This Sunday was not only the return of the Running Challenge 2018/19, but the XXIX Half Marathon "City of Cieza" also housed the Championship of the Region of Murcia of Individual Half Marathon and Clubs, on that approved course of 21.097m .
homologated by the RFEA.
A Regional that crowned as absolute regional champion and sub23 the Athlete of the UCAM Athleo Cieza Manuel Bermúdez, covering the distance in 1:13:21, followed by the 1st Master 40 David González, of the Athletic Club Jumilla, in 1:14:59, as well as the winner in Master 45 José Luis Monreal, also from the club Jumillano (1:17:28).
The women's absolute victory corresponded to the Rajao's Runners Alcantarilla Mar Gómez athlete, 1st F45 at 1:30:07, ahead of the winner in Master 40 Beatriz Ríos, of the Alcaraz Group, at 1:30:35, as well as of Almudena García, of Fondistas de Alcantarilla, senior champion stopping the clock in 1:35:27.
He won in male senior José Antonio Campos, from Fondistas de Alcantarilla (1:20:24), doing the same in Joaquín López, from Rajao's Runners Alcantarilla (1:17:33) and also the athlete from the Alcantara club Loli Cuerda ( 2:04:17), while in Master 50 José Antonio Buendía, of the Nutribán Sociedad Atlética Alcantarilla (1:28:47) and Josefa Muñoz females, of Fondistas de Alcantarilla (1:37:40) prevailed.
The M55 triumph would fall to the athlete of the CD Runtritón Cartagena Eduardo Escolar (1:26:26), being the best M60 Vicente Sánchez, of Fondistas de Alcantarilla (1:45:13) and the athlete of the Puertas Lorca José Antonio Llamas in M65 (1:47:07).
Already in relation to that Regional Championship for Clubs, the male title went to Fondistas de Alcantarilla, counting the times of José Antonio Campos, José Antonio Abellán and Pedro Serna.
Subchampions turned out to be the Rajao's Runners Alcantarilla, being third the athletes of Athletic Club Jumilla and winning in the feminine section Rajaos Runners Alcantarilla, computing the performances of Mar Gómez, Rosa Lacárcel and Loli Cuerda.
Source: FAMU