Running to Think

Before the memories of the trail running of Sunday fade out (as if that were even possible) let me share the report of a race that has been scheduled in two months, and for which I have been struggling with nutrition and mileage... this time without inflicting any injury to myself. To start with, I finished Trail de la Lesse in 5th position and arrived...

The end of the week has been marked with the long distance running session that has been scheduled, namely 42 km self supported, completed at the pace of 4:34" per km on 270 mt elevation gain. Legs were rolling like wheels. I never pushed along the test and was running very relaxed, breathing and looking around as if I was running on a much shorter...

Preparing the hydration pack with an awful isotonic drink. That smile will disappear soon Whenever I prepare the hydration pack for a long run I realise that I would never use all the stuff I put in the bag. Even though I am aware of this terrible mistake and regardless the fact that I really force myself to drinking and eating during workout,...

Attempt to finish a marathon in Italy (~km 18) The amount of work and the unexpected happenings of every day life didn't give me much time to write some lines any time soon. Better late than never, of course. Year 2014 already had the flavour of an intense year full of things to take care of and targets to achieve. And that feeling was not wrong...

I was a child when my father was training for his first marathon. I have the vivid image of him running for a distance I could not begin to comprehend at the time, when everything looked much bigger than it really was. Probably my father too. The joy of finishing a marathon was the only thing that I couldn’t understand and I kept underestimating...