Running: in Nîmes, on May 1, the several thousand runners were not idle

In the game of disguises, this runner undoubtedly won. FREE NOON – ALEXIS BETHUNE

The crossing of the arenas delighted everyone and made them forget the effort for a moment. FREE NOON – ALEXIS BETHUNE

At the finish line, some participants raised their arms… to hold an inflatable… deflated arch. FREE NOON – ALEXIS BETHUNE

The years go by and the popularity of the Nîmes half-marathon (29th edition) continues unabated. On Wednesday, May 1, in the morning, there were 3,150 of them (over five races) to honor with their presence the traditional meeting of the Macadam club in Nîmes.

Rainy morning, happy morning, they say. In Nîmes, this Wednesday, if each participant presented themselves on the starting line with different objectives, on the tarmac of the city of Antonin, on the other hand, no one feigned their pleasure of doing so. be there. Pleasure and good humor, the common denominators of a public holiday where no one was idle. No more the 3,150 participants registered for the five events (21 km valid and disabled, 10 km valid and disabled, 5 km) than the 200 volunteers assigned and marking out the different courses.

Thirtieth anniversary in 2025

''Next year, we will celebrate thirty years'', recalls Alicia Prone, communications manager at the Macadam club in Nîmes and granddaughter of Georges Colombani, president of a club founded in 1988 whose vice-president is Catherine Fontaine, daughter of the emblematic leader. Three generations working. In Nîmes, the big running family had made an appointment.

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