More than 3,100 people have participated this morning in the III Race for Diabetes, held in the Madrid Park of Juan Carlos I under the slogan "Join the Blue Marea, fight against diabetes", which means its new record of participation to theexceed 3,000 registered last year.
"In the first race we had already overDiabetics of Madrid - one of the organizers of the event - to EFE, showing their satisfaction for the good reception that the race has once again had among the Madrid.
"There is very good atmosphere, a lot of people and more and more are coming," said Elío, who has made a "very positive" assessment of the development of the III race for diabetes.
The queen test of the day, the 10 -kilometer race has started promptly at 10 am and before the exit, on the front line, the former basketball player Fernando Romay, godfather of the appointment, has been in charge of performing the protocol cutting of tapethat has preluded the test.
Children, parents and even the occasional grandfather have been able to enjoy a festive and playful atmosphere in the early morning in which the participants in any of the evidence of the day - absolute charrie, walk or children's races - as well as sports exhibitionsand dance.
Tests of eight questions to prevent free disease and retinographies, among others, have formed the wide payroll of activities that have shaped expodiabetes, of which participants (diabetics or not) have been able to enjoy) in the race.
It is precisely through this fair as organizing associations (Madrid Diabetics Association and Diabetes Foundation) intend to "convey the idea to exercise to control the disease," explained EFE of Elío.
The benefits raised with inscriptions will be invested "in education projects", mainly for camps for diabetic children (type 1) "in order for these patients to learn to be treated and care for, since it is not easy," says therepresentative.
Diabetes is a disease that suffers more than 5.3 million Spaniards, 400,000 of them from Madrid, of which half do not know.