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"There is nothing impossible for those who know how to look with the heart"
Exactly 28,893 athletes achieved their dream in Madrid on April 28, to conquer one of the 3 distances of the "Zurich Rnr Running Series Madrid." Among them, and in the distance queen par excellence of athletics, the marathon, two passionate athletes with solidarity souls united by a rope of just 50cm made history. And is that Mario Martínez It is a corridor with the rare disease of Usher syndrome that progressively took his eyes and heard until he was deaf and without a view, but what he could never take away this disease is the smile and the desire to fight to give visibility to this disease.
Next to him was his coach, the 226ers elite athlete Carmen María Pérez which gave again its maximum effort and dedication to a solidarity cause. Between the two they forged an unstoppable tandem to conquer Madrid and how ...
Added to the difficulty that entails Tour the 42,195m, doing so with the great barahúnda of people, noise and a really varied land was made complicated, however with great physical preparation through the Ultra Team training, a good nutritional strategy based on Gels and Mineral Sales of 226ers And a specific joint work of both to overcome each obstacle of the road, the deed was possible.
"Step, blind person", "Care, blind", "Three, two, one jump!", "Broken land", "sewer", "grid", "cobblestones" ..., were some of Carmen María's phrases during the course of the test. In addition to the most technical indications on the ground, Carmen had the great ability to advise Mario during the test on others the fundamental aspects to achieve the goal.
Both, cast in one, crossed the goal with a brilliant smile among the thousands of applause, managing to give a tremendous visibility to the Usher Syndrome In just over 4 hours.
For the international athlete, Considered the best broker in the history of Spain in ultrafondo, it was a great challenge and was really happy and excited after crossing the goal:
"It has been incredible what we have lived through the streets of Madrid, the spirits and love of people have pushed us to get this great challenge. Despite all the difficulties that a marathon is so massive" blind ", with passion and seeing with the heart we have been able to achieve it."
Carmen commented while she was already beginning to recover taking her favorite 226ers recovery, Vanilla's, because her next great competition is close and her continuous preparation.
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