Retired player “Zenith” Alexei Gasilin on the air of the program “Tous pour le match!” on the channel “” spoke about his attitude to the half-marathon “ZaBeg.RF”.
– Everyone who came to ZaBeg.RF is beautiful! Footballers run less, nobody runs such a half-marathon in 90 minutes, even I couldn’t (laughs)!
Movement is life, but I don’t like running on a treadmill. Look how beautiful the slopes are in Moscow or St. Petersburg. “ZaBeg.RF” is a cool event where you can come with the whole family. Running is the foundation of any sport, Gasilin told .
On Sunday, June 4, ZaBeg.RF (One Run) started in all regions of Russia, as well as in Armenia (Yerevan), Belarus (Minsk), Tajikistan (Dushanbe) and Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek). Participants started simultaneously, exactly at 09:00 Moscow time. The race started over four distances of varying difficulty: 1, 5, 10 and 21.1 km. In total, more than 160,000 people took part in the international half-marathon. “” broadcasts the competition live.
Source : MatchTV

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