2023-11-10 16:25:28
The Women’s Race ‘Central Lechera Asturiana’ will reach this 2023 participation figures prior to the pandemic and will bring together this Sunday, November 13 to some 33,000 participants who will travel a new layout of 7.7 kilometers through the streets of Barcelona.
The race, which will start on Paseo de Pujades between the streets of Nàpols and Wellington, and will end on Paseo Lluís Companys, will have a practically circular route that will pass through various arteries in the city center such as Calle Marina, Paseo Colón , Parallel Avenue, Calle del Compte d’Urgell and Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes.
The event was officially presented this Friday in the press room of Barcelona City Council and was attended by the sports councilor, David Escudé, who celebrated a participation figure that “is getting closer and closer to the previous record of 36,000 participants.” to the pandemic”, a symptom that “we are taking steps to get closer to full normality”. “This is the sporting event with the most attendance in the city. Many women look forward to it and train throughout the year, because it is a solidarity event that goes beyond sports and is for all audiences,” said Escudé.
The press conference also included the participation of the spokesperson for the Cursa de les Dones ‘Central Lechera Asturiana’, Henar Calleja, who claimed that the race, which in its 19th edition has been held in nine Spanish cities, preserves “the objective to promote women’s sports”, without forgetting “the social and solidarity part” that is “adding causes every year”.
“A fun race”
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) will collaborate so that more than 30 refugee and asylum-seeking girls and women participate free of charge in the event. In addition, another 30 refugee women hosted by the Spanish Commission for Refugee Assistance (CEAR) in Barcelona will leave. For her part, the Catalan athlete Cristina Silva highlighted that the new route is “quite fast, it passes through wide and lively streets”, so she foresees “a fun race” in which it will be “easy for new runners to join” to get into this type of sports.
Also participating in the press conference were the spokesperson for the Spanish Metastatic Breast Cancer Association, Sara Cervelló, the member of the Ibn Battuta Foundation, Laila Khalil, and the member of the Association of those affected by endometriosis, Cristina Iglesias. Likewise, this Sunday before the start, tribute will be paid to the Paralympic triathlete Eva Moral, bronze in Tokyo 2020 and recently qualified for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, and to the Paralympic athlete Melani Berges for her contribution to women’s sport and society .
TMB recommends using the metro this Sunday
Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) has recommended using the Metro this Sunday morning as a transport alternative due to the effects on traffic that the celebration of the Barcelona Donut Race 2023 will entail.
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In a statement this Friday, they detailed that the athletic test will affect the route carried out by 29 TMB bus lines: D20, D50, H12, H14, H16, V11, V13, V15, V17, V19, V21, 7, 19, 21, 22, 24, 39, 47, 54, 55, 59, 63, 67, 120, 121, 136, 141 and the red and blue routes of the Barcelona Bus Turístic.
Traffic disruptions are expected between 5 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Sunday, and the race — with a 7.7-kilometer route — will begin at 9 a.m. on Paseo Pujades, and will end on Paseo de Lluís. Companys.
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