“Thank you, it’s so rare to be able to count on a race, that a semi of this size can be raced is, for us, a real relief”. The tribute is signed, Dominique Kraemer, trainer of the contender for victory Yann Schrub (A. Sarreguemines-Sarrebourg).
At a time when the races are slipping from the agendas, when runners have no other choice but to eliminate default readability programming to drift towards a compensatory mode, the Grand Nancy Métropole half-marathon arrives like this. a clearing in the gray. For many of the runners at the start, this will be the first foray into the distance of the year.
As it stands, the maintenance of the half-marathon is essentially and above all a matter of organizational know-how, widely praised and piloted by Pascal Thiébaut and Nancy Athlétisme Métropole, but also of the political will of the City and the Metropolis which were able to find the arguments with the prefecture.
Of course, this particular edition for its environment and its context, will not break participation records. But it could be one of the rougher editions with a last minute guest, Storm Alex. It will take even more to curb the approximately 1,500 runners announced.
Grand Nancy half-marathon, this Sunday.
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