Most of them came to the sports festival with their families.
The place of the main track-and-field event was the Kremlin embankment. In races, they were organized at a distance of 1 km (for amateurs), 2 km, 4 km, 6 km and 8 km, schoolchildren, students, sportsmen, employees of enterprises, pensioners, employees of city and republican departments and just active citizens took part. According to organizers, the sports event has gathered about 20,000 people in the capital. A nice addition to this day was an excellent weather. According to the participants, it was as ordered. This year the races of the "Cross of Nation" took place in 84 regions of the country.