More than 250 athletes will take part in the cross-country race in Vyborg

This Saturday, October 17, at the ski base at the street. Forestry, 12 will be held a competition in trail running called "Hycee trail - Vyborg Favorite". This was reported in the press service of the administration of the Vyborg district of the Leningrad region.

More than 250 athletes from different regions of Russia are expected to participate: Leningrad, Moscow, Kemerovo, Irkutsk, Tula, Chelyabinsk, Yaroslavl regions, Krasnoyarsk Territory, as well as from St. Petersburg and the Republic of Karelia. The competition starts at 11:00.

Athletes of all ages will take part in the competition: from children eight years old to people over 60. Depending on the category, they will run distances of 1, 3, 5, 10 or 20 kilometers. The winners will be awarded at 14:00.

Trailrunner is a cross-country run involving routes through forests, hills, mountain trails and dirt roads. This sport requires not only physical endurance, but also orienteering skills, competent distribution of forces and readiness for the constantly changing conditions of the track.

The competitions are aimed at popularizing a healthy lifestyle, developing training as a mass sport and attracting people of all ages to physical education, which corresponds to the tasks of the state program “Sport of Russia”. Earlier, “MK in Leningrad region” wrote that “Leningradets” became the champion of the Youth football League of the North-West.