“Almaty Marathon” Autumn Race to be held in the framework of World Diabetes Day

Autumn Race will be held on November 10, on the shores of Lake Sairan and will gather 1000 runners.

The Autumn Race will be the last event this year in the cycle of preparation for the Almaty Marathon. The competition will be held for the fifth time. For participants aged 10 to 14 years, a distance of 3 km is presented and athletes over 14 years old have to overcome 11 km by running or Nordic walking.

 The autumn race will take place on the eve of World Diabetes Day, with the support of Sanofi, which pays special attention to this issue. This year, the theme of World Diabetes Day is dedicated to family health.

- Physical activity and a healthy lifestyle is an important addition to the medical treatment of diabetes and its prevention. According to IDF, every 11 people in the world live with diabetes. One of the goals of our race is to help inform people about the dangers, identify and, most importantly, prevent the disease. Running helps a lot to fulfill this task, especially when it gives a moral pleasure to runners”, - says Saltanat Kazybayeva, director of the Corporate Fund “Courage to be the first”, organizer of the Autumn Race.

- This is not the first time that Sanofi has supported the Autumn Race as one of the most important sporting events in Almaty, which again takes place on the eve of World Diabetes Day under the auspices of the key topic “Family and Diabetes”. Diabetes really affects every family, because the support of loved ones is extremely important in caring for, preventing and raising awareness about the impact of the disease. Currently, more than 425 million people in the world live with diabetes. Most of these cases are type 2 diabetes, which can be largely prevented with regular physical activity, a healthy and balanced diet, and a healthy lifestyle, ”said Ranga Welaratne, Chairman of the Board of Sanofi Kazakhstan.

Registration is available at http://www.almaty-marathon.kz/ru/  from today till the number of participants reaches 1000. The Organizing Committee recommends that you not postpone registration for a long time, since the limit of participants is strictly limited.