Half Marathon starts with more than 25 thousand participants

More than 25 thousand corredore started this morning on Half Marathon Mexico City 21 Kilometers, taking the exit of the Torre de Caballito towards Lomas de Chapultepec, then going to the circuits first and second sections of Bosque de Chapultepec, and reach the finish line at the Angel of Independence.

On his Twitter account @ C5_CDMX, the command, control, computer, communication and contact center with the citizens of Mexico City indicated 7:00 am: "Start of the half marathon of the exit Torre CDMX 21k "del Caballito, Meta Angel of Independence will be performed on the Paseo de la Reforma in Prado Sur and the 1st and 2nd section of Bosque de Chapultepec. Alt: Chapultepec Avenue # C5 ".

Throughout the week, the head of the government of Mexico City, José Ramón Amieva Gálvez said that 2018 involved more than 25,000 runners and runners, consolidating Mexico City's 21-kilometer half-marathon as the nation's largest, the third in Latin America and one of the top 10 in the world.

Authorities in the capital remind motorists, citizens and visitors that the half marathon runs through important avenues of Mexico City, so that there will be multiple cuts to traffic for the safety of the athletes.

The Ministry of Public Security clarified that one of the main cuts to car traffic would be the Paseo de la Reforma in Prado Sur and the first section of Bosque de Chapultepec affecting passages important as Insurgentes, Nice, Florence, the River Tiber and the Rhine River, which is why he recommended to drivers as alternative routes to use Chapultepec Avenue, Inner Circuit and Anillo Periférico.

The Mexico City Half Marathon began at 7:00 am and should end around noon at the Angel of Independence.