This Sunday, August 26, the XXXVI edition of the Mexico City Marathon will take place in the capital of the country, where the thousands of national and foreign runners who will participate will receive a medal with the letter «O» upon crossing the finish linewith which the collection of medals that form the word «MEXICO» ends.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Olympic Games being held in Mexico. For this reason, the organizers of the Marathon decided to make this a special edition to celebrate and commemorate said event.
Thus, since the 2013 edition, the CDMX Marathon unveiled the series of medals that year after year would be awarded to runners at the end of each of the competitions.
Each medal corresponds to one of the letters of the name of Mexicowhich has been a good incentive for thousands of competitors to decide to run the series of six marathons:
2013 – Letter M
2014 – Letter E
2015 – Letter X
2016 – Letter I
2017 – Letter C
2018 – Letter O
The typography of the medals is inspired by the one used in the 1968 Olympic Games and each letter has a meaning related to different themes and values relevant to the country.
In the year 2013 Medals with the letter «M» were awarded. The representative color of the event was the pink and the central theme was women.
In it 2014 the medal arrived in the form of «E», with the ecology and environment as the central theme and green as event color.
In it 2015 the competitors received the medal in the shape of an «X» and the theme of the event was painted in color blackto pay homage to the music. In addition, throughout the tour the participants were motivated by the presence of various musical groups.
The letter «I» came in the 2016accompanied by color blue and the theme of innovation. In this edition, runners received smart shirts that connected to the Internet via NFC (Near Field Communication) and allowed them to check their statistics in real time.
Last year, the distinctive color was the red and the medal corresponded to the letter «C». The central theme of the marathon was the culturein order to pay homage to the cultural manifestations and traditions that form the identity of our country.
Finally this year the color yellow will be used and the medal corresponding to the «O» will be delivered, which is the commemorative medal of the fiftieth anniversary of the Olympic Games in Mexico 1968. For this reason, the motto of the event is «I run with Olympic spirit».
The course of the race will begin in the Zócalo of Mexico City, in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral, and will end at the Olympic Stadium in Ciudad Universitaria, so that the participants will travel the same route that the marathoners of the 68 Olympics completed.