This past Monday 26th December the XVI edition of the Saint Sylvester of Albox «Memorial María Carmona» was held, where more than 300 runners gathered on a sunny morning that invited to go out in the street, highlighting this year the participation in children’s categories (mini, benjamín, alevín, infantil) with more than 100 registered runners.
The Geocycle company, one of the sponsors of the race, set up a stand to inform about healthy lifestyle habits, because taking care of yourself is the healthiest habit. The stand was also used to provide refreshments to all runners at the end of the race with water, fruit and nuts. In addition, the company gave all the registered runners a T-shirt and a pair of underwear for the runners.
At 11 a.m. the little ones started with more than 100 children registered in all categories. After a minute’s silence in memory of María Carmona, at 12 o’clock the 4.4 km race of the XV San Silvestre ‘Memorial María Carmona’ began, with more than 200 participants.
This year the solidarity of all the participants has reigned, as they have collaborated by donating food for the two parish Caritas of Albox, reaching 400 kilograms of food for the most needy; also with the payment of the registration fee the runners have collaborated with the Cancer Association of Albox. For the children’s races the registration was free of charge.
The originality and creativity in the costumes was also rewarded with prizes of several shoulders «in addition to making the race a solidarity race, every year is getting more participation in the costumes, making it a fun and colourful family race, the claim was tempting, a dozen gifts were given in kind for groups of runners who participated in costume, among them, 4 shoulders of ham, several Christmas hampers.
In the general male category the winner was Santiago Alejo Ruiz Alias followed by Alejandro Muñoz Duarte and Juan Parra Parra. In the women’s category the winner was the Albojense athlete Jurguita Zolbiene, the second classified was also a local athlete, Inmaculada Martínez Sánchez and third classified was also the Albojense athlete Roció Jiménez.
This sporting event was organised by the Somos Albojenses Association with the collaboration and support of the Sports Department of the Albox Town Hall. In the smooth running of this event has also collaborated the Local Police of Albox and more than 40 volunteers who participate in it.
The race organisers would like to thank the following companies for their collaboration, as without them this sporting event would not have been possible: Geocycle, Chema Neumáticos, Famim empresa de limpieza, Tienda Polo 7, Comercial Ángel Oller, Construcciones José León, Peugeot Albox, Alfarería Luis el Puntas, Almanzora Veterinaria, Inselma Electricidad, Tienda Padel Powers, Comercial Deportes, Gonzalez Cañabate Carburantes BP, Gimnasio Kronos, Exclusivas Sito Ibéricos and Guijuelos.