HISTORY > Córrer és la meva victòria
The race continues to be open to all kinds of participants but in order to satisfy the most demanding ones, it also facilitates the participation of amateur athletes who will run with a chip and who require certain control measures for their sporting activities that are not comparable to those required by occasional athletes. In 2010, 5,026 athletes ran with a chip.
One of the main novelties of this year's race is the separation into start boxes in the area exclusively for runners with a yellow chip. The first box, which is green, is exclusively for the athletes with a provable record time of 40 minutes or under. The second, which is blue, is for those who have a record time between 41 and 45 minutes. The third, which is red, is for 46 to 50 minutes. And finally, the black box will delimit runners with a record time of over 50 minutes
The Cursa El Corte Inglés is the most multitudinous race of all of those that are included in the Challenge BCN10k and for this reason the organization will introduce a control point at the 10th kilometer point so that the athletes can verify their time at this point close to the finish line. Registrations for participants with yellow chips will finalize three days before the race, on Thursday, March 31st at 10 PM and they must be carried out exclusively via the race's website.
Córrer és la meva victòria (Running is my victory), is the motto for this year's race and it brings together equally the sporting spirit of athletes with and without a yellow chip. At 9.30 AM on Sunday, April 3rd, participants will find a single start point which will be situated on Passeig de Gràcia-Gran Via and an unrivaled route through the city. Accessing the Olympic Stadium in Montjuïc and running on the same pavement as the best European athletes did in July 2010 is a privilege that only the Cursa El Corte Inglés can offer runners.
Thanks to the collaboration of the chain of gymnasiums DIR, all of the participants will receive a free invitation to visit any of its 16 centers in Barcelona and Sant Cugat when they register.
"Prepara't amb el run with us-DIR per a la Cursa El Corte Inglés", is a specific fitness plan that the Catalan chain of gyms has prepared for their members who sign up for this race which is at the forefront of traditional athletic races in Barcelona.