On Saturday 14 February there was a new test of the Fourth Circuit races organized by the Athletic Club Totana - JC Pallets and was assisted by the Sports Department.
The race "Ermita de La Huerta" had a total distance of nearly 11 miles and was a new record of participation in a Circuit, to take part about 60 athletes, many of them in towns such as Lorca and Cartagena.
At 17h output was neutralized in the athletics track the Polideportivo Municipal "December 6, departing the colorful group of athletes to the transfer to take toward the shrine of Our Lady of La Huerta.
Once at the top, turned out to race participants down the promenade to once passed under the transfer tunnel and after almost two miles of technical sections, get on the road and back into sports.
From the first moments of career totanero club athletes and several of Lorca Eliocroca Club took the first position, maintaining a hard fight for points.
Eventually won the victory, one more, the absolute leader of this year, the club athlete totanero Raul Cifuentes.
We followed the athlete also Pallets José Carlos González JC.
After these members Eliocroca and Bartholomew Lucas García Reverte Navarro Torreglosa.
Regarding the classification of women, the first to cross the finish line was Lisa Woods, he managed to beat the Mandarache Club athlete Esther Sanchez Cartagena, which is the current regional champion mountain racing.
In third was the athlete of the club also Cartagena Cary Leal, followed by Amelia Perez, Sonia Valenzuela and Miriam Titz.
After the race was handed a few pieces of track, courtesy of Totana tenths, for the winners of the event and arrived at certain positions.
Participants were also able to recover energy supplies prepared by the organization and use the showers of the sports center.
So after three races of the circuit, the men still lead overall with 180 points for the athlete's Club Pallet Raul Cifuentes JC.
We are athletes Eliocroca Chumillas Gabriel Fletcher (162 points) and Francisco Giner Mateo (158 points).
The fourth and fifth position is to Fulgencio Garrido Gallardo (154 points) and Pedro José Cánovas Pelegrin (153 points), both of the JC Club pallets.
Regarding the general female athlete of the Club also totanero Lisa Woods increases his distance in the first position with 178 points is followed by the athlete's Club Cartagena Mandarache Cary Leal (116 points), followed by Sonia Valenzuela López totanera (112 points ) and also athlete JC Pallets Titz Miriam Puerta (109 points).
The Tour takes a break until next Saturday, March 7, though not totaneros athletes.
So, next Sunday Club will be represented at the XXVI International Half Marathon "City of Torrevieja" and the following weekend, the first of March, nine athletes in the Club will take part in the first marathon of the season, the Barcelona Marathon which is expected to involve 10,000 athletes willing to complete the 42 miles.
More pictures:
http://www.totana.com/cgi-bin/carrera-ermita-de-la-huerta-totana-2009.asp
