Quito 15k Race

21 April 2016, 10am

Quito Últimas Noticias 15k postponed

Earthquake in Ecuador forces postponement

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Distance Running July–September 2010

High speed in the high Andes

It is difficult to breathe at 9,000 feet above sea level. But it is even more difficult to breathe at such altitude, when you have been running seven miles at a fast pace. The Colombian athlete Diego Colorado (36 years old) is leading 15,000 runners in the race, but he is almost exhausted…

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Distance Running July–September 2007

Making the news

The city of Quito, the capital of the Republic of Ecuador, nestles high up in the Andean cordillera at an altitude of 2800m. With a population of two million it lies just a few kilometers south of the Equator. Low latitude and high altitude ameliorate each other’s influence and gift the city a mild climate in which temperatures range from 10–25C: just the right range for running. So thought the race founders, 48 years ago, when they launched the “Marathon de los Barrios Quitenos” (Marathon of Quito neighbourhoods).

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