Pastaza Route #18 of the 21x24 Challenge was completed inside the rainforest. Part of the Yasuni National Park is in this province, which goes through Orellana as well. Next time athletes travel to the Amazon jungle, will run within the park, 6 hours from Coca, in September 2012.
20 runners gathered in Puyo on march 11 and from there, they went to the small town El Triunfo, where at 7:00 am, the race started. They arrived in less than two hours through a new road to Arajuno.
In addition to an accident suffered by a police patrol, which felt into a pond, we could see the uncontrolled movement of trees, packed of wood. The beauty of the landscape is harmed by deforested areas in a supposedly virgin and protected forest.
It requires the participation of residents, visitors and authorities to protect the Amazon, a treasure of Ecuadorian people and the world.
Elizabeth Bosquez, Carolina Rodriguez, Alexandra Cevallos and Sisa Calapucha, 15 years old girls, were selected for the Panamerican Games. They run in the 21x24Challenge as members of the Pastaza Sports Federation. They arrived first in the race with Banco Solidario´s collaborator, Patricio Chavez. Aiko Hiromatsu and Genki Nakae, from Japan, both volunteer school teachers in Puyo and Riobamba respectively, run with the rest of athletes.
Banco Solidario sponsors the 21x24 Challenge which is in its final editions. The following route is Carchi, Sunday April 8.
WE RUN FOR A CAUSE:
TO PROTECT LIFE IN THE YASUNI NATIONAL PARK
ONE OF THE LAST ECOLOGICAL RESERVES IN THE WORLD AND THE MOST BIODIVERSE
"We can not let go away the last trace of life to start looking for it." Ethnobotanical Garden, Puyo.
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