A young man ran 1,054 kilometers to support Porto’s IPO

Former rower Pedro Nuno Costa leaves Caminha on Tuesday and will run a 1,054 kilometer solidarity race 13 days before Vila Real de Santo António to raise funds for an IPO in Porto. A 23-year-old man wants to help the hospital department, which is important for the “life of people very close” to him.

The Portuguese athlete will overcome most of the route alone, but on more difficult sections he will be accompanied by friends. There are stages and stops at Vila do Conde, Furadoro, San Pedro de Moel, Peniche, Ericeira, Trafaria, Setubal, Porto Covo, Aljezur, Alvor and Quinta do Lago. The shortest leg will connect San Pedro de Moel with Peniche with a total length of 67 kilometers, while the longest route will be between Setúbal and Porto Covo with a total length of over 95 kilometers.

Pedro Nuno Costa was inspired by an Australian who traveled 800 kilometers in eight days to raise money for the victims of the 2004 tsunami, who came together through support (of various kinds) and sponsorship.

Consecutive injuries in 13 years of daily rowing and a triumvirate of surgeries forced Pedro Nuno Costa to rethink his personal and sporting goals. And if the shoulders have known better days, now it is the legs that serve as the curves of this stage of “personal rediscovery” and “physical-sports reunion”, as he himself defines it, whose contours are on the special runningourcoast website. .With.

With a degree in Physical Education and Sports and an MBA in Sports Management, Pedro Nuno Costa works as a marketing consultant for a renowned Portuguese wine group. He will take advantage of the holiday period to develop a solidarity initiative in favor of the IPO in Porto, which will end on 3 September.