16/09/2015 The Nick Horta Race will donate all the funds raised for research at Vall d’Hebron 16/09/2015 The 6th edition of the 5km race will take place in Horta on September 20th. VHIR's ambassadors, Andrés Iniesta and Judit Mascó, encourage you to participate. On September 20th will take place the sixth edition of the http://www.nickspa.com/es/pagina/cursa/cursa" Nick Horta Race with an important change: all the benefits raised will fund the research carried out at Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR).Behind the organization of the race is the exathlete http://www.vhir.org/portal1/news-detail.asp?s=actualitat&contentid=171600" María José Moscoso, from Nick Spa gym, who in January of 2013 was diagnosed with hepatic cancer and after a few months, received a liver transplantation at Vall d'Hebron hospital. She says that since then, her life changed and that was one of the reasons why she organizes this race: "I had to leave the elite sport and I started a new stage in my life with a clear goal: to contribute to the fight against cancer". In the 5th edition of the race, Maria José and her colleagues raised 8,000 euros for research in liver transplantation.To support this race, VHIR's ambassadors, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-pYIWO42xw" Andrés Iniesta and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSn_toq8oS8" Judit Mascó have done promotional videos. Several people from the field of sports and television https://www.facebook.com/135237036519353/photos/a.927358353973880.1073741831.135237036519353/955261481183567/?type=1&theater" have also promoted the race, such as the Espanyol players, Caicedo, Javi López and Víctor Sánchez, the motorcycle rider Aleix Espagaró, the journalist Arcadi Alibés, the athlete Reyes Estévez or the composer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdv1gTgwryk&feature=youtu.be" Pedro Pardo.This edition will have the main race of 5km, that will start at 9AM from Tajo street and will finish in Plaça Eivissa, and the race for children of 1.5km that will start at 9.30AM at Rembrand street. The race is open to everybody and will coincide with the local celebrations of the Horta district. http://www.nickspa.com/es/pagina/cursa/cursa" Registrations are open until September 17th, or until the 1,000 runners registered. If you don't want to run, http://www.yoinvestigo.org/colabora-vhir-donacio.php?id=107" you can also participate by making a donation.The race is once again sponsored by Mémora group, and for the first time by the pharmaceutical company Astellas. Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Whatsapp