Nike and Gatorade, official sponsors of CAF Caracas Marathon 2011

(Caracas, January 5, 2011).- With 52 days to go before the Caracas streets fill with millions of steps for integration, the CAF Marathon presents the sports brands Nike and Gatorade as official sponsors of the event.

Nike, multinational leader in sports equipment, will dress the runners with a T-shirt designed exclusively for the occasion. And along the route, Gatorade, the sports drink which replenishes mineral salts and which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary in the country, will be supporting the athletes with the hydration points essential to this stiff challenge.

Already over 2,000 have enrolled for the CAF Caracas 2011 Marathon in the two categories: 42 km and 21 km. The streets of Caracas will be filled with athletes from all parts of Venezuela and the world. Marathoners from Germany, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, and Uruguay have confirmed their participation.

To be part of this experience you only need to sign up and begin training. All the details are available on the event website: http://maraton.caf.com, including information on route, altimetry, training plans, and possibilities for staying in Caracas and tourism.

The CAF Caracas 2011 Marathon has a Twitter account @maratoncaf2011 and a group on Facebook maratoncaf2011 to keep everyone up to date with every detail and organizational announcements.

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The CAF-Caracas 2011 Marathon is an initiative of CAF – Latin American development bank – organized to celebrate its 40th anniversary, with the aim of stimulating sport as a means of integrated development and strengthening integration. The race has two routes: 21 km and 42 km. For the organization, CAF is working in partnership with the Hipereventos company and has logistical support for security from the Ministry of People's Power for the Interior and Justice, Metropolitan Police, National Police, Civil Defense, Traffic Police, fire departments, and the municipal governments and police of Baruta, Chacao, Libertador and Sucre. Nike and Gatorade are sponsoring the event and the venue is the Renaissance Caracas La Castellana Hotel. For more information visit http://maraton.caf.com