be carried out between 00:00 hours on September 18 and 23:59 hours on September 19 anywhere in Colombia, each runner chooses the site: street, bike path, park, path, track, even in a treadmill or elliptical.
After performing the test, each runner must send evidence of compliance to the website www.carreradelamujercolombia.com, that is why the race must be recorded with any app such as Strava, Tom Tom, Runtastics, Mapmyrun and send a screenshot where it is can appreciate the distance traveled, the time achieved and the date of execution. If no app is available, they can send a photo of the stopwatch, GPS or the console of the treadmill or elliptical where they developed the race.
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