As children return? Just part of the Chianti
all'Ecomaratona
... For the third year I participated in this race, in 2009 I went quite nicely, but this year I wanted to improve, and even a lot, so with my wife and Lorella Friends (Gaetano and Annarosa), I leave for a long weekend in the land ... Senese
Saturday is dedicated to the visit of the two beautiful towns of Montepulciano and Pienza, where we ate a plate of truffle Pici lick beard mustache and sideburns ...
On Sunday afternoon, as anti-fatigue, we went to visit Siena, and on Monday (after a refreshing night's sleep) sightseeing in the cities of: Monteriggioni, San Gimignano and Staggia. We return to the race ...
After a night of heavy rain on Sunday morning there are all ready for the start, and all will be made as to ask those 6 km Siena country we tread between 5 ° and 11 ° km
parties ... ... Today I feel fine and I leave with a rapid pace, partly because so I can get in the mud after the passage of a few competitors and seek to limit the damage. The first km
go away ... and straight in front of us every now and then comes out Siena, illuminated by a ray of sunshine that makes our eyes a mirage in the hills.
Then here is the clay, mud, quicksand, and stretches of glue spread where risks of leaving their shoes, and the slopes where you enjoy imitating a downhill race ski in these
... I enjoyed it as 6 km when, as a child, jumping in puddles, I rolled in there, remember that I have passed these km very fast, maybe too much, because I was having fun ...
now finally able to accelerate, and traveling through forests, vineyards where they have already collected the sweet juicy fruit, full of olives and olive trees that will soon have to leave their comfortable leaves to become a good oil to season our goodies daily. Meanwhile
begin to look behind to see if you get my mate Gary adventure, still do not see it but for security will accelerate (you never know) ... we had a lady who says I'm 64th ... Here we are at
huaooo ... 25 ° km stretch in the harder, he began a long, hard climb where at times I have to walk a few competitors and pass me (inside me say ... see you later then, the goal is still far away) we say that the stretch of the walk is at least 1 km, and I kept looking over to check the situation.
28th km uphill finishes, an employee tells us we are in the early 80 ...
Now the descent is the host, even if the ups and downs do not leave us ever since the first km, accelerometers and take a good pace, I begin to overcome some of those who have made me Marameo uphill, but now the music has changed for them.
cross some beautiful country, still woods and crossing a vineyard with a thousand shades of yellow green, red, and arrive at the foot of a long climb extraordinary, flanked on both sides by two beautiful endless rows of tall cypress trees. Last km. I still feel good and I continued my race to the finish line, finish well in the last hundred meters to thrust his arms raised, and the timing ...!!!!
If we think that all dry dirt in 2009 with the stopwatch had marked 4h 120esimo ...
instead placing to 09.00 in 2010 km of sticky mud with the chronometer marked 4h 03.23
placing to 60th ... I can only be satisfied of my latest work ...
Meanwhile arrives Loren (who made the journey by walking 18 km) and then pop up here and follow Annarosa Gaetano, who in his first marathon has amazed us with special effects ... 5 th overall and second category .
What to say more; that the organization was once again perfect, no queue for the chest, two pasta party with meats, cheeses and first and second, all well-stocked refreshment point and a goody bag at the event, and the location reported perfectly impossible to get lost. Pull
sums ... weekend to frame, sin is finished, the next year ...! Who knows ... ....
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