Cristiano Marcelino composed his support team with a car and a bicycle, supported by his wife Nilce Marcelino, his son Filipe Marcelino, his friend Antônio Lúcio and also his dog Matilda.
He divided the route into 22 sections, as follows:
1) Piabetá – Petrópolis = 15,70 Km
2) Petrópolis – Vale das Princesas = 25,05 Km
2.1) Vale das Princesas – Palmares = 15,90 Km
3) Palmares – Paty do Alferes = 7,15 Km
4) Paty do Alferes – Pirauí = 20,05 Km
5) Pirauí – Vassouras = 20,60 Km
5.1) Vassouras – Quirino = 20,00 Km
6) Quirino – Valença = 12,00 Km
7) Valença – Conservatória = 16,90 Km
8) Conservatória – São José do Turvo = 16,40 Km
9) São José do Turvo – Fazenda Santana do Turvo = 15,60 Km
9.1) Fazenda Santana do Turvo – Pontilhão = 12,30 Km
10) Pontilhão – Quatis = 5,30 Km
11) Quatis – Resende = 29,65 Km
12) Resende – Formoso = 26,10 Km
13) Formoso – São José do Barreiro = 9,30 Km
13.1) São José do Barreiro – Rodovia dos Tropeiros = 2,30 Km
14) Rodovia dos Tropeiros – Areias = 17,55 Km
15) Areias – Silveiras = 27,75 Km
16) Silveiras – Cachoeira Paulista = 24,25 Km
17) Cachoeira Paulista – Colônia Piaguí = 28,75 Km
18) Colônia Piaguí – Aparecida = 18,50 Km
The journey began at 10:03 am on August 10, 2020 at Paróquia N. S. Aparecida, in Piabetá, ending section 1 at the Catedral S. Pedro de Alcântara, in Petrópolis. Continuing to section 2 until Pousada Lírios do Vale, in Vale das Princesas. And section 2.1 until Palmares, ending the first day at 06:15 pm, with 56,65 Km traveled.
Section 3 started at 08:55 am on August 11, 2020 in Palmares, until Igreja Matriz de N. S. Conceição, in Paty do Alferes. Continuing to section 4 until Capela N. S. Aparecida, in Pirauí. Following section 5 until Igreja Santa Rita de Cássia, in Vassouras. And section 5.1 until Quirino, ending the second day at 06:03 pm, with 67,80 Km covered, grand total with 124,45 Km.
Section 6 started at 08:05 am on August 12, 2020, in Quirino, up to the Capela São Benedito, in Valença. Following section 7 until Igreja Matriz de Santo Antônio, in Conservatória. Continuing to section 8 until Igreja de S. José, in São José do Turvo. Following section 9 until Fazenda Santana do Turvo. And section 9.1 up to the Pontilhão, ending the third day at 06:09 pm, with 73,20 Km traveled, grand total with 197,65 Km.
Cristiano Marcelino started section 10 at 09:12 am on August 13, 2020, in Pontilhão, up to Paróquia N. S. do Rosário, in Quatis. Following section 11 until Comunidade Eclesial Cristo Ressuscitado, in Resende. Continuing to section 12 until the Igreja de S. José, in Formoso. Following section 13 until Igreja Matriz de S. José, in São José do Barreiro. And section 13.1 up to Rodovia dos Tropeiros, ending the fourth day at 07:10 pm, with 72,65 Km covered, grand total with 270,30 Km.
Section 14 started at 08:16 am on August 14, 2020, on Rodovia dos Tropeiros, until Igreja Matriz de Sant’Ana, in Areias. Following section 15 to Paróquia N. S. Conceição, in Silveiras. And section 16 until Canção Nova, in Cachoeira Paulista, ending the fifth day at 06:14 pm, with 69,55 Km traveled, grand total with 339,85 Km.
Section 17 started at 7:35 am on August 15, 2020, in Canção Nova, until Pesqueiro 3 Lagos, in Colônia Piaguí. And finally section 18 until Catedral Basílica Santuário Nacional de Nossa Senhora Conceição Aparecida, finished at 02:21 pm, with a total of 47,25 Km on this last day.
Cristiano Marcelino was the first athlete in the world to traveled the full course of Caminhos de Nossa Senhora by running. Totaling 387,10 Km in 5 days, 4 hours, 18 minutes and 18 seconds.