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Transtica Race to Finish in Puerto Viejo

Posted by Editor | November 20, 2009 | Categories: Community Calendar, Helping Out, Sports | 2 Comments

November 26, 2009

Thirty-one runners from as far away as Canada, France and Australia arrived in Costa Rica this week to participate in the second running of the cross-country Transtica.

The race begins on Saturday in the central Pacific town of Manuel Antonio and crosses 250 kilometers of terrain to arrive in Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean side on Nov. 26. Runners travel either 20 or 40 km (equivalent to a half or a full marathon) each day, depending on the group they’ve chosen to compete with.

What makes the competition unique is not necessarily the distances or the difficulty of the race, but the fact that runners stop in select locations to participate in social projects.

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More/Source: Tico Times: Coast-to-coast humanitarian run launches on Saturday


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  1. Mark (No profile image? Get yours at gravatar.com) Mark on November 20, 2009 3:40 pm

    Wow, what a neat event!

  2. nathalie (No profile image? Get yours at gravatar.com) nathalie on November 23, 2009 7:53 am

    Allez Jean Jacques (from France !) !!!

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