All-Russian day of running “Cross of the Nation” will be held in 85 regions of Russia
The All-Russian Day of Running “Cross of the Nation” will be held on Saturday in 85 regions of the country. More than 380,000 people are expected to take part in this mass sporting event.
Races are part of the federal project “Sport is the norm of life.” The general management of the sports festival is approaching the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation and the All-Russian Athletic Federation. Adults with a high level of races are offered distances from 1 to 12 years, depending on age and level of physical fitness.
All participants of the “Cross of the Nation” receive a bib number. Winners of the event in each age group will be awarded medals and diplomas of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation, the winners will be awarded a cup. In the Sverdlovsk region, about 18 thousand participants were declared, in Bashkortostan – about 17 thousand.
In Moscow, at least 15 thousand fans of a healthy lifestyle take part in the “Cross of the Nation”. Mass races are held simultaneously at 11 venues in the capital of Russia. Muscovites will run distances from 200 m to 5 km, and must also accept the TRP standard for running. Participants under 18 years of age have the opportunity to receive a youth sports category.
In St. Petersburg, “Cross of the Nation” starts at 10.00 Moscow time on Krestovsky Island. The press service of the city committee for physical culture and sports reports that the route runs along the South Road, Tennis Alley, the North Road to the North Alley and then back to the Gazprom Arena. Participants aged 14 and over will cover a distance of 5 km.
The tradition of holding a running holiday in 2004: then in 21 cities of Russia the first mass event “Cross of the Nation” – sports against terror” was held in order to promote a healthy lifestyle and attract residents of the Russian Federation to physical education. The first running festival gathered almost 100 thousand people. in 2005, the geography of the project almost doubled: the action took place in 45 cities of Russia and gathered 450,000 runners.