2023-10-20 20:09:58
The rain that fell in Oviedo made the act of the Asturian students with Eliud Kipchoge, Princess of Asturias Sports Award, would move from the San Francisco field to the Weapons Factory and instead of the scheduled jog there would be a talk with the double Olympic champion. An event that helped the Kenyan learn first-hand about the “take the floor” initiative by which 22 Asturian educational centers, which brought together 2,652 students in 5th and 6th grade of Primary, in addition to ESOmanaged to complete in the race in recent months the distance that separates Kaptagat (the Kenyan town where Kipchoge was born) and Paris, home of the next Olympic Gamespassing through Oviedo: more than 9,000 kilometers.
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Not only did they fulfill their mission, but they completed it 16 times, for a total of 158,590.16 kilometers. Along with the marathoner, the students from the Santa María del Naranco school, those who traveled the most kilometers, and those from Pablo Miaja, those who completed the most distance on average between each student, took the stage.
“Have you been through all that?”asked the athlete, surprised, when he saw the map displayed on the giant screen on the stage. “It is a great initiative, many thanks to the Asturian schools for their collaboration. I only ask you to continue. Running is for life, you have to do it every day,” explained Kipchoge. “Self-discipline is the only way to achieve challenges. If you have self-discipline, you are free,” he added.
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