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Fran Gonzalez received by the municipality of Lorca, after his success in the Marathon des Sables (09/04/2008)

The athlete lorquino Fran Gonzalez was received this morning in the city of Lorca by the mayor of Sports, Francisco Montiel on his participation at the 23 th edition of the Marathon des Sables, ranked among the toughest and most demanding in the world, which managed to finish at position 195, a total of 850 athletes started the race.

The council has said that "I would firstly like to congratulate this great distance runner, not only by the high level of competence shown in his first appearance, but the importance of completing this test is carried out by sub-Moroccan Sahara.

Every day I kept informed about his performance and we wanted to see him again to tell us about their experiences "

For its part the protagonist has spoken "thank you for the support received from everyone was very comforting to see the emails in the evening, gave me strength to keep fighting to end the tour.

It was an unforgettable experience and has served to make friends with people like Luis Enrique (former player of football) and Toni Llorente (former player of basketball), who shared a tent with me. "

Fran Gonzalez himself has been reported that "we have reached temperatures of 48 degrees, I knew I was going to be tough and demanding, so it was very psyched.

Start the race with many reservations, as the days passed, and finding better.

The stage spectacular was the 75-km, which was to end in two days.

The first succeed in making 51, while leaving the rest the next day. "

The brave innkeeper has finished saying that "the strategy was to take the lowest possible weight in the backpack, leave me with 73 kilos of Lorca and came back with 69.

It was really exciting to see the finish line, and the number of public present, which was pouring with competitors, after many hours of struggle. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca

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