Readers from outside the river and Sao Paulo who forgive me, but I needed to start somewhere. And if this column plays in the old rivality Rio X São Paulo, and that may seem somewhat belligerent, that was not the intention.
Or was it? I already got lost.
Well, let’s stay with the Solomônica solution: it’s cool, it’s cool to run in these two cities, be you beginner, started, veteran, addicted or virgin (but lived in the river). See the strengths of each city.
Visual – Comparing the scenarios of both cities, even those not created by the great architect, is cowardice. The river is, as it is said to be ridiculous now, is washed in Essepe, as it would probably give it to any other city in Brazil.
It is idle to compare here the carioca waterfront with, go there, the Alto de Pinheiros or Brás Leme; the lagoon with Vila Nova Conceição or Vila Formosa; The landfill with the worm, even though the graffiti of the lindeiros buildings until it runs it over the weekend. Christ’s way, the sugar bread against … no, to.
Parks – Here Sao Paulo gets the best, since the river is unaware of this kind of street. There is no Ibirapuera, with its 5 km trail; a villa-lobos, with the 4 km ring; a cert. In Rio, the park is generally the entrance of a copious forest, you barely enter and are already in a Singletrack climbing towards the Tijuca Forest or, as in the case of Lage Park, to Christ. And speaking of Tijuca Forest, the initiative of state deputy Dani Monteiro (PSOL-RJ), who presented a bill to honor 11 enslaved people who replanted the entire Tijuca National Park in the 19th century, turning that land tired by the dense forest that is today. The bill became law.
Climate – São Paulo returns in this category to perform, with a much more civilized and conducive climate for the race, at least from April to September.
Evidence – There are some circuits of short distances common to the two capitals, but the river is lush at the time of the big – there to be, as we know, it does not lack. The Mara do Rio, by the way, is organized by one arm of the promoter of Rock in Rio.
The spectacularization of Mara do Rio is remarkable. In this Corpus Christi, for the first time, the event will unfold in four days of evidence, one every day of the holiday. Other than that, the Expo is giant, the Adidas Idem store, the stage on the edge of Guanabara Bay is almost ostentation, almost incidental music.
Okay, there are the two hundred Chicana in the landfill, the closed subway, the smooth and tight space of the advisory tents, but the city lives the race. Already São Paulo… Sao Paulo has the clone of Elvis in front of the rock gallery. Okay, the two sparks, a recent news from SP City, killed the stick.
Indulgences “Someone has said, perhaps Moi-Même, who runs to drink, and although I have left Cité Maravillé exactly 54 years ago, I can’t imagine a place where this principle is better applicable.” The immortal cellar Pearl was once the scene of some uncompromising libations for those on the eve of socks and maras, but asks if I regret it.
São Paulo earns points because of the feijoada also on Wednesdays-maybe the best action ever taken in the history of the metropolis. Lost on Saturday? No need to wait a whole week.
Strange thing: I start writing about running, I end up talking about bar.
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