Run Base Bogotá

Abstract

Sports training centers in Colombia have been formed as training spaces through the practice of Physical Activity, Recreation and Sport. These centers offer their services at a public and private level, are regulated under specific regulations and involve economic, social and educational activities. From the definition of formative sport given by Law 181 (1995) as that which “comprises the processes of initiation, foundation and improvement of sport” (p.5), Run Base Bogotá not only seeks to offer a comprehensive training service in sport athletics, also seeks to promote the adaptation of a sport and all the training that this entails to an indoor modality from its initiation and foundation processes in the early ages, and thus achieve a further improvement in national and international athletics in the future. Run Base Bogotá, is born from the experience of its inventors in the practice of athletics in the capital city and their solid knowledge achieved in training as professionals in Physical Culture, Sports and Recreation. The stage is made up of an athlete-specific preparation area with three athletic track lanes for performing technical work in athletics, as well as for reaction and explosiveness, and an additional lane with a sand pit for specific work in jump. Additionally, it has a gym, equipped with high-tech equipment and instruments, which complement the training of athletes and ensure comprehensive service. For all that has been presented, Run Base Bogotá is an innovative project that involves the practice of athletics, in a controlled, professional and highly trained environment in the training of children and young people, who represent the opportunity to build a better future for the country.